The defense activity of the Banking World against computer fraud is growing even more, especially in the last months of the COVID crisis.
The ABI, with the support of CERTFin - the public-private cooperative initiative coordinated by the ABI and the Bank of Italy to increase the cyber risk management capacity of banking and financial operators - continues to monitor with great attention the evolution of cyber attacks targeting the banking sector and home banking customers.
On the one hand, a series of initiatives were launched aimed at supporting financial sector operators and detecting new possible threats and seminars and meetings were organized, remotely, to provide information and technological insights on recently detected phenomena, with particular reference phishing campaigns and business continuity issues. On the other hand, the banks have activated awareness campaigns aimed at employees precisely to draw attention to the measures to be taken when working at home.
Cyber security, however, also passes through the collaboration of bank customers.
For this reason the ABI promotes a guide on the responsible use of technology by customers, created by Bancaria Editrice with the contribution of ABI Lab and prestigious interlocutors such as Polizia di Stato and CERTFin, in which the basic rules for keeping safe your devices (computers, tablets, smartphones) from prying eyes and some safety rules to avoid falling into the most common traps.
Here are some simple tips to trade online in a comfortable and safe way:
- periodically change the password of email, social networks, internet banking and sites for online purchases;
- access the Internet only from your computer, tablet or smartphone;
- install or update the antivirus on your computer, tablet and smartphone;
- contain the dissemination of personal information online;
- use different passwords for different sites;
- be wary of any request for data relating to payment cards, home banking access keys or other personal information;
- regularly check the movements of the current account.
Link to the document: http://www.abi.it/Documents/Guida%20Sicurezza.pdf
For further advice focused on the different occasions in which a bank customer operates on the Internet, a section is available on the CERTF website in a section that contains information on how to protect yourself online and to learn how to immediately recognize an attempted fraud: certfin.it/educational