The holiday retail season is also a busy time of year for cybercriminals. With increased transactions in physical malls and online, hackers are taking advantage, and using any opportunity to hack into personal systems and personal information.
Dan McNemar, Director of Threat Intelligence at Binary Defense, joins Cheddar to explain how hackers use the dark web to recruit and sell their stolen goods. Dark web visitors can go to "hidden wiki" and find stolen SS numbers, credit card numbers, PayPal accounts, and more.
McNemar has a few tips to help you avoid being hacked. He says to be sure to shop on secure sites, watch out for ATM skimmers, and monitor your credit score.
Air travel costs are up but there are ways to make the airport experience better and cheaper. Travel journalist Francesca Page joined Cheddar News to provide how to bring those costs down while traveling, especially ahead of the holiday season.
The nation’s employers added 336,000 jobs in September, an unexpectedly robust gain and the largest monthly rise since January, evidence that many companies remain confident enough to keep hiring despite high-interest rates and a hazy outlook for the economy.
