Before you start the year-end frenzy, check out these useful tips from Kaspersky
A recent retail survey revealed that Malaysian leads in this region’s online shopping, with almost 22 million shoppers, to shop-hop as many as seven websites before making purchases. By end of 2021, nine of out of 10 Malaysians are expected to shop online. Interestingly, the survey also shared that 63% do not know what they want to buy when they set out to browse.
The year-end shopping begins with Black Friday, 12.12, Christmas and then New Year.
Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) shows that Malaysia was on the top 10 targets of malicious mailings in Q3 this year. KSN also reported that Kaspersky’s solutions blocked more than 5.6 million redirects to phishing pages.
Chris Connell, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Kaspersky commented: “The pandemic has triggered more people to embrace online shopping. Although physical safety is essential, the safety of our finances, devices and information is also important, especially as phishing scams become more and more sophisticated and targeted. We expect cybercriminals to continue using tricks that will lure more victims to take the bait hence this festive season, we urge everyone to put their guards up against messages, calls, and even emails asking for critical information such as account number, OTPs, passwords, and more.”
Kaspersky has the following tips on how to make online shopping as safe as possible:
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