20.05.2026 - Switzerland is making progress in strengthening cybersecurity. The latest report on the implementation of the National Cyberstrategy (NCS) documents the status of work in 2025 and shows that projects are moving forward. The report also sets out the measures being taken in response to the growing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of cybersecurity. The Federal Council was informed of the report at its meeting on 20 May 2026.
19.05.2026 - The Ice Hockey World Championship has just begun, and the FIFA World Cup is already on the horizon. But fans are not the only ones looking forward to major events like these – scammers also see them as an opportunity to deceive supporters and make money. Last week, the NCSC received several reports of websites linked to the FIFA World Cup that copied official ticket outlets. But criminals also exploit opportunities outside major events to deceive people looking for tickets.
18.05.2026 - The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) supports companies and organisations in Switzerland in strengthening their cyber resilience in a targeted and efficient way. The NCSC already offers resources to help Swiss communes draw up emergency plans. It has now adapted these resources for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and is making them available in a dedicated SME version. The NCSC will host two online brownbag lunch sessions for Swiss SMEs on 2 and 9 September to present the contents of the emergency planning model and the associated resources. The emergency plan will also be presented at an awareness event organised by ITSec4KMU. The event will take place on 2 June 2026.
12.05.2026 - Whether it's an inheritance, a lottery win or a generous donation, you're told that all you need to do to access the promised money is pay a few fees in advance. What may sound tempting at first turns out, on closer inspection, to be a classic advance-fee scam. This scam is nothing new. Criminals have been deceiving their victims in this way for centuries. The reason it is still successful today is largely due to its constant adaptability. Scammers repeatedly draw on current topics and events to make their stories seem credible. Currently, cybercriminals are deliberately exploiting geopolitical crises to create an impression of legitimacy, build trust, and ultimately scam people out of money.
07.05.2026 - Wouldn’t it be nice to come into a large sum of money without any effort? This is the hope that criminals exploit in advance-fee scams promising fake inheritances. What begins as a surprising opportunity, however, does not end in a payout, but in a constant stream of demands for fees, taxes or supposed costs – all for a promised fortune that does not actually exist.
05.05.2026 - Over the past week, the NCSC has received a spike in reports about fraudulent messages purporting to be from well-known parcel delivery companies such as Swiss Post, DHL and DPD. A particularly devious development is now emerging: "double phishing", where scammers follow up the initial data theft with a phone call.
01.05.2026 - Use of AI is the subject of intense debate among experts. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is receiving a growing number of enquiries on this topic from administrative bodies, the business sector and the public. For this reason, the NCSC has summarised its assessment of the use of AI in vulnerability management.
30.04.2026 - Although we often recognise and delete phishing or scam messages these days, parcel fraud is still successful. Parcel notifications seem believable because we all encounter delivery problems in everyday life, and all the message asks you to do is click on a link for further information. However, if you follow the link, you will end up on a fraudulent website that asks for your credit card details or tricks you into signing up for a subscription. Due to the growing use of delivery services, it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish a genuine delivery issue from a fake one.
28.04.2026 - The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has once again received a high volume of reports concerning "Hi Mum/Dad" scams. A notable trend this week is that scammers are almost exclusively using Apple's iMessage service to contact people. They often use foreign country codes or iCloud email addresses, and in some cases they even write in Swiss German.
23.04.2026 - The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will be hosting an interactive exhibition at the BEA spring fair in Bern between 24 April and 3 May to raise public awareness of cybersecurity. Working alongside Swiss Crime Prevention (SCP), the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Swiss Post, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (eBanking but secure!) and Netpathie, the NCSC will demonstrate the reality of digital threats and how simple measures can provide effective protection.
