Financial institutions and banks should educate their clients more about cybersecurity - the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) believes. According to the KNF, banks should, inter alia, implement the possibility of strong authentication of each payment in the transaction system.

You can have an impact on the vision of European digital policy for the next decade. All you need to do is take part in the consultations announced by the European Commission. They last until March 9.

Americans are the most popular target of phishing campaigns and other malware messages. Users from the UK and Japan are also at risk, according to Google specialists who have analyzed over a billion messages on Gmail sent by hackers in the last five months. Which group of users is particularly vulnerable to a cyber attack?

Ten cybercriminals were arrested for stealing $ 100 million worth of cryptocurrency funds by hacking and taking control of user devices in the United States, including popular characters and celebrities. Services from 5 countries were involved in the operation to break up the gang, and the whole was coordinated by Europol.

We warn you against false websites and profiles in social media, the authors of which impersonate Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, use unlawfully the BGK logo, as well as publicly available information about the bank. The scammers' goal is to redirect social media users to a fake website and phishing.

Due to the pandemic, we spend more time in front of the screens than usual. So the internet hackers have sensed the chance for harvest, seeing that we sometimes lose our vigilance and leave the security door behind. How to protect yourself against network theft?

Just as anglers throw bait onto a hook to attract fish, cybercriminals also try to cleverly trick their victims. Phishing (similar to fishing) is a very popular phenomenon these days, and hackers are outdoing each other in their creative ideas about user manipulation. Today, you will learn what phishing is, how to recognize it and how to protect yourself against it.

Year by year, despite the growing awareness of online threats, the number of online crimes is growing, and new types of attacks appear. We often lose our vigilance and make the simplest mistakes, as a result of which our data and even money are stolen. On the occasion of the Safer Internet Day, experts from the IT Security Office of Bank Pekao, partner of the Interia series "Not only about finances", advise what to do and what to pay attention to in order to secure access to your personal data and funds.