ESET’s tips for safe online holiday shopping

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The holiday season is here and ESET has put together golden tips for safer holiday shopping online. Even more holiday shopping will happen online this year than last and that means more scammers will be looking to do some shopping of their own, possibly at your expense. This might involve using your credit card and bank account to fund their gift-buying, or perhaps capturing and selling your personal information for some extra holiday cash. Here are some of the tips that Cameron Camp, Stephen Cobb and other ESET researchers have put together to help savvy cyber-shoppers avoid getting scammed while hunting for the best holiday deals online.