Cyber Security

4 Reasons Why Cyber Crime Spikes During The Holiday Season

6 December 2022

The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year and people like to relax and celebrate. However, the season is the peak when hackers actively seek to steal your business data and personal information for ransom. 

A study in 2013 showed that around 64% of companies faced cybercrime during the holidays. Hackers love the holidays, and your business needs to take measures to ensure you aren’t the next victim. 

That’s why we recommend consulting the IT experts at Redpalm to ensure your business is safe from hackers and ransomware. Regardless, in this article, we’ll address why hackers love the holiday and how your company can stay safe from them. 

Let’s get started! 

1. Long Spells of Being Offline

While it’s normal for your employees to take time to celebrate the holidays, your business data tends to become more vulnerable. Being away from your office for a long time makes it easier for hackers to infiltrate your system. 

However, this doesn’t mean that your need to stay working at your office at all times. You just need to ensure that your computers and hardware and secure and well-protected. 

In such situations, we recommend investing in cyber security services offered by Redpalm. Our IT experts will provide the software to keep your computers safe from hackers and ransomware during the holiday season. 

2. Employees Shopping Online 

The holidays are a hectic time in terms of shopping for everyone. Over the past years, online shopping has become the norm, and people tend to prefer it over traditional shopping. 

Due to this, your employees may not have time to go to the mall and choose to do their Christmas shopping online while at work. In such situations, they may target by hackers through malicious advertisements. If they end up clicking on such ads, it may end up in your whole network being infected. 

To avoid this situation, you must hold meetings to educate your employees about the dangers of cybercrime and how they can avoid it. Additionally, you can hire Redpalm to make your business more secure. 

3. More Use of E-mails

Email inbox tends to fill quickly during the holiday season. It’s because you tend to receive a lot of emails from friends and family. Additionally, businesses send promotional emails and purchase receipts if a customer has purchased any products. 

Due to this, your employees may put their guard down while skimming through emails for offers and promotions. Hackers can send phishing emails that contain links to malicious websites. 

That’s why it’s important to educate your employees on how to identify and deal with phishing emails. You should also have advanced antivirus software and other cyber essentials that can detect any threats on websites and downloaded software. 

4. Use of Similar Passwords

People tend to create accounts on various websites online to purchase items during the holiday season. Especially during events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, people will log in to new websites to get the best deals.

However, many people use a similar password for their accounts instead of a brand-new one. Likewise, some of your employees may use the same password as your organisation’s to create a retail account. This gives hackers a golden opportunity to get into your business network in case of password leaks. 

Due to this, hackers love the holidays as the holiday season gives them several opportunities to infiltrate organisations. That’s why it’s crucial to spend some money on cyber security to ensure your data remains secure. 

Contact Redpalm for Cyber Security Services During the Holidays

Now that you know why there are more cyber attacks during the holidays, you should take steps to secure your business. To keep your data secure during these times, Redpalm is here to help. 

We offer the best cyber security services to ensure your business isn’t a victim of cybercrime during the holidays. Additionally, we also provide a wide range of IT services and solutions, including technology procurement, disaster recovery and more. 

With our team of professionals, your business will stay safe from cybercrime during the holidays. We can also help you ensure your business runs smoothly and efficiently. 

Check out our IT services and contact us to learn how you can keep your business safe during the holidays.

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