Cyber Security Month 2025: Together against phishing – how to protect your data
Bern, 24.09.2025 — Phishing is and remains one of the biggest threats on the Internet. In October, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is organising an awareness campaign as part of the annual Cyber Security Month. This year's campaign focuses on the dangers of phishing and asks the question ‘How do I protect my data online?’. Much of the campaign content and a quiz were created in collaboration with the association Netpathie, working with young people. In a webinar, social engineer and campaign ambassador Ivano Somaini will demonstrate how cybercriminals use public or hacked data for attacks.
Phishing attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are adapting to new technologies, especially by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI). With the help of these technologies, attackers can, for example, create realistic-looking fake emails to gain their victims’ trust. Access to personal data is a decisive factor for the success of these attacks. Phishing attacks are particularly effective when there is sufficient information about a person in the public domain. It is therefore becoming increasingly important to raise awareness not only of phishing, but also of how to minimise the availability of personal data on the internet, in order to reduce the risk of such attacks.
Cyber Security Month 2025: Online data and phishing
To raise public awareness of this threat, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is launching an awareness campaign on 1 October. The NCSC has collaborated with Netpathie, an association, and young people to develop a quiz and visualisations on the topic. A separate event will be held on the topic for professionals on 9 October in the form of an online brownbag lunch with campaign ambassador Ivano Somaini, which will be open to all interested parties. The campaign runs until 31 October.
European Cyber Security Month becomes Cyber Security Month
Until recently, Cyber Security Month was coordinated across Europe by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). However, ENISA discontinued this coordination work at the end of 2024. Nevertheless, Cyber Security Month will continue to be held in October and individual countries will be able to set their own priorities. With this in mind, the NCSC has decided to focus this year's Swiss campaign on the topics of online data and phishing.