The holidays aren't just busy for shoppers—they're prime hunting season for cybercriminals. While you're wrapping gifts and booking flights, threat actors are unwrapping your financial data at gas pumps, coffee shops, and fake charity sites.

In this holiday edition of SipCyber, host Jen Lotze breaks down four critical defensive strategies to protect your cash, cards, and personal information during the most wonderful (and vulnerable) time of the year. From sophisticated credit card shimmers hidden inside gas pumps to public Wi-Fi traps at airports, this episode reveals exactly how scammers exploit holiday chaos—and what you can do to stop them.

What You'll Learn:

• Why you should never use your debit card for holiday shopping (and what to use instead)
• How to spot credit card skimmers and shimmers at gas stations before they steal your data
• The public Wi-Fi mistake that exposes your banking passwords to hackers
• How to identify fake charity scams and gift card fraud schemes
• Simple protocols that protect your family's finances during travel season

Don't let hackers unwrap your holiday joy. Like, share, and subscribe for weekly cybersecurity tips served up with coffee shop authenticity.

#holidaysecurity #creditcardskimmer #cybersecurity #infosec #databreach #publicwifi #giftcardscam #travelsecurity #sipcyber