Wednesday, November 21, 2018

How to Shop Online Safely on this Black Friday

We all know very well that Cyber attacks, data breaches, and hackers are constantly increasing day by day in today’s digital world. Actually, the exact problem starts from the information which you shared with any of the “trusted” organization including banks, or any other social sites and some online retailers related to e-commerce websites, after sharing the information it is not at all in your control, and then you are become the mercy of often outdated IT systems and also well-equipped hackers.
However, the days like Thanksgiving or Black Friday or either Cyber Monday, these days are the gold mine for all the hackers and scammers, as millions of people will gather to shop with the online retailer schemes like Takealot to get the best deals. And due to these schemes, all the people who want to shop on these deals will fill their confidential and personal information without any tension or hesitation into any sites with another “unbeatable” deals.
By keeping in our mind and the fact that no one even wants to miss this Black Friday deals, we are providing you some tips that will be very much useful for you, and it also prevents you from the hackers. In this article, we will be aware you by giving some tip that how to protect yourself and your close ones while transacting online during the day of Black Friday. These below-given tips are the basic guidelines which consider you that some of your personal information has already been breached by someone and how you protect yourself from further damages.
These tips are very much use during the time you shop online or transacting online; it helps you in saving you from hackers. We suggest you follow the tips while you shop online. The tips are described below:
  1. Shop only through the trusted websites.
  2. Always try to avoid websites which contain some poor or corrupt design.
  3. Always try to search for the shopping cart security.
  4. Try to shop with the secure websites.
  5. Be careful about any doubtful requests which are asking you about your Personal Information.
  6. Always choose a different and very strong password, which cannot be guessed by hackers or anyone as.
  7. You need to be very careful while if you shop with your mobile device.
  8. You also need to aware of all social media shopping scams.
  9. Before purchasing the products, check and read the reviews of vendors and products.
  10. Always search for the clear term of services.
  11. If you found any issue related to any website, you need to contact immediately with the customer care department of that website.
Jack Tucker is a security expert and he writes about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and is working at www.norton.com/setup

Source : https://my-norton.net/how-to-shop-online-safely-on-this-black-friday/ 

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