The frauds that occurs in e-banking sector are:
- Duplication of card:
ÿ The information contain in the card are copied to another card.
ÿ Whatever the duplicate card may contain other information but original card is used for financial transactions.
- Key loggers:
ÿ This is one programs which collect or stores the characters as typed in keyboard.
ÿ Many information can track via key logger program like aacount no, password etc.
- Phishing E-mails:
ÿ The fake Email to be from the authenticated sites, banks etc asking to enter the username and password to update the informations.
ÿ . Actually information goes to faker parties or sites what we have entered.
- In Nepal, E-banking fraud hasnot been found yet.
- Another reason for occurring the fraud due to lack of understanding technology of internet.
- E-banking not perfectly secure, we may said it is at its infancy right now.
Precaution that must be consider while using e-banking serviee:
- Using the device which will creates ID for one session only.
- The system of login using account id and password to the device.
- This create a temporary ID to login the bank server.
- The user should login using newly generated ID.
- The bank should also do their duties to prevent e-banking frauds.
- we should up to date knowledge of on going attack sources, techniques, equipments and network maps.
- We should have ability to show fast reponse towards the newly discovered vulnerabilities.
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DUTIES OF BANKS:
- Internal controls and Dual control.
- There may occur mistake by one person and at the same time other can find the mistake.
- There is few possibility in making same mistake by two people.
- Withdraw should be in limit.
- The account holder should be informed, if an account is dormant for years and the transaction in not expected.
The following things should be consider by e-banking user while doing e-transaction:
- The account no. should never give to anybody
- Using public computer for e-transaction may be harmful.
- Giving information to the unfamiliar sites.
- Before visiting any sites, firstly check the certificate and still if you feel unsecure don’t continue.
- We should use such passwords which are difficult to guess.
- Check account status regularly, if you feel something wrong or unsecure then let this know the concern bank.