How do you protect your bank accounts from cyber crook attacks?

We are in the information age and your bank accounts and data are a joint responsibility between you and the bank. Are you surprised that you are responsible for securing your personal account? “Yes”, first of all, with the responsibilities of the bank. The banking sector is subject to continuous supervision by the Central Bank and is also committed to all international standards agreed upon by central banks around the world, with regard to data governance, as well as cybersecurity standards, which guarantee the security of all domains and elements of the banking system, which represent citizens’ accounts and data. An integral and important part of that system work .

Here, we focus on your personal responsibility, which is always the focus of the banking sector, as well as media platforms, in order to raise the levels of continuous awareness of all citizens, and this is an inherent right to know. 

We highlight the most important rules and tips that it is important to know in order to survive the continuous fraud attempts that have taken various forms and the creativity in fraud has become very fast. Therefore, we have to follow closely all the events and the most important methods of fraud in order to shed light on them, where he said Mohammed Al-Harthy is a business development and digital media consultant.

It is necessary to purchase electronically from trusted and reputable e-commerce platforms.

When entering your bank data on any of the websites, it is important to make sure that it is an official website and is subject to electronic payment standards, the most important of which is that the site carries a security certificate (SSL Certificate), which is the presence of a small lock symbol before the link at the top of the site in the user window and starts with “https” and not "http".

Not to disclose to anyone the number written behind the "credit card", because it can be a loophole for penetration and sometimes we prefer to hide it from anyone else that (personal).

 Al-Harthy added, “The user should not disclose to anyone the password for your bank account, even if it is from the bank you deal with, or any party that does not ask you for your password.” 

Beware, banks do not offer their customers and these offers are an attempt to hack your data (turn off the phone immediately and do not listen to any of these offers) and the links that tell you to win a prize or financial credit are booby-trapped links.

Never keep your bank card details on any website and always prefer to use cards for online purchases (ask about this service at your bank)

It is preferable to deal through the banking application, which is activated through (the bank’s customer service and the hot number on the bank’s official website). 

Avoid clicking on untrusted links on social networking sites or that we receive in messages from an unknown party, because those links may be a tool for stealing our personal and banking data.

Beware of connecting to any (open) Internet without a password and do not activate the network connection service (WIFI), especially in public places such as cafes - commercial malls - the street - public transportation waiting areas.

Stay away from applications (turn your photos into cartoons) or any unknown applications such as voice call recording applications, phone number location finders, and other very harmful applications.