Peace, joy, and... cybercrime?

The holidays are, of course, prime time for purchases in general, and are an extreme example of the amount of shopping we do online.

But if you’re like most of us, you do plenty of your regular, day-to-day shopping online too. Why go to a store and wait in line when, with a few taps of our finger, we can have the same item shipped right to our door in a day or two?

Online shopping is extremely convenient. But here’s the catch: if we don’t take proper precautions, it can also be extremely dangerous.