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Re: UK: Security Flaw Exposes 3M HSBC Online Accounts
From: Ron <iago () valhallalegends com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:00:43 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey,
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1841016,00.html
I read RTFA'ing, and I noticed something important about why this is being WAY oversold: [snip] The flaw, which is not being detailed by the Guardian, revolves around the way HSBC customers access their web-based banking service. Criminals using so-called "***keyloggers***" - readily available gadgets or viruses which record every keystroke made on a target computer - can easily deduce the data needed to gain unfettered access to accounts in just a few attempts. [/snip] For some reason, I'm not considering this a "glaring security loophole", but that's just me.... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE3Zi6fqSf2EkP4p4RAtz1AJ97zczPE3JKYbZ/fiDZSWOU8XP02wCcCoa7 bfZOyG8VJ3zr0Rw5LAOGZFw= =kWab -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- UK: Security Flaw Exposes 3M HSBC Online Accounts Fergie (Aug 09)
- Re: UK: Security Flaw Exposes 3M HSBC Online Accounts Florian Weimer (Aug 10)
- Re: UK: Security Flaw Exposes 3M HSBC Online Accounts Ron (Aug 12)