Kaspersky warns of ecommerce cyber criminals

Kaspersky warns of ecommerce cyber criminals

Although e-commerce platforms are all about offering people the convenience and accessibility they demand, the risk of falling prey to cybercriminals is also high, according to Kaspersky, a global leader in cyber security and digital privacy. With the New Year fast approaching, people around the world are getting jump-started on last-minute shopping. Bearing in mind that people’s shopping habits have changed since the pandemic started, they have become far more comfortable with hopping on multiple e-commerce websites to grab the best deal. var width=document.documentElement.clientWidth;if(width>=320&&width<728){}; googletag.cmd.push(function(){try{var d=document.documentElement.clientWidth;var a;var c="/21857811890/en.zcom/";var b;if(d>=320&&d<728){a=[300,250];b=["mobile_mr_story"]}else{a=[300,250];b=["MR_Story"]}var h="MR_Story";var g=googletag.defineSlot("/21857811890/en.zcom/",a,"div-gpt-ad-MR_Story").setTargeting("type",b).addService(googletag.pubads());gptAdSlots.push(g);if(h!="MR_Story"){googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(true,true)}googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();googletag.enableServices();if((h=="PSB_Left")||(h=="mobile_psb_left")||(h=="PSB_Top")||(h=="mobile_psb_top")||(h=="PSB_Bottom")||(h=="mobile_psb_bottom")||(h=="PSB_Middle")||(h=="mobile_psb_middle")||(h=="leaderboard_home")||(h=="leaderboard_bottom_home")||(h=="mobile_leaderboard_home")||(h=="mobile_leaderboard_bottom_home")){setInterval(function(){googletag.pubads().refresh([g])},240000)}}catch(f){console.log("Error loading Ad banner "+h)}}); try{googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-MR_Story")})}catch(e){console.log("Error displaying Ad banner "+bannerName)}; Sixty-two per cent of people in the UAE dealt with fraudsters who were trying to steal money, bank card details, internet banking credentials in 2020, according to a Kaspersky survey. “There’s a popular saying that Google knows you better than yourself. The statement is frightening, but true. More than half of our day is spent looking at screens, whether it’s a computer, laptop or a mobile device. We are so attuned to looking up online to find the best deals that it’s easy to get tricked into visiting fake websites, which might be an entry a cybercriminal needs to achieve