Threats to online banking

2005-07-01

Candid Wueest

Symantec Security Response, Ireland
Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

Incidents of malicious applications that steal financial account information have increased dramatically over the last year. Candid Wueest demonstrates that the biggest threat to online banking is malicious code executed carelessly on the end-user's computer, and advises users of online banking to tread carefully.


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Do you use the same password(s) across multiple websites?
I use the same password for all sites
I have a number of passwords but use the same for some sites
I use a different password for each site
I don't sign up to any sites that require a password

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