It is very important to know how to order securely online for Black Friday. Here are the top tips.
Black Friday is coming and if you are not careful on what you click could run out of money in the account, cyber security specialists warn Bitdefender.
The main attack vector used by criminals during these trade actions is targeting potential customers with e-mails that promise bargains. Hackers increase their chances of successful fraud attempts by targeting potential victims with messages describing the products with substantial discounts, which causes some users try to buy them, ignoring issues such as reputation or safety merchant transaction.
Compared to Black Friday campaigns organized in Western countries, the campaigns developed in Eastern Europe throughout the calendar year make the risk posed to users through phishing to be constant. In this context, the use of security solutions can make the difference between accessing dangerous websites that collect passwords or data on the card and stay safe.
Top 10 tips how to order online safe
1. Identify and ignore phishing messages. Scammers use discount coupons to lure users less vigilant. They point users to pages Shopping false and trick them to divulge details of the card in exchange for items that will never reach them.
2. Do not buy products advertised through spam e-mails. Verify the legitimacy of an online forums through a simple search in the search engines. Learn from others.
3. Choose only online shops with SSL certificates so that you can confirm your identity. An address that starts with HTTPS and a padlock indicates that you are on a secure page, but reputable online stores and provides information related to the identity with the SSL certificate.
4. Do not give your PIN code instead CVV (Card Verification Value). The latter is a three-digit number written on the back of your credit card or debit card. Most online retailers requesting it to ensure that the transaction is one that makes real credit card holder.
5. Make a full system scan before initiating a payment and make sure it is 100% safe.
6. When the transaction is completed and you still receive messages from the department's customer online store, ask for additional information about additional security measures requested by the merchant.
7. Use your mobile data connection to your phone or tablet to make purchases online. Avoid shopping connect to a public wireless network can be intercepted. If it's not necessary to do this, use a dedicated payment solution, such as Bitdefender Safepay to connect securely to your bank or online payment sites.
8. If possible, shop online acasă.Este risky to buy while you're at work, at the library, a café, school laboratory where computers can be used by others. These systems can be monitored by surveillance mechanisms.
9. Make sure you use a security solution that blocks ads and dangerous. Always keep your browser and updated security solution. Banking Trojans and viruses with rootkit component are increasing threat. They steal banking information, monitor transactions and authenticate bank accounts while staying hidden in the system.
10. Check your accounts regularly especially before and after transactions online, to make sure that everything is okay.
