Mobile phones are not safe from hackers - protect yourself
As an member, you can benefit from our cyber promotion until December 4, 2024:
Optimal protection and 50% discount for the prevention module in the 1st year – for members
And best of all, the partner discount can be combined with the current online promotion.
All information on Zurich's offers can be found on zurich.ch/partner on the Internet. Here you can calculate your individual premium and create your own personal offer. You will need the following access code: mSCDM6px
You can also call us free of charge on 0840 32 32 32 or visit a general agency in Zurich near you. You can find the one closest to zurich.ch/agentur.
Please mention your membership.
*Promotion conditions: The promotion is valid for cyber insurance contracts concluded between 6.10 and 4.12.2024. In the first year of insurance, you get a one-time discount of 50% on your cyber insurance. The one-time discount will automatically cease to apply as of the next main due date. Excluded from the promotion: Cyber - Prevention.
We're online, literally all day: in the morning, while brushing our teeth, we check the weather app and our emails. On public transport we listen to our favorite music online and we also pay for lunch electronically. In the afternoon, we enjoy the new series streaming on the couch. Before going to bed, we Google holiday apartments, buy a pair of shoes on the Internet and finally transfer invoices via online banking.
The mobile phone is also a small computer
Just a few years ago, most online uses were via PCs, laptops, or tablets. Meanwhile, almost anything can be done via a smartphone, but even this is actually a small computer and therefore vulnerable to hackers.
Most of us don't even know that we use our mobile phones to access the internet dozens of times a day and thus establish an electronic connection with the outside world. This makes it all the more important to protect yourself. This is because cyberattacks can cripple devices, compromise data, steal our identity, and in the worst case, lead to high costs.
Prevention: Particularly important in cybersecurity
The best thing to do is to minimize the risk of hacker attacks. That's why prevention plays a special role, especially in terms of cybersecurity. Important and proven measures are also a password manager for mobile phones and a secure connection via VPN so that hackers cannot access data, even in public Wi-Fi networks. Identity protection alerts you if data has been leaked through phishing, for example. In the event of a hacker attack, it is also very useful to be able to access cybersecurity experts over the phone. The Zurich Cyber Prevention app offers all these services.
Effectively protect yourself from phishing and virus attacks
Even with the best prevention, absolute safety can never be achieved. That's why it's important to also protect yourself from the financial consequences of phishing, viruses and hacker attacks, both on your mobile phone and other electronic devices, with specific cyber insurance. For example, it covers the costs of removing malware from private devices and also pays the specialist who restores data from a private backup.
Protection is also useful when shopping online
Cyber insurance dedicated to online purchases and online banking offers protection for these transactions. This is because it is worthwhile, for example, if a hacker drains your account or a cybercriminal orders valuables online on your behalf and has them delivered.