pfishing or what ?
Had a call from my bank this am [genuine] to ask if I had withdrawn an ammount from my savings by internet banking, to which the answer was no. Then told someone had tried to withdraw a very much larger ammount but it was blocked- hence the call. Now just done a boot time scan with avast and mbytes and nothing found at all-All clean. So I ask the question, just how was this done on a banking safe server page. Havent given any bank details to anyone or had opened any pfishing emails. Was told I would be debited the ammount withdrawn when they find the problem. You never think it will happen to you, but when it does I find I am baffled. Probably time I went down the mac route. :rolleyes:
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Maybe you've used a wifi at a cafe/station/airport/whatever and some clever computer person managed to syphon off your details as you used the connection ? Maybe it's within the banks security architecture and you were just one of the unlucky persons who got caught in their net.
Probably time I went down the mac route SHJ |
but these days the uptake of users of Apple's products have made them mainstream and the hackers have taken notice. Most of the exploits for OS X to date have taken place not on OS X directly, but through third-party software (e.g. Adobe Flash). So the old adage of keeping software up to date and only using software from trusted developers applies. I concur with SHJ though on recommending Apple products. As for gemma's original question.... might have been Wifi, maybe he's got a keylogger on his PC .... maybe he used someone else's computer to do his online banking at some point ? The possibilities are endless |
Fwiw it's known as *phishing*, not pfishing (something to do with Pfizer drug co?).
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Is it coincidence that there's recently been a major, major security scare about the compromise of OpenSSL? If your banking still relies on password and security details that you haven't had to change for a few months (or years), then it could be down to that.
If your bank has issued a security token that generates a one-time password, then you should be immune. SD |
Thanks SD, I was rather thinking along the same lines. For info I have run Avast, Mbytes and Hitman pro in safe mode. All clear everywhere. I`ll add that I have only ever used a Internet shop once 2 years ago to buy a ferry ticket-so I dought that was the reason.
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Similar thing happened to me with my credit card - payment made somewhere in Asia which was 'out of my normal spending pattern' (or some such phraseology) and triggered an alert.
When I wondered which site may have been compromised and leaked my details, I was told that the crooks used computers to generate likely credit card numbers then try to make small internet purchases. If a card number was not rejected by a site, they knew it matched a genuine card and they tried all the possible security codes until they hit the right one. After a successful purchase they quickly made larger purchases of easily re-sellable items before the card holder became aware of what was going on. Never needed my actual details at any time! :eek: Used to be worried about details of my spending being retained by the bank but was very glad on this occasion. |
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