The Polish police record more and more cases of frauds committed against bank customers on the Internet. Last year, 6.7 thousand. crimes related to phishing and e-banking - according to data provided by the Police Headquarters for Bankier.pl and PRNews.pl.

Netia announced a renewed increase in phishing campaigns in which people impersonating this company (and other well-known brands) try to extort payment card details.

mBank reminds you how serious the consequences of visiting a specially prepared payment website and filling out the forms can be. Before the weekend, bankers appealed to their clients using advertising and auction websites to carefully read and respond to messages with links. Links may lead to bogus forms and websites.

Credit Agricole warns its customers against fraud attempts. This time it is about fake text messages sent to the bank's customers. They usually concern the surcharge for the ordered courier service.

We think that our mother is calling us and asking us to click on the link. We trust mom, so we click. It turns out that it's actually someone else who doesn't mean well at all. Making calls using a false ID, or "telephone spoofing", is an increasingly common scam. Our leader Anna Kalczyńska, who was presented in the studio by Maciej Kawecki, an expert on new technologies, found out how easy it is to fall victim to it. He also advised us on how to recognize a thief attack and how to protect against it. 

The Polish national postal operator informs about a phishing campaign distrubuted to email in which cybercriminals pretend to be the Polish Post.

Can we talk about trends in payment frauds made in online channels? Absolutely yes. Last year, at Nethone, we saw an increase in account takeover (ATO) activity, both in terms of the time invested by fraudsters in this practice, as well as the development of tools used to commit it. What can we expect this year?

Compared to the previous year, the increased demand for Internet services resulted in the strengthening of cybercriminal offers. Hackers are now reaping more financial benefits because the computerization of social life has accelerated significantly since the pandemic was declared. As a result, we are seeing an increased demand for malware and online rental services. Targeted ransomware attacks, ID data extraction, distributed attacks (DDoS), selling exploits, social engineering tools, trading logins for poorly secured Windows servers - these are just some of the more basic items that can be found on hacker forums.

The bank never asks for a login, password, to provide the content of an authorization SMS, or ask us to log in somewhere - this has been one of the most important online recommendations for the security of our money for years. Unfortunately, this truth is partially outdated. “My bank announced that it would send me links via SMS and e-mail. How will I be sure that these are not thieves who are pretending to be a bank? " - customers ask. Well, isn't this a bankers shot in the knee? Did this method of communication with clients desensitize these clients to the attempts of thieves?