Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Tips for secure online and mobile shopping | Essentials

Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Tips for secure online and mobile shopping

Excerpt:

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are imminent. More shoppers are choosing to make purchases online or via mobile devices. Some shoppers are even getting started on Thursday. Whatever day you decide to go bargain hunting, here are some tips for online and mobile shopping. Use a secure Wi-Fi connection. If you're on a public Internet connection, you risk exposing your personal information to nefarious hackers lurking on the same network. Survive Black Friday, Cyber Monday with these smartphone apps Black Friday: 10 items NOT to buy A look at early Black Friday deals and discounts Shop on websites you know and trust. If you're on a fence about a site you've never seen, follow your instincts. Try to Google the name of the retailer to see if a scam has been reported or bad reviews have been posted online. Update your anti-virus software.

Keywords:

shoppers mobile devices anti-virus software cybercrime mobile phone online getting started shopping Trend Micro smartphone Wi-Fi Internet connection debit card sensitive information Thanksgiving Day bank accounts security software company personal information reports Digitas imminent lurking risky instincts HTTPS scam purchases choosing discounts fence a level emails deals coin Update payment extra Google retailer trust websites behavior brand hunting adults consumer experience global social

People:

Norton

Overall Sentiment: -0.131665

Relevance: 0.532151

Additional Info:

FieldTerminology: mobile devices

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.714751

FieldTerminology: anti-virus software

Overall Sentiment: -0.302872

Relevance: 0.572675

FieldTerminology: Cyber Monday

Overall Sentiment: -0.504578

Relevance: 0.504008

FieldTerminology: bank accounts

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.335108

Company: Google

Overall Sentiment: -0.1539

Relevance: 0.415142

Disambiguation: AcademicInstitution | AwardPresentingOrganization | OperatingSystemDeveloper | ProgrammingLanguageDeveloper | SoftwareDeveloper | VentureFundedCompanyReferences:

• Google
• Google: dbpedia
• Google: freebase
• Google: umbel
• Google: yago
• Google: crunchbase
• Google: semanticCrunchbase

Company: Trend Micro

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.403182

Disambiguation: References:

• Trend Micro
• Trend Micro: dbpedia
• Trend Micro: freebase
• Trend Micro: yago
• Trend Micro: crunchbase
• Trend Micro: semanticCrunchbase

Company: Digitas

Overall Sentiment: 0.0871857

Relevance: 0.379126

Technology: Wi-Fi

Overall Sentiment: 0.10163

Relevance: 0.54402

Technology: smartphone

Overall Sentiment: 0.160428

Relevance: 0.425879

Site Header

Source Webpage: Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Tips for secure online and mobile shopping

Site Provided Title:

Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Tips for secure online and mobile shopping

URL Provided Desc:

More people are shopping online and via mobile devices, so it would be prudent to remember some essential security tips this holiday season

Webpage Provided Keywords:

• black friday
• cyber monday
• online scams
• scams

Data Sources

Full Content: http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsSciTech/~3/grF72JXmOmE/

Source