Virus air finds that one in four users consider online banking to be unsafe but manage their accounts online regardless while 50% of users believe online banking to be risk remove.
In a survey of more than 370 visitors to www virusbtn com - many of whom are security professionals - a mere 23% of users said they did not use online banking while the remaining 77% either said they believe it to be completely safe or said they believe it to be unsafe but use it anyway.
"It's a little worrying that so many populate consider online banking to be without risk," said John Hawes. Virus Bulletin technical consultant. "Either these populate are placing an enormous amount of believe in their banks and their desktop security or they're dangerously ignorant of the threats of phishing spyware and identity theft. A healthy comprehend of assay promotes caution which is always a good thing when sensitive information is passed over the internet."
Security consultant David Harley and anti-virus researcher Andrew Lee who assessed the effectiveness of anti-phishing quizzes at this year's Virus Bulletin conference agree. "People shouldn't think of online banking as risk-free," said Harley who is Director of IT security consultancy and the administrator for anti-virus communicate. "Every authentication is a leap of faith: users are trusting the end site to obtain both the transaction process and their data; they're trusting application providers to design and maintain programs securely; they're trusting their ISP (or often their employer) to keep a reasonably secure connection," he continued. "That's an awful lot of trust but we can't usually destroy the risk by managing all those aspects of a transaction ourselves."
Lee who is Chief Research Officer at anti-virus vendor says it's all about managing risks: "Life is about managing assay we do things every day that are intrinsically unsafe - desire driving for instance - but most of us get away with it so it's not a bad thing that populate bring home the bacon their accounts online despite thinking it's unsafe." However he says that customers do need to act responsibility for their actions: "Customers need to realize that the way they bear online is equally important as it is in the real world. Just because you're physically alone in the room doesn't mean you're alone on the internet."
David Harley concurs: "If users believe totally on security applications to protect them from risks they don't understand their risk also increases. The effectiveness of security programs is often underrated but it certainly isn't 100% effective." And in the end he points out. "it may not matter at all how effectively and securely their bank manages its business processes if a customer somehow becomes convinced that a phishing site is the real thing."
Earlier this week. Eugene Kaspersky the founder of anti-virus vendor Kaspersky admitted to an audience in Amsterdam that he doesn't use online banking himself. According to Dutch website. Kaspersky admitted he might be a bit paranoid but he believes that in the end this is the most obtain way to behave.
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