![]() ![]() The transaction is between you, the merchant and your bank.” Apple Pay presents itself as a secure payment option, going as far as saying, “Apple doesn’t know what you bought, where you bought it and how much you paid for it. “New mobile payment methods will introduce new threats,” say security experts in the Security Predictions for 2015 and Beyond report by Trend Micro.īefore you whip out your devices to pay for something, check out this roundup of mobile insights and incidents we've seen so far:Įven before it rolled out, Apple's new mobile payment system got the public excited despite constant reports of other companies with competing systems rejecting it. The problem with using popular technology is that threats are always sure to follow, the same way they did with cloud computing and the Android platform. Mobile payments may be convenient for people armed with smartphones that support it, especially over the busy holiday shopping season. Analysts predict that more than half of all online shopping transactions on Thanksgiving, roughly 53 percent, will come from a mobile device, up 23 percent year-over-year. ![]() If you’re shopping online using your mobile device on Thanksgiving Day, you’re not alone. Either way, you’re probably buying something. However, in a world where evolving cybercrime tactics are out to get people’s information, the holidays can also cause the worst digital life experiences.Ĭome Thanksgiving, Black Friday, or Cyber Monday, you might be inclined to either go online to do some shopping or fall in line in actual stores to take advantage of the sales to mark the start of the shopping season. They say the holidays bring out the best in people.
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