my mac just laughs at all of this stuff. someone remind me why microsoft is so popular?

One thing we don't understand - how do the theives cash out the stolen stocks and get the money into their own account? We have an Ameritrade account and the only place money can be directed is into our bank account. Do the thieves have the ability to withdraw funds from our bank account too?

This is an outrage! We're forced to put money into 401K's and other investment vehicles in part to sustain us in retirement because corporations continue to minimize/eliminate pensions and now with this garbage taking place we are robbed blind. Shame on the investment firms and our government. Just another case of Americal relinquishing its standard of living either by "outsourcing" or just plain neglect. People better wake up!

Lets get George Bush impeached and these cronies of his thrown out of office. The Republican Party is against the American way of life. Wake up America! A & B in Alabama.

My guess is that the crooks are only transferring money from regular accounts directly, not from IRAs/401Ks. So if they break in, they can certainly wire money from your regular account.

Do not use public computers to access your accounts. Even though the security lock may show, if the public computer has a spyware program called a keylogger, it will capture your password info as you type it into the machine (before it ever goes out on the internet). Then the keylogger will transmit it to the crooks on the web behind the scenes.

If you use your own laptop on the road on a wireless network, you still face some risk, but it is far lower. If you use your own laptop in your room via an ethernet (wired) network, your risk is reduced almost to the same level you have at home.

By the way, if you use your laptop on the road and NEVER access your online accounts, your risk is almost zero that the crooks could get any info off your laptop (after all you never transmitted your password).

Good articles and news. Now a days we are afraid of using these facilty as hacking is getting common and eat our hard earn money which we use it very judicially and after careful thought.

ASs sugeested to change your password every ten second how it is possible and secondly very difficult to remember when you will use which pass word to acesses. If we forget password than especiaaly while in travelling you are stuck. Secondly you are engage in non productive activities and it will be very difficult to focus onbusiess for which you are travelling.

Look forward to see more ways of protections. information and method of safe guarding our hard earned money. Prime responsibilty of hotel ptroviding safety to their valuable customers,

Does it help to have the password written in an innocuous file, then using the mouse to cut and paste it?
That would bypass any keystroke reading programs, wouldn't it?

I have an Ameritrade acct. I am usually outside of the US, on business. I sometimes need to use wire transfers to move funds from Amerit. into or out of a US or foreign bank acct. Each time I put in a request for this type of transfer, I am required by Amerit. to submit a signed letter of authorization, and the funds can only be wired to one of my preauthorized accts, and only to accts. in my own name.
Ask your financial services providers to request of you extra authorization levels for transactions. It may add time and minor inconvenience, but I believe it's worth it.

"crush after using" is my motto..

Seriously - Do not set up your account for wire transfers!!!

To all of you who use "internet" in financial dealing, remember the "enigma machine".............

I tend to think that this is more the hubris and anarchy of the American government that is doing this and blaming it on Russians

how about voice recognition matching customer data bank via phone for confirmation of trade plus password plus personal question, then callback from trader/bank for verification before processing,+++ then confirmation callback that message rec'd. etc...+++? would that work for a while?

If you are done accessing anything that has to do by using passwords could the thieves get ahold of your password?

P.S.-If you put your computer on stand-by after your done using computer,and when you come back to use computer again,at the Welcome Screen,could thieves still get any information without your logon password?

If this is happening on your own computer changing your user id
and password frequently is not going to help. Is there a scenario which describes how such a "key stroke" program could somehow get onto your home computer. Does any of the anti virus software or operating system software defend against this intrusion?..probably not.

Russian hackers are dangerous! They will crack all! BUT! We usual people. Simply we for the accessible information! We do not plunder! We do not offend! We for the truth! For availability! We not monsters!