The Romanian Police brings to Romanians' immediate attention the dangers they may face every day on the Internet, and this is because, unfortunately, in recent years there have been more and more cyber attacks that affect an extremely large number of people.
Anastasia heard that today is International Internet Safety Day and sent us this awareness material to share.
She told us that the work is done by her personally, in the manga style. We can't say we're aware of this style, but we can take a look and it's sure to be popular among the youth.
The Internet is our friend, but not everyone on the Internet is our friend!
Beautiful day!
Avoid accessing links received by email or through other communication applications (SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.), especially from unknown sources, and do not fill in your personal or bank details on them. If you have any doubts about the legitimacy of an offer received, avoid accessing those materials. Most of the time, these are fake offers, some presented too well to be true;
Don't click when you've been tagged in a social media post that promises you big earnings, it's definitely a scam;
Watch out for messages that appear to come from banks! Banks never ask for confidential data such as card data, access passwords, PIN codes, neither by phone, nor by SMS, nor by e-mail, nor by completing them on the website;
Read carefully before opening any message or file from your bank or other persons/institutions and, if in doubt, contact the bank for verification through a channel other than
The one through which you received the message. Fake messages often contain impersonal address formulas, grammatical or expression mistakes. As a rule, do not make transfers or process operations based only on an urgent e-mail or telephone request, without verifying the authenticity of the message;
Never provide your account user data (bank account access password) to other people;
Do not disclose personal card data: name, number, expiry date, CVV2/CVC, i.e. the three-digit number on the back of the card, nor the PIN. Do not enter the PIN code on Internet sites and do not disclose it over the phone. The site where you are going to enter your card details to make an online payment must be secure, that is, the link starts with "https";
If you need to receive money, give your IBAN (account number, consisting of 24 characters, letters and numbers), not your card details. Asking for card details by other people is a trap because the card is a payment instrument and not a money collection instrument;
Install the latest operating system updates and an antivirus. Make sure that all the devices you use to surf the Internet are running on updated versions of operating systems. Also protect them with an effective antivirus solution;
Always use passwords with a high level of complexity. To make it easier for you to generate a complex password, use a password generator. Avoid using common terms. Also, develop a personal routine that involves periodically changing passwords for each of the accounts used;
Make sure you always have backup copies of your data (files, documents, pictures, etc.). Use both online (cloud or back-up services) and physical solutions (USB sticks, external hard drives, etc.) to protect your data against attackers.
