Some Important Security Tips for Internet banking:

Universal Defense:

§  Never logon to Internet Bank via an email link. Remember Bank couldn’t send you email with logon link.

§  Never logon to your internet bank account on public computer.

§  Check that the padlock at the bottom of the page shows that you are safe and secure websites.

§  Never answer to email that asks for your personal credit card/debit card or any account number and password. No bank will ask you for these details in an email.

§  Always use your Bank Account by typing Bank sites directly. If you don’t know the bank site, go and contact your bank personally they provide you all the details.

§  If someone call you as introduce them as Bank Employee and ask your bank account details, never expose them and report this to your bank personally.

§  If you fall casualty to an attack, act instantly to protect yourself. Alert your bank about the casualty.

§  Avoid opening you bank account on public computer or cyber café. If it’s so urgent then change the password immediately when you reach your home computer.

Password Related Tips:

§  Avoid you and your family name in password.

§  You login name and password should be different.

§  Avoid Dictionary words in any language because Hacker can guess your password by firing dictionary attacks.

§  Make your password Lengthy. Your password should be 8 or more than 8 characters.

§  Avoid Sequences or repeated characters – “123456” or “2222222”.

§  Combine your passwords with Letters, numbers, and symbols. Use both upper and lower characters.

§  Use the entire keyboard in your password. Don’t use most common characters.

§  Don’t reveal your password to others.

§  Avoid using online password storage.

§  Never written down the password to some notes, if this notes is lost then it’s easy for someone to guess your future password according to your previous password.

§  Don’t use password which is similar to your computer or other social networking sites because it’s easy to steal password from your computer and social networking sites.

§  Upgrade your antivirus and browser to new one.

§  While doing internet banking, change your browser mode to “private browsing”. This will delete your all cookies and files from your computer. All leading browser have this facility like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari.

§  Follow the bank policy, change your password every time when they promoted or you change your password every 10 days.