banking websites are so vulnerable? Can you substantiate that?
One area where people still do take some care about their web security is banking. I've not heard or read any reports of succesful attacks on bank web sites. (Except, see below)
2 seconds on google and there are numerous reports about banking stuffups...
"Fresh doubts about conducting business over the internet were raised last night after an apparent security breach forced Barclays to shut down its online banking service.
The bank, which says it is the country's largest internet bank with more than 1.2m customers, was last night scrambling to restore confidence in its service after customers complained they were able to access other customers' accounts in cyberspace."
http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/newsandviews/story/0,5804,349348,00.html
Florida bank breach nets online banking data
infosecuritymag.com
06/04/2002A cracker managed to breach a Florida bank's firewall and steal the personal data of 3,600 online-banking customers. Officials at Republic Bank--among the first in the state to offer Internet banking in 1996--discovered the incident a few weeks ago but kept it from customers until April 17. The theft came to light after the attackers contacted the bank, whose main Web site runs Microsoft's IIS 4.0 and is hosted by Advances.com of Fort Lauderdale. No accounts were accessed during the attack, the bank reports. The FBI is investigating and Republic Bank has contracted a team of security consultants to review its systems.
http://www.zone-h.org/en/news/read/id=416/
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