Black Friday triggers more than 600% rise in attempted retail cyber scams
Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity, today revealed a surge in retail cyber attacks at the opening of the 2024 holiday shopping season. Analysis from Darktrace's threat intelligence team using data from across the Darktrace customer fleet shows that during Black Friday week (25(th) to 29(th) November 2024) attempted Christmas-themed phishing attacks leapt 327%(1) around the world,