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Re: Fringe: e-banking not yet secure
From: "Thomas Raef" <traef () ebasedsecurity com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:00:23 -0500
Security flaws plague majority of e-banking sites http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=18764
Over 75% of banking Web sites contain fundamental design flaws that could put customers at risk from cyber thieves, according to a study (of 214 bank web sites)conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan.
Tom Replies With: I first saw this on Network World: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30229?t51hb&nlhtsec=mr_072408&nladname=072408securityal <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/30229?t51hb&nlhtsec=mr_072408&nladname=072408securityal> where it states: "Like with a lot of research, the results take a while to emerge. In this case, the researchers took a look at web sites from 214 financial institutions back in 2006." The results took awhile to emerge? 2 years? I found this article to be security fear mongers trying to get some backing for more research. Does anyone still think that 214 financial institutions haven't changed their security in 2 years? Or that their websites are still the same as they were back then? I think someone got some grant money to conduct the research and was finally forced to cough up the results. Even 2 years later.
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- Fringe: e-banking not yet secure macwheel99 (Jul 24)
- Re: Fringe: e-banking not yet secure security curmudgeon (Jul 24)
- Re: Fringe: e-banking not yet secure Adam Shostack (Jul 25)
- Re: Fringe: e-banking not yet secure macwheel99 (Jul 25)
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- Re: Fringe: e-banking not yet secure Thomas Raef (Jul 25)
- Re: Fringe: e-banking not yet secure security curmudgeon (Jul 24)