What: RH ISAC reviews cybersecurity threats from the 2023 holiday season.

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.

In order to examine the threat landscape facing members during the holiday season, RH-ISAC developed this report, the 2023 RH-ISAC Holiday Season Threat Trends Summary. The report is in four parts:

1. Member Perspectives: In which key subject matter experts from leading member organizations provide their insights into their current defensive preparations.
2. Threat Landscape: Where the RH-ISAC team examines the threat trends reported by the member community for previous holiday seasons from a historical and analytical perspective.
3. Associate Member Analysis: In which Akamai highlights key trends for the holiday season, including malicious bot traffic and Magecart-style attacks.
4. 2022-2023 RH-ISAC Ransomware Threat Landscape Comparison: In which threat analysts from RH-ISAC highlight major shifts in the ransomware threats facing the community over time.

2023 holiday season cyber threat trends