Dangerous greeting cards and other Christmas disasters

The rise of mobile commerce attracts hackers as well as users: it's really easy to pay with your smartphone, and certainly easy to hack it and steal your banking credentials. For this reason, we've compiled a list of most popular holiday phishing campaigns so that you can stay protected.

Deceitful greeting cards

You could receive a message that looks as though it were sent by a legitimate vendor (e.g., Hallmark). In reality, it is a Trojan that infects your PC and waits until you try to use your banking credentials online.

Infectious online discounts

In fact, almost every letter that looks like a legitimate 'too good to be true' promotion, offered by popular air carriers, tour operators and online shops, could be fraudulent and contain malicious software in an attachment.

The price of compassion

Got an e-mail asking to send money to lonely old men and women in a nursing home or children living in an orphanage? Some of them may be scam letters sent by frauds.

An expensive virtual Santa's hat

Gamers are the usual victims of phishing campaigns. Hackers steal banking credentials, game items and high-level characters in order to earn quick money. They can do it in many ways i.e. by sending a Trojan software disguised as a screensaver.

All of these methods succeed only when a user gets excited and subsequently forgets about security rules. So keep calm and be attentive!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!