With the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season, it is an important time for businesses to not only consider their seasonal sales, but if their cybersecurity standards are up to snuff. While this may not seemingly be a top priority at this stage in the year, cybercriminals are quick to leverage popular brands to use their notoriety to conduct criminal activity and make a hefty profit.
From online transactions to point of sales systems, delivery services, bank transfers and more, there are endless opportunities for cybercriminals to gain access and breach an organization just in time to devastate the busiest time of year. In fact, reports have found that pages impersonating delivery services had the highest percentage of clicks on phishing links (27%) in 2022 with online stores (16%), payment systems (10%) and banks (10%) also affected.