03.01.2024 - As is tradition, the NCSC looks back at the reports received over the past twelve months in the last weekly review of the year. Fake threatening emails and phone calls claiming to be from the police were the main features of 2023. These two phenomena alone accounted for over a third of the reports received. You can find out which other cyberthreats made an impact over the past twelve months in the last weekly review of the year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your input and reports, which help the NCSC to better assess the situation in cyberspace and warn potential new victims at an early stage.
01.01.2024 - From today, the NCSC is a federal office. The NCSC is now located in the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS). The NCSC, which retains the name National Cyber Security Centre in English, will continue its core activities, namely the coordinated implementation of the national cyberstrategy (NCS) and making Switzerland more secure in cyberspace.
27.12.2023 - The NCSC receives numerous reports concerning fraudulent web content, various phishing schemes and dubious advertising websites every day. However, when it checks the reported websites, perfectly normal, innocuous-looking websites are sometimes displayed. In these cases, it is worth persevering rather than believing that those who submitted the reports made a mistake or that the website has already been taken down by the provider. In many cases, closer analysis reveals that fraudsters use various techniques to avoid detection by security authorities for as long as possible.
19.12.2023 - Fraudulent job advertisements are all too common – most of them are designed to swindle victims out of money under false pretences. One advertisement in particular stood out because the fraudsters did not follow the usual pattern, and instead attempted to plant malware during a job interview in order to subsequently take over the victim's cryptocurrency wallet.
12.12.2023 - The NCSC is observing an increase in the use of so-called artificial intelligence (AI) in phishing and fraud attempts. Below, we look at three examples of how AI is already being used in this way.
05.12.2023 - Over the past few days, the NCSC has received reports about websites selling motorway tax stickers for more than CHF 40. What at first sight appears to be a fake website is actually using a technique that is already familiar to the NCSC from other contexts. Companies focus mainly on electronic services that can be directly obtained from the relevant government sites. These are then sold on for a fee.
29.11.2023 - During its meeting on 29 November 2023, the Federal Council adopted the report in response to postulate 20.4594 "Institutionalise ethical hacking and increase cybersecurity". The postulate requested the Federal Council to set out how ethical hacking can be institutionalised as a basis for increasing cybersecurity, and how it can be promoted within the Federal Administration and at enterprises affiliated with the Confederation.
28.11.2023 - Cybercriminals are trying new ways to trick hotels and their guests. In the emails currently being sent to hotels, they claim to have been bitten by bedbugs or that they were filmed in the hotel room and are now being blackmailed, among other things. The aim is to trick hotel employees into installing malware.
21.11.2023 - A number of phishing cases were also reported to the NCSC last week. Fraudsters continue to target customers of parcel, telephony and transport service providers very frequently. This weekly review presents two less common phishing scams.
14.11.2023 - The software company Concevis has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, causing all of its servers to be encrypted. As far as is currently known, the stolen data is believed to include older operational data from the Federal Administration. In-depth analyses are still ongoing.
