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Threats
Phishing
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Social engineering
To obtain confidential information, criminals often abuse the good faith, helpfulness or insecurity of their victims. Whether this involves fictitious telephone calls, fake policemen or phishing - the …
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Don’t give Harold Hacker a chance to scam you!
Harold Hacker wants your money. He is using ever more cunning means to obtain access to your e-banking facility. Learn how to effectively protect yourself!
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Phishing test
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Money Mules (financial agents)
Time and again, criminals are using attractive-looking job offers to recruit people as “money mules”, to transfer criminally obtained funds abroad. Anyone participating in such “deals” is committing …
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Dubious financial service providers
Brazen financial service providers tempt customers looking to invest with promises of high yields. But such seemingly large profits come with high risks. And sometimes even involve illegal schemes.
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Malware infection
Anti-virus software and automatic updates of your operating system are crucial to be able to surf the Internet safely. Still it can happen that a computer becomes infected with malware. You must …
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Ransomware (Encryption Trojans)
Criminals use various strategies to steal money from their unsuspecting victims. One popular approach is to encrypt users’ files, only to grant them access again after a “ransom” has been paid - well …
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Denial-of-Service attack
A denial-of-service attack aims to prevent access to a server or website. E-banking users can be affected, but also unwittingly involved in such attacks. Protect yourself!
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CEO Fraud
So-called "CEO fraud" is an unscrupulous scam tactic. It involves company employees with direct payment authority receiving an e-mail from one of their superiors asking them to initiate a payment to a …
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