Course 6010 lessons

Cybersecurity for your finances

The practical digital security habits that protect your bank accounts, cards, and e-wallets: passwords, two-factor authentication, device security, and the mechanics behind phishing, smishing, and vishing.

Why your financial accounts are a specific target

General internet safety advice tends to focus on avoiding embarrassment, spam, or a locked-out social media account. Your bank app, credit card, and e-wallets deserve a different level of attention, because breaking into one of them has a direct, calculable payoff for an attacker: your money, moved out in minutes, not just your data sitting in a leaked file somewhere.