Christmas has finally arrived! Christmas in July, that is, with the official start of Amazon Prime Day that kicked off at midnight Pacific time Monday.
It's already rolled out incredible deals on its own line of tech, along with Apple products and items you didn't know you wanted or needed. Just looking at the Prime Days deal page can be somewhat overwhelming — and that kind of distraction is exactly what cybercriminals are counting on.
During a fast-paced sales event like Prime Day, some concerns might come to mind such as: Am I getting the best deal? Will an item sell out before I can buy it? Valid concerns, sure, but there are other elements at play including bad actors who want to take advantage of you. And if you're not careful, you might not even know you've been duped until it's too late.
A Prime Day for phishing
We've already covered tips on how you can keep an eye out for fake deals during Prime Day, but that's not the worst of it. These kinds of big events bring scammers out of the woodwork, and they'll be out in full force early this week using methods like phishing scams to dupe you into handing over your info.
According to security researchers at McAfee, phishers are rolling out malicious emails relating to Prime Day that appear to come from Amazon. Inside will be links directing you to a fake login page and once you enter your credentials, those criminals will ha ..
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