Steering clear of cybercrooks on Cyber Monday
You can take advantage of some pretty good deals on Cyber Monday. But remember the golden rule: If it's too good to be true...
A "wobbly economy, combined with a consumer thirst for too-good-to-be-true bargains, has motivated cybercrooks to unleash a torrent of spam, phishing scams and malicious software," according to a USA Today article.
The article advises consumers to be wary of cut-rate deals from unfamiliar online retailers. It also doesn't hurt to use multiple passwords when shopping and to take advantage of the most up-to-date Web browsers and anti-virus software.
"Look, the Internet can be scary," Michael Barrett, chief information security officer at PayPal, told USA Today. "But you can be pretty safe if you take precautionary measures."
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