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[STMO123]

the main reason the banks advise to type it into the address bar is so that you know it hasn't been placed or overwritten in your favourites by a dodgy website.

That makes sense

[omegod]

Had a cracker last week, had some issues logging onto my halifax online and without a prompt it said we will reset and resend your log on details which they duly did........TO MY EXES HOUSE !who I split with 8 yrs ago and have been receiving all statements etc  at my new address since then.

Still awaiting a response!

[Gaffers]

you are accesing your bank through the telephone lines right.. any techie, knowing your bank can listen both ips and the transactions..

Thanks Cem, that's cheered me right up

Possible but unlikely when using online banking.  SSL hacks have circumvented paypal and other simple sites (like credit cards) but it has never been used against online banking as there are other protective measures in place.  You are more at risk from trojans with keylogging threats.

[Gaffers]

you are accesing your bank through the telephone lines right.. any techie, knowing your bank can listen both ips and the transactions..

Thanks Cem, that's cheered me right up

Possible but unlikely when using online banking.  SSL hacks have circumvented paypal and other simple sites (like credit cards) but it has never been used against online banking as there are other protective measures in place.  You are more at risk from trojans with keylogging threats.

[Auto Addict]

My bank recommended this :- http://www.trusteer.com/

It's free.

[Chris_H]

I wonder who Citibank recommend.  They got hacked a couple of weeks ago.

[Gaffers]

I wonder who Citibank recommend.  They got hacked a couple of weeks ago.

Not for the first time either.....

[cem_devecioglu]

you are accesing your bank through the telephone lines right.. any techie, knowing your bank can listen both ips and the transactions..

Thanks Cem, that's cheered me right up

Possible but unlikely when using online banking.  SSL hacks have circumvented paypal and other simple sites (like credit cards) but it has never been used against online banking as there are other protective measures in place.  You are more at risk from trojans with keylogging threats.

they can rob heavily guarded "safe" banks.. physically   

let alone the internet and your home pc.. nothing is completely safe..  internet and safety is  a bit optimism imo

[Auto Addict]

My bank recommended this :- http://www.trusteer.com/

It's free.

It protects against keylogging.

[Kevin Wood]

My bank recommended this :- http://www.trusteer.com/

It's free.

It protects against keylogging.

Well, it might protect against certain known trojans that do key logging, but It'd be stretching it to say it protects against all instances of key logging.

Anyone got a wireless keyboard?

[Auto Addict]

My bank recommended this :- http://www.trusteer.com/

It's free.

It protects against keylogging.

Well, it might protect against certain known trojans that do key logging, but It'd be stretching it to say it protects against all instances of key logging.

Anyone got a wireless keyboard?

Any protection is better than nothing

[Chris_H]

My bank recommended this :- http://www.trusteer.com/

It's free.

It protects against keylogging.

Well, it might protect against certain known trojans that do key logging, but It'd be stretching it to say it protects against all instances of key logging.

Anyone got a wireless keyboard?

Any protection is better than nothing

If it lulls you into a false sense of security, that's debatable.

[Auto Addict]

My bank recommended this :- http://www.trusteer.com/

It's free.

It protects against keylogging.

Well, it might protect against certain known trojans that do key logging, but It'd be stretching it to say it protects against all instances of key logging.

Anyone got a wireless keyboard?

Any protection is better than nothing

If it lulls you into a false sense of security, that's debatable.

No it doesn't, it's as KW said, any internet security package will only protect you against know threats.

[Auto Addict]

These are the companies that endorse it:-

Alliance Bank of AZ Alliance & Leicester Alta Alliance Bank Amegy Bank Auto Trader UK BancFirst Bangor Savings Bank BankFIRST Bank of America Bank of Cyprus UK Bank of Montreal Bank of Nevada Bank of the West
 BBVA Compass BOK Financial Boursorama Cambridge Savings Bank Carolina First Bank Central Bank KY Charter One CIBC CNB Bank CoBiz Financial Commerce Bank WA Coutts CoVantage Credit Union
 Coventry Building Society eBay Ever Bank F&M Bank Fifth Third Bank first direct First Independent NV First Republic Bank Hancock Bank Harris Bank HSBC Huntington National Bank IBC Bank
 ING DIRECT Canada ING DIRECT USA iTransfer Mercantile Bank Metro Bank Mid-Atlantic Corporate National Bank of Arizona Nationwide NatWest NBC Bank Nedbank NEFCU Nevada State Bank OceanFirst Bank
 OnVista Bank PayPal Peoples Bank OH,WV,KY Peoples Bank (MO) President’s Choice Financial PSECU RBS Citizens Riverview Community Bank The Royal Bank of Scotland Santander Santander Rio Selfbank Selftrade ShareBuilder
 SiebertNet Smile Somerset Hills Bank Standard Bank SunTrust Synovus Co-Operative Bank Torrey Pines Bank Ulster Bank United Bank USAmeriBank Valley National Vectra Bank Zions Bank

Reasonably impressive.

[Chris_H]

The banks would love you to think they are the epitomy of electronic security.  HSBC are about to roll out an electronic PIN generator saying they're the first to do it.  BACS did it 15 years ago or more (albeit to a smaller client-base).

I am quite used to having lists of qualifications thrown at me on the security front - once it was "this guy here used to work for NASA in security systems" and I was equally unimpressed then.  The phrase creates an impression but is meaningless when analysed.  He came and went.