PKO Bank Polski warns against calls from unknown people who pretend to be bank employees. "They cite security reasons and urge you to install the application on your device" - indicates the bank in a message. The bank informs that people impersonating bank employees may ask you for confidential data and install the remote verification application on your phone, tablet or computer.

As the number of Covid-19 cases increases, the number of cyber attacks increases dramatically. The epidemic hit hardest the US and Italy, and they are the main victims of hackers too. According to the SecDev Group data, only in March the dynamics of Covid-19 incidence in these countries reached 15-20 percent, and at that time the intensity of cyber threats increased by as much as 25-30 percent there.

Ransomware: Travelex ordered to pay ~ USD 2,300,000 in bitcoins for data decryption. It's about the Travelex company - which deals with currency exchange. 40 million customers annually, 1,000 currency machines worldwide, presence in 170 countries. In any case, they "ravaged" a few months ago with a ransomware, and according to a recent WSJ account, they paid the appropriate ransom (285 BTC).

COVID-19 Exploited by Malicious Cyber Actors | CISA

This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This alert provides information on exploitation by cybercriminal and advanced persistent threat (APT) groups of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic.

A Special Message From Kevin Mitnick About COVID-19

Hear a special message from KnowBe4’s Chief Hacking Officer Kevin Mitnick on straight-forward talk to help you stay safe while working at home from phishing …

Serious Netflix fraud. Recommendations for home quarantine, accompanying the coronavirus epidemic, relate to increased interest in sVOD platforms. Unfortunately, cyber criminals use the interest to pose as Netflix, among others. Researchers at Check Point Research have seen an almost twofold increase in the number of phishing attacks in recent weeks. A lot of them were carried out by websites impersonating the Netflix website.

How cyber-attackers are taking advantage of the current situation | International blog

As the world faces uncertainty in the current situation, there is one group seizing the moment: digital scoundrels. But how do they operate and what kind of cyber attacks can we anticipate during these times? This article was first published on the Norwegian blog on March 13th, 2020.

"Security. Protect your data with the InPost Mobile application. Do not use the same passwords for e-mail and other services. Using one password can cause criminals who take over from the first page to try to use it to log into other services. Remember that an unlocked device is an easy target for cyber criminals. "

- Niebezpiecznik.pl - "The data has been encrypted and we have to pay." Once such a problem was treated as an internal matter of a company or institution. Unfortunately, more and more often ransomware not only demands a ransom, but also threatens a leak, and besides, a "data breach" is not just a "leak." There is growing talk about the fact that personal data leaks should be notified to either the Personal Data Protection Office or even the persons whose data has been breached.