WARNING!

[sanbot]

Just a warning guys to keep an eye on your bank accounts using the internet. I have 2 transactions which were done yesterday on my account for about $250, it was only because I was paying a phone bill that I noticed. Both were on my credit card and both transactions were in the UK. I'm having to sit up tonight to talk to an ANZ customer consultant over the phone because they were doing routine maintenence and were unable to help me until it was finished. Check your credit card on a regular basis, I'm just lucky it wasn't for more

How did this happen? Did someone manage to get your net banking details. Or was this a bank error?

[kup]

How did this happen? Did someone manage to get your net banking details. Or was this a bank error?

Some Bank's online facilities lack protection such as Westpac's. To transfer money from a Westpac account to any external one all you need are the login details while other banks need you to verify a code sent to you by SMS before you can transfer to an external account.

[1orion2many]

How did this happen? Did someone manage to get your net banking details. Or was this a bank error?

It is being investigated by the bank so will let you know. When the women on the end of the phone told me it could take 3 weeks my immediate reaction was to laugh, this person then got tetchy saying what was I laughing at so I told her the 3 months it was going to take.

[Vector Sigma 13]

I always worry just a bit when using internet banking- pitty its so damn convenient.

[nettie!]

i find the quick cheque deposit box at westpac heaps scarier than online

[To Punish & Enslave]

Spyware and malware are a big problem. Not saying it was your problem in this particular case. Most major antivirus programs such as Trend, Norton’s, Avg etc to name a few don’t tend to pick up many of the spyware /malware that can be silently running on your pc. For example you could have a spyware keyloger recording every keystroke you make. To make things worse people are hanging on to xp for dear life because they hate Vista. Xp has that many vulnerabilities in it that the hackers etc are having a field day with it.

Xp has been around since 2001 and most people still have it as a main operating system. I understand service pack 3 is the last service pack that Microsoft will roll out for xp. Malwarebytes is a great free program that can be downloaded for free off the net. Great for detecting and removing spyware and malware. Always back up important data first. No antivirus program is bullet proof and that is becoming more and more evident as time goes on. Any peer to peer programs like lime wire bit torrent etc are one of the main ways of getting these nasty’s in the first place. My 2c

[sanbot]

I'm with HSBC and feel pretty safe with internet banking. Customers get this little device that generates a number which acts as an additional password when logging on. Not sure how it works though.

[JuzMel]

Did you login at places like Internet Cafes or like those $ per hour rental PCs?

ANZ doesn't ask for extra code for transferring to external accounts as well. But I only login from my office which has huge firewall and latest anti-viruse/spywares - have to be coz we're govt. agency.

[Deceptic_Optic]

Spyware and malware are a big problem. Not saying it was your problem in this particular case. Most major antivirus programs such as Trend, Norton’s, Avg etc to name a few don’t tend to pick up many of the spyware /malware that can be silently running on your pc. For example you could have a spyware keyloger recording every keystroke you make. To make things worse people are hanging on to xp for dear life because they hate Vista. Xp has that many vulnerabilities in it that the hackers etc are having a field day with it.

Xp has been around since 2001 and most people still have it as a main operating system. I understand service pack 3 is the last service pack that Microsoft will roll out for xp. Malwarebytes is a great free program that can be downloaded for free off the net. Great for detecting and removing spyware and malware. Always back up important data first. No antivirus program is bullet proof and that is becoming more and more evident as time goes on. Any peer to peer programs like lime wire bit torrent etc are one of the main ways of getting these nasty’s in the first place. My 2c

Do you think this affects mac users?

[To Punish & Enslave]

Do you think this affects mac users?

Mac only has about 10 to 20% of the market so for that reason most spyware malware and Virus code is written for the other 80% of the market and they are mostly windows based pc's. Because of the ill fated roll out of Vista a lot of people went over to Mac. So the more popular Mac becomes the more likely malicious code will be written for it.