Internet usage on the road
We are dreaming of becoming snowbirds, hopefully next year. My question is how and where do you do internet banking such as transferring money and checking accounts. This past summer we went on an ext...
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The easiest people to hack are the ones who do not stay current on their patching. There are lots of way in besides the ports used by browsers and file sharing. I could come in through an unpatched vulnerability in some obscure network port and just install a keylogger. Next time you log in, I have your password. Then I wait for you to log in to your bank and I have your password for that too. Not all that hard to do if you don't keep up with your security patching. Just for kicks I occasionally run the vulnerability scanner we use at work on the random folks at the local coffee shop. I often find vulnerabilities that were patched 5 or 6 years ago.
That being said, there isn't much profit to be made from hacking a single individual, unless they are a multimillionaire. The serious hackers are interested in breaking into businesses or banks or stock exchanges, not some guy in an RV in Arizona. Stay current with your patches, use HTTPS always, use a VPN when you are dealing with sensitive information, and you will be pretty safe, even on public WIFI.
That being said, there isn't much profit to be made from hacking a single individual, unless they are a multimillionaire. The serious hackers are interested in breaking into businesses or banks or stock exchanges, not some guy in an RV in Arizona. Stay current with your patches, use HTTPS always, use a VPN when you are dealing with sensitive information, and you will be pretty safe, even on public WIFI.
