Cybercriminals target shopping apps ahead of Black Friday

A new report from attack surface management company RiskIQ shows attackers will leverage popular brands and unsafe consumer shopping habits in the run up to the peak holiday shopping period. Of all apps that can be found by searching for terms related to holiday shopping, 951, or two percent, are blacklisted as malicious -- a 20 percent increase. The top-10 most trafficked sites over Thanksgiving weekend have a combined total of 6,353 blacklisted apps that contain their branded terms in the title or description. Consumers are lured by the chance of a good deal though, 72 percent of respondents to… [Continue Reading]