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Defensive Computing Priorities
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| I know this is extreme, but I'm far from the
| only person offering this advice. Firefox,
| running off a bootable copy of Linux on a CD,
| USB flash drive or SD memory card can be your
| best friend. For more, see my trio of articles
| on this at eSecurity Planet:
|
| * Consider Linux for Secure Online Banking
| August 2009
| * Windows and Online Banking: A Dangerous
| Mix October 2009
| * Online Banking: Taking Issue With The New
| York Times December 2009
|
| There are so many choices and options.
| Hopefully this list will help you prioritize
| your time and money.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15280/defensive_computing_priorities
Recent:
On-Line Banking and Linux
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| I have been banking on-line for a long time
| now. Indeed I started banking by telephone
| with the Co-operative Bank when they first
| introduced it, well before any other bank
| had done so in the UK. I haven't actually
| been to my nearest bank (which is 48 miles
| away) for about 15 years. No need.......cash
| machines for cash at no cost, cheque
| deposits through the Post Office and of
| course the on-line banking for paying bills
| and moving money around.
|
| [...]
|
| I am no Linux expert but how about providing
| a "barebones" Linux OS which in the form of
| a LiveCD, configures your internet
| connection wired or wireless, and provides a
| basic secure browser to access your on-line
| banking services. If small enough this could
| be issued in the form of a "credit card"
| sized CD you could keep in your wallet along
| with your other cards.
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http://wadsworths-way.blogspot.com/2009/11/on-line-banking-and-linux.html
Windows unsafe for online banking? Shopping?
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| The most prominent example of this is The Washington
| Post's security columnist, Brian Krebs. Krebs
| recently recommended that after interviewing "dozens
| of victim companies that lost anywhere from $10,000
| to $500,000 dollars because of a single malware
| infection," he's now recommending that, "commercial
| online banking customers consider accessing their
| accounts solely from non-Windows systems."
|
| As Krebs points out, he's not the only one. The
| Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis
| Center, an online financial-sector security forum
| recommends business users, ""carry out all online
| banking activity from a standalone, hardened, and
| locked-down computer from which e-mail and Web
| browsing is not possible."
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http://www.itworld.com/security/81556/windows-unsafe-online-banking-shopping
Teeth-Gnashing and Tongue-Lashing Over Desktop Linux Foot-Shooting
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| "Even if the Windows installation on the underlying
| hard drive is completely corrupted with a keystroke-
| logging virus or Trojan, that malware can't capture
| the victim's banking credentials if that user only
| transmits his or her credentials after booting up
| into one of these Live CDs," Krebs explained.
|
| The community's reaction? More than 400 comments on
| Slashdot just a few days later, not to mention
| discussions on OStatic, as well as on LXer and
| beyond.
|
| Linux, you're on a roll!
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/68409.html?wlc=1256048572&wlc=1256048554
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