Cybersecurity · December 2024
Holiday cyber scams: protecting your business through the busiest weeks
Criminals know your team is busy, distracted, and shopping in December, and they plan their best scams accordingly.
The weeks around the holidays are the most dangerous of the year for small organizations. Staff are rushing, half the office is out, and inboxes fill with shipping notices, invoices, and "urgent" requests, exactly the cover attackers want.
The scams that spike in December
- Fake delivery notices ("your package is held") that harvest logins or drop malware
- Gift-card requests impersonating your boss or director
- Bogus invoices slipped in while accounting is swamped
- Charity spoofing that piggybacks on year-end giving
What to do now
Remind your team to slow down and verify before clicking or paying, especially anything about money or urgency. Make sure multi-factor authentication is on everywhere, and confirm your backups are running before you close for the holidays. A two-minute pause is cheaper than a January cleanup.
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