Articles Tagged with ''holiday crime''

As Memorial Day Weekend approaches, many organizations prepare for a well-deserved break. But while employees take time off, cybercriminals get to work.

In the week leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there was a 692% increase in phishing attacks. 

Organizations become prime targets for a wide array of cyberattacks as the holidays approach. 

A new report from reveals the state of the e-commerce threat landscape as the holidays approach. 

This Valentine's Day, the FBI warns online users about romance scams and the associated losses. 

A payment security report found that three-fourths of business leaders are more concerned about business payment fraud during the holiday season.

Cybercrime increases during the holidays, and numerous studies show that threats like ransomware have jumped by as much as 30% in recent years.

API security was studied in a recent report by Cequence Security based on the analysis of API transactions over the second half of 2022.

The retail industry will lose an estimated $8.76 billion to return fraud this year, and $3.39 billion during the holiday season alone. Overall, 5.8 percent of holiday returns are fraudulent, up slightly from 4.6 percent last night.