It is that time of year which everybody loves. It is the holiday season
and you will start to see a lot more people express good attitudes and
wish everyone else a happy new year. As a matter of fact it may be hard
to think that with all of this much goodwill in the air there is someone
out there who is trying to take advantage of that. But the fact is no
matter what time of year it is there are always going to be bad guys
around every corner and they will try to stalk their prey at anytime. It
does not matter what time of year it is, the bad guys like to work all
year round and you always have to be on the lookout for them.
As a matter of fact this time of year is a very good time when it comes to black hat hackers.
This is because there are so many people online around this time and
they are looking for a bunch of deals for their Christmas shopping. The
retailers really go full throttle around this time of year and they want
to be able to make as much money as they can. This time of year may be
known as the holidays to most people but to people in the financial
industry it is known as the fourth quarter and it is the most important
quarter of the year. They want to be able to make as much money as they
can throughout this time period so they will offer deep discounts
wherever they can.
And since you have so many people online trying to advantage of these
deep discounts that are being offered, it is the perfect time for a
black hat hacker to try and strike. With so many emails and so much
different types of information being sent back and forth it is hard for
the average person to be able to discern what is real and what is not.
They do not know which emails are really offering a real deal and which
ones are fake and trying to get something out of you. Normally you would
tell a person that if a deal seems to be too good to be true that it
probably is and there are some bad guys behind the offer. But at this
time of year all of the deals seem too good to be true and it is hard to
tell which one is a bad deal and which on is a good deal.
That is why as a consumer, you have to keep a more vigilant eye out than
you normally would. Yes, the bad guys are going to be out there in full
force and you have to make sure you are more prepared than ever. When
you go to visit websites you have to make sure that the domain is
correct and that it matches the website that you thought you were going
to. If it does not match the domain that you thought you were going to
then you should leave right away without clicking on anything. And if
you get an offer in your email account then you should not click the
link in the email. What you should do is type the website in directly
and go to it that way. You never know where a link in your email account
is going to take you. So make sure that you do it the right way so that
you know where you are going.
Happy Holidays
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