BCR Romania is one of the largest banks in Romania, with a large number of clients throughout the country, and for all of them, there are now 2 extremely important messages that they should not overlook because this would could bring serious trouble in the not too distant future.
BCR Romania talks to clients from all over Romania about the problems generated by the ongoing phishing attacks, but also about the security of Internet connections, which can be compromised very easily if we use unsecured Wi-Fi networks when surfing the Internet.
The first recommendation made by the bank is related to the emails we receive from various unknown entities, we are advised not to download any file that they send us through messages of this kind, and this is because they they could be malicious and infect our devices.
In general, emails of this kind may contain offers for products to buy, or various imperative requests to do something, or to prevent the blocking of the bank account, or other services offered by other companies, or they are sent to us as such - said invoices, but regardless of the situation, we must protect ourselves.
Regarding unsecured Wi-Fi networks, the problem is very complicated, and this is because data transfers between our device and the website where we make a payment, enter important personal data, etc., can be easily compromised through them. all without us knowing what is happening.
The recommendation of those from BCR Romania is not to use public Wi-Fi networks in any way because there is a risk that they will be compromised, and this because the lack of security measures allows anyone to monitor the traffic that is recorded by the router behind the network, and to take over the transferred data.
Recommendations of this kind are made specifically to protect people from the very big problems that these types of attacks bring, especially when it comes to the theft of personal data, or those related to cards, or payments made by mistake to an entity who should not receive the money.
Unfortunately, in some cases where we are tricked into handing over our data or money, it becomes impossible to recover the amounts of money that have been transferred, and it is important for people to know what is happening in order to know and how to protect themselves, avoiding give money, or important data, to those who should not.
