In the last two years, Romania has faced an increased volume of cyber attacks. They reveal security breaches in various websites and put at risk the personal data of users related to these websites.

Imagine you have a Yahoo email account. Imagine that hackers break into the Yahoo site and steal the data containing the user and password of the account. You don't actually have to imagine, because this actually happened at the end of 2013! If you haven't changed your password in a while, you should!

What happens after that? Well, many scenarios. One of them is selling these packages of information on the Dark Web, i.e. the black market of hackers, where you can find account details and passwords, information about debit and credit cards or how to steal them, hacking manuals, drugs and much more . Then you get an email from someone who "greets" you with your own personal password and tricks you into thinking that they have nude pictures of you or that you've accessed compromising sites and that they can tell all your friends about it . In fact, that's just a hacker playing a bluff based on only one part of the truth, namely your password that you actually used on that email. And maybe on other websites too! You really need to change it!

This happened not because of your fault but because of a security breach on a website. A major one indeed! So, would your humble hotel or small online business be more special? All of them can be attacked by hackers. But... you can defend yourself very well against these attacks.

CYBER SECURITY GUIDE

The National Directorate of Cyber ​​Security in Romania published a cyber security guide on their website on May 1, 2022 dnsc.ro.

It is a very interesting guide and at the same time a very real one as to the need for measures to be adopted to secure our website or even our personal phone. We receive advice from the simplest (don't click on any link, keep website plugins updated, use two-factor authentication...), to the most complex (installing a firewall, encrypting data, using VPN...).

All are good tips, and many are easy to apply right from the start of an online project. Even when we use a personal phone or laptop we need to know what to activate and what not. Also, folks, at least use an antivirus! You can find the rest of the tips in the above-mentioned guide!