October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month. This year's "Stay Safe Online" theme focuses on simple ways to stay protected against online threats.

As several major retailers roll out exclusive deals this week, it's important to stay vigilant while shopping online.

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Make sure the website has a secure connection. A lock sign indicates that the connection is secure, and an exclamation point appears when it isn't. Look for misspellings, additional punctuation and anything else that might seem off in the address.

The same tips apply to scrolling through the website.

"The truth is scammers will clone everything on a legitimate website to their illegitimate website, and it'll even pull over privacy policies and ret

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