Hackers May Use Amazon Prime Day to Target Shoppers
Posted: October 13, 2020
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Amazon Prime Day is known for some great deals and is normally one of the site's biggest events. This year, because of the pandemic, it may see bigger numbers than ever. Unfortunately, hackers are using the popularity of the event to target customers with phishing and fraudulent sites. They're using Amazon's logos and branding, but the links are leading to dangerous non-Amazon sites. In order to enjoy Prime Day safely, make sure you're aware of these scam practices and take steps to ensure you're safe.
N.F. Mendoza, contributor to TechRepublic, shares what you should look out for and how to stay safe while shopping Amazon Prime Day.
It's bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined:
Amazon Prime Day, the mega-site's biggest annual retail event. For two days, Oct. 13-14, special sales are offered across departments. With shopping malls still closed and other retail stores operating with reduced hours and limited capacity due to
COVID-19, Amazon may see its biggest Prime Day yet. But a new report reveals that
cyber criminals are poised and ready to take advantage of enthusiastic shoppers who might not be paying close attention to the link they're clicking on, anxious to get a good deal.
Analysis of hundreds of millions of web pages led to tracking new
phishing and fraudulent websites using the Amazon brand and logos--the fake sites are trying to replicate the actual Amazon site in the hopes of hacking into the unsuspecting "customer's" personal information.
Bolster Research used
deep learning,
natural language processing and
computer vision to determine what is informational and what is used to reveal logins, passwords or credit card information.
Read the entire article,
Buyers beware: Hackers poised to make Amazon Prime Day into a prime phishing day, on
TechRepublic.