The National Cyber Secu­rity Centre (NCSC) has revamped its web­site. You can now use it to notify them of cyber inci­dents via their report form.

Due to its mul­ti­media fea­tures, Flash Player was used exten­sively in the past. The 31st December 2020 though saw the end of its era – with imme­diate effect, Adobe is no longer sup­porting Flash Player …

Extra cau­tion is required towards the year end. There’s a long tra­di­tion of online fraud over Christmas.

Cyber crim­i­nality sta­tis­tics are sending a clear signal: Mal­ware attacks resulting in damage have increased con­sid­er­ably throughout Switzer­land over the past few years.

Every second Tuesday in a month is “Patch Day”. This is the day Microsoft and other large soft­ware providers pub­lish patches to cor­rect mis­takes and update security.

Banking apps and video iden­ti­fi­ca­tion make it pos­sible. Anyone looking for work or extra income should beware of job offers which just sound too good to be true. Crim­i­nals are trying to rope the …

At the end of the year, one thing is clear: Internet crim­i­nals are more active than ever, and are becoming ever more brazen. This is what you can to do effec­tively pro­tect your­self in 2021, too.

Phishing without any links or doc­u­ments – when phishers send you a faked web­site in the shape of a HTM- or HTML-file as an attach­ment... We explain to you how you can recog­nise such an attack and …

Switzer­land is affected by another wave of coro­n­avirus infec­tions, with mea­sures being tight­ened both across can­tons and nation­wide. Amongst other things, BAG rec­om­mends the working pop­u­la­tion should …

It is not just since Corona appeared that con­tact­less card or smart­phone pay­ments have become very pop­ular. To shop with no need for cash or codes is con­ve­nient – yet it also involves risks.