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Sunday 29 July 2012

The source of cyber attacks on banks - the "built-in vulnerability of computers"




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Failure to comply with safety requirements is not the primary cause of cyber attacks on banks, said the Head of Information Security Department of Radio Engineering and Cybernetics, MIPT, Ph.D. Valery Konyavsky during a roundtable on "Remote banking services in the sights of cybercrime", organized by IBC "Research without Borders" . According to him, the source of cyber attacks lies in the "built-in security vulnerability."

He explained that the essence of computers vulnerable to the actions of cyberhawks reduced to the principle of "who is first come, and sneakers." Each time you turn on or off the computer in addition to the basic processes are activated and latent viruses of different programs through which bank customers can fall victim to scams.

"Get rid of the vulnerability of computers both banks and their customers is almost impossible. All of our current protection - an imitation of protection "- says Konyavsky.

According to experts, today is better protected from all cyberhawks and attack the Russian Central Bank, which has a reliable computer system. For commercial banks, as suggested by the expert, the creation of a similar system is possible, but it is expensive and not all bank customers will be able to afford to be connected to it.

Already there is a system code-named "March" through it, users can get a trusted communication session, said Konyavsky. This system works with a simple USB-modem, which allows the client to work with the bank only when it is needed. Thus, the expert said, the mechanisms of creating a safe banking information system already exists, but how to make them available there.

PS: Read the "Go!" Can be like here nbj.ru/publs/banki-i-biznes/2011/09/05/organizatsija-bezopasnogo-dbo-na-osnove-sods-marsh/index.html

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