If you think the techie stuff is sneaky, check the social engineering
side
<http://www.csoonline.com/article/692551/how-to-rob-a-bank-a-social-engineering-walkthrough?source=ctwartcso>
Scary.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/18/2014 2:59 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> That site could definitely make one paranoid, Chuck. But thanks, as it looks
> useful.
>
> Chris
>
> On 17 Jan 14, at 15:18, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> Now some other security related questions having to do with Linux
>> because, after following "Krebs on Security" recently
>> <http://krebsonsecurity.com/> , I've become paranoid about doing banking
>> and financial transactions on Windows. According to Krebs and others
>> the most secure way to operate is by using a Linux distribution on Live
>> CD. Since the CD is not writeable the OS cannot be modified. My wife's
>> old Dell laptop is still running XP and needs to be replaced with
>> something more modern. My thought was to repurpose the old laptop as a
>> dedicated Linux machine whose only purpose is financial transactions and
>> the only websites it ever visits is those of the financial institutions.
>
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