What: RH-ISAC has released its Holiday season cyber threat trends 2024.

Why it is important: For the retail, hospitality, and travel community, the holiday season is the most intense time of year for consumers and cybersecurity professionals facing persistent threats. From the beginning of October through the end of December, cyber threats to organizations expand in both scale and intensity to match the rise in consumer traffic.

The key takeaways of member analysts’ provide critical insight into the active defensive trends in the retail sector. Social engineering and fraud remain critical concerns, with

various types of fraud increasing dramatically in the current period. Organizations are seeing an increase in the prevalence of call-based social engineering, loyalty and gift card fraud, and DoS attacks.

Holiday season cyber threat trends 2024