"Holiday Shoppers Beware: 100K Malicious Sites Found Posing as Well-Known Retailers"
Cyberattacks are expected to increase during the holiday season when consumers do more online shopping. Security researchers at Venafi have discovered more than 100,000 phishing sites masquerading as legitimate sites belonging to popular retailers. According to researchers, these copycat phishing sites are using trusted, valid TLS certificate to appear legitimate, increasing the chances of success at tricking consumers into entering sensitive account and payment information. The lookalike domains target top retailers in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany and Australia. This article continues to discuss the increase in holiday e-commerce sales from 2017 to 2018, the expected increase in cyberattacks during the holiday season, the discovery of 100,000 malicious domains posing as legitimate retailers, and the significant leap in the number of copycat sites.