Cyberthieves silently copy keystrokes

Software that copies what people type and then sends the information to crooks may be the next big trend in cybercrime.
The New York Times

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[Macsaresafer]

Banking? On a Windows based computer?

No way. The only place I'll do internet banking is on my Mac. You
can claim (incorrectly) it's secure because it's obscure, but the fact
is, nobody's got a key logger on my system.

[sanenazok]

That's all very nice

Anyways, it's not like you have all that much banking to do. That's because all of your money went into a computer whose architecture will disappear next year. People can (incorrectly) claim that Macs are affordable, but it's a proprietary and locked-in platform subject to the whims of Mr. Jobs rather than any market force.

I do all my banking at my local and independent bank. It's a pleasant walk, no internet banking necessary.

[booboo1243]

You wish

You obviously missed (or ignored) the stroy a few weeks back about the college campus with a high percentage of Macs that had been rootkitted. Now it may have just been a case of physical access problems but that's just a guess, there may also be some vulnerabilities known only to some hacker that were used to compromise those systems.

Of course your ilk won't beleive there's even the possibility of a problem until some large scale problem occurs (which after last week looks awfully likely to occur sometime soon).

[i_made_this]

Platform you use for banking doesn't matter

Sincere badguys have no interest whatever in keylogging your or my small potatoes home or small business systems. Their interest is in cracking your bank's system, including your and all their other customers' ID and transacting details. Such so-called *secure* large organization systems have been the worst hit over the past few years. I agree with the poster who said - do your banking up close and in person. I'll add to that only use a credit card with a tiny limit of $250-$500 for small online purchases and make certain it's nearly always maxed out.

[Andrew J Glina]

Yep, I am scared

I have been doing internet banking for over six years and I have never had a problem. But your comment has scared me and I will now buy a Mac. Thanks mate.