Phishing Attacks

With the holiday season upon us all of those emails with special offers may sound like an appealing way to save some cash. However, be aware that many emails sent around are from hackers running phishing scams to gain access to your personal information.

One easy way to safeguard against this type of thing is to not follow the links provided in emails. Hackers have gotten sufficticated enough to make these emails have the look and feel of a legitimate email. Instead of clicking the links directly, you can instead go to the website and browse to the special offers that they have available this holiday season.

While not all email is malicious, it's better to be safe than sorry.