Money in the Bank

In a report from DefCon in Las Vegas, a good write up on online bank security ... or lack thereof.

Brendan O’Connor spends his time studying the underlying security of the banking industry, specifically, the online banking and bill payment services. One error in security in that field, and customer’s information is completely exposed, which combined with e-statements, tax forms, and electronic copies of the checks that current online banking services keep could have a rather dire impact on customer’s finances. Discoveries from the talk? All those images the banks display to you to prevent phishing are sourced from a single database with the primary key into that database displayed in the ALT field.

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