A story on CBS.com says the big shopping rush starts today - well in the USA anyway, which is great for those of us with a US market presence. It has been a bit quiet so far.

The report says:

Just as retail shoppers are recovering from Black Friday, online shoppers are about to face Cyber Monday. Monday is the unofficial start of the online holiday shopping season when office workers fresh from their Thanksgiving break hit the online stores from the comfort of their workplaces.

However, internet servers, like brick and mortar stores, are designed to handle a certain capacity and if they’re overwhelmed, they can slow down or even shut down. If there is a surge of traffic on Monday and sites don’t prepare, we could see more outages if they become overwhelmed.

Read the full report: Online Shoppers Await ‘Cyber Monday’

The report also says for consumers to be wary of phishing and suggests all shoppers have up to date software protection that helps protect against phishing, hackers, and viruses.

We suggest Trend Micro available from PlusOne Software

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