---
title: "Black Friday Cyber Attacks - How Retailers Can Protect Themselves - Information Security Buzz"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/black-friday-cyber-attacks-how-retailers-can-protect-themselves-information-security-buzz/"
date: "2016-11-25T03:42:38+00:00"
section: "Industry Insights"
tags:
  - "Cyber Attack"
  - "Cyber Crime"
  - "Cyber Defense"
  - "Cyber Security Predictions"
  - "DDOS"
  - "Threat Intelligence"
  - "Zero Day"
source: "informationsecuritybuzz.com"
source_url: "http://www.informationsecuritybuzz.com/hacker-news/black-friday-cyber-attacks-retailers-can-protect/"
---

# Black Friday Cyber Attacks - How Retailers Can Protect Themselves - Information Security Buzz

November 25, 2016 · Reported by informationsecuritybuzz.com

> Black Friday (25 th Nov) and Cyber Monday (28 th Nov) are two of the biggest shopping days of the year which means fraudsters will be hard at work. Cybercrime prevention company ThreatMetrix is predicting 6.5 million cyber attacks on UK retailers this week.So how retailers prepare for the likely surge in cyber attacks this Black Friday ? IT security experts from Redscan, AlienVault and Lieberman Software commented below.

[Read the full article at informationsecuritybuzz.com](http://www.informationsecuritybuzz.com/hacker-news/black-friday-cyber-attacks-retailers-can-protect/)

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