As Republic Day is approaching, there are online shopping deals everywhere. There are deals on the web; deals on various social media platforms, via SMS, WhatsApp and Messenger; and deals in email, as online retailers attempt to lure shoppers to buy from them.
With brands relentlessly advertising and fighting for your attention, cyber attackers have plenty of camouflage for their phishing emails and fake sites, from fake offers that really are too good to be true to number of excuses for drumming up a bit of false urgency and demanding a login (Check your order! Verify your account! Register now!).
While we cannot ask you to avoid shopping online on Republic Day, we can tell you how you can safeguard yourself from scammers online everyday- before, during and after such peak retail seasons.
Follow these 5 simple tips shared by Sophos to ensure your safety online: