The holiday shopping season is officially in full swing and with it comes the yearly surge in retail transactions, pop-up vendors, holiday markets, and charity booths. While these seasonal experiences can make shopping more convenient, they also create the perfect environment for cybercriminals to deploy one of the fastest-growing threats in consumer fraud: portable point-of-sale (POS) scams. A report by the United States Secret Service notes that “skimming crimes account for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses annually” in the U.S., including ATM & POS terminal skimming.
(1) As an MSP focused on security, we want to help you understand these risks and stay protected.
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