All I want for Christmas is NOT a scam – Surfshark shares some tips to avoid digital threats during the festive season

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And the situation is the same every year: people rushing frantically to shops and markets to complete all kinds of last-minute errands, including buying gifts and food, sending greeting cards, and catching trains or planes to reach their loved ones.

As we prepare to rock around the Christmas tree in style, we might forget that fraudsters do not clock out from their sinister day jobs in the spirit of festive goodwill. On the contrary, it is the perfect moment to target us, whether we are strolling through a Christmas online market trying to decide which reindeer jumper would suit our uncle best, or sitting at home pouring our seventh glass of Prosecco while watching Gremlins.

Surfshark, creator of one of the best VPNs, is urging users not to let their guard down. As the perfect pre-Christmas ...