The cases of data theft in Lithuania have almost tripled: we invite you to learn to recognize cyber threats | Business

“There is a widespread opinion in society that ensuring cyber security is only the concern of information technology specialists. But in reality, even in a well-protected system, malicious actors can do damage if they get access to important accounts. This happens when we use similar, simple passwords for different accounts and do not use multi-step identity verification,” said Antanas Aleknavičius, deputy director of NKSC.

NKSC statistics show that by the end of September of this year, almost 1,600 reports were recorded about websites created for data extortion in Lithuania. In the same period last year, almost a thousand fewer such cases were recorded – 629. The increasing statistics of recorded cases allow specialists to say that more and more residents respond to possible fraud attempts and report them to the NKSC, thus helping the center to block malicious websites more effectively and thus protect other residents from fraudsters. .

Those who want to better understand current cyber threats and scammers’ tactics can do so on the self-learning platform created by NKSC specialists. This is free platform gives all users the opportunity to choose the most relevant course topics for them and deepen their knowledge of cyber security at a time and pace convenient for them.

“When creating the learning material, we paid a lot of attention to the phishing attacks that we all face today. The training will help you recognize malicious SMS messages, e-mails. emails and dangerous links in them. We have collected examples of what data extortion websites look like, seemingly not raising any suspicion,” added A. Aleknavičius.

On the NKSC self-learning platform, users can currently choose courses on cyber hygiene at home or at work, specially designed learning materials for teachers and students, and managers of organizations will also find useful tips. Since the beginning of this year, a total of more than 36 thousand people have completed the courses prepared by NKSC specialists. persons.