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To buy or not to buy: How cybercriminals capitalize on Black Friday

ID: 8e1ae917-77b0-5337-8305-7aebae9f5287

STIX ID: report--8e1ae917-77b0-5337-8305-7aebae9f5287

Feed Name: Securelist by Kaspersky

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2025-11-24

Date Updated: 2026-04-29

Author: Kaspersky

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Kaspersky’s 2025 Black Friday threat report documents large-scale, ongoing cybercriminal activity exploiting peak retail periods and gaming ecosystems: millions of phishing attempts (6.39M total, ~48% targeting shoppers), ~1.09M banking-trojan detections, ~20.19M gaming-related attack attempts (with ~18.56M disguised as Discord), widespread seasonal spam, and notable use of downloaders, RiskTools and phishing kits to steal credentials and payment data.

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