Identity Theft
Cybercrime is Not Seasonal
Reported by securityweek.com
The increase in transactions during the holiday shopping season naturally comes with an increase in fraud. This rise is no surprise to security professionals across all sectors — but it’s an especially prominent concern among those in the retail industry. And yet, year after year, just before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, there’s a predictable boom of vendor op-eds, marketing campaigns, and media pitches that target retailers, promising all the answers they need to help them combat fraud and cybercrime during the holiday shopping season.