Somebody tried to rip off my IB account and wire money to New Zealand
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this program is likely to be a disaster, it requires a token to be carried around. if you travel it will likely prove to be adisaster.
Why "disaster"? You don't have to use it if you don't want to.
I've had to use different generations of the SecureID technology in the past, and yes, they're annoying (especially the challenge/response type). In some cases, it was clearly worth the trouble for the added security. Other times, not.
Given the other forms of security IB has in place with regard to money movement, I'm personally comfortable without the added SecureID token, but I applaud IB for offering this option to those with different risk/reward profiles.
i suggest obviously people be more careful with your passwords and who has access to their computer.
Absolutely. The vast majority of security problems are caused by failing to follow basic information security procedures that have little to do with specific technologies.
this program is likely to be a disaster, it requires a token to be carried around. if you travel it will likely prove to be adisaster.
Why "disaster"? You don't have to use it if you don't want to.
I've had to use different generations of the SecureID technology in the past, and yes, they're annoying (especially the challenge/response type). In some cases, it was clearly worth the trouble for the added security. Other times, not.
Given the other forms of security IB has in place with regard to money movement, I'm personally comfortable without the added SecureID token, but I applaud IB for offering this option to those with different risk/reward profiles.
i suggest obviously people be more careful with your passwords and who has access to their computer.
Absolutely. The vast majority of security problems are caused by failing to follow basic information security procedures that have little to do with specific technologies.
I might have cirticized IB because of their unstable platform, but what I read in this thread makes me laugh. IB provides top notch security. I would not know of any other broker with so many and such versatile securitiy features. They almost ask too much (when trying to have a trade executed over the phone in order to check on the identity of the caller).
I can only say: Guys, we live among and work over the internet. INTERNET!!!
Every small kid lerns to change passwords frequently, not to use birthdates or easy guessed names, and not to use the same passwords for IB and your email client. If you can't even manage that then please do not talk about backtesting models in other threads it becomes doubtful.
IB send out a key code to your email client which you need to resend to IB in order to make wire changes or to withdraw funds. So, unless both systems are compromised I would guess there is no way for fraud, coming from the outside. BUT: IMO, compromised systems and passwords are in 99% of the cases due to illegal downloading of programs and software which was altered in order to build-in trojans and keylogger. Someone, who illegally benefits from such software is at his/her own fault. Almost all other cases are due to negligence.
The exceptions from what I said are so rare (and rare is 0,001% of all wires done daily through IB's correspondent banks) that there is no reason to blame IB for it!!!
Come on guys..........is all common sense lost??? One guy reports a problem and 100 others freak out and start panicing.
I can only say: Guys, we live among and work over the internet. INTERNET!!!
Every small kid lerns to change passwords frequently, not to use birthdates or easy guessed names, and not to use the same passwords for IB and your email client. If you can't even manage that then please do not talk about backtesting models in other threads it becomes doubtful.
IB send out a key code to your email client which you need to resend to IB in order to make wire changes or to withdraw funds. So, unless both systems are compromised I would guess there is no way for fraud, coming from the outside. BUT: IMO, compromised systems and passwords are in 99% of the cases due to illegal downloading of programs and software which was altered in order to build-in trojans and keylogger. Someone, who illegally benefits from such software is at his/her own fault. Almost all other cases are due to negligence.
The exceptions from what I said are so rare (and rare is 0,001% of all wires done daily through IB's correspondent banks) that there is no reason to blame IB for it!!!
Come on guys..........is all common sense lost??? One guy reports a problem and 100 others freak out and start panicing.
I have never downloaded any pirated software. I downloaded legal software to watch a pirated movie(see previous post where I made a joke about this). Old School, considering I am back in school at the same age as the characters, it's pretty cool. Of course, I'm still waiting to have parties like theirs.
I'm forming a posse to rumage Trajan's house & backyard for that gold.
If you want in. send me a PM.
BTW: SecurID is strictly world class. Mckinsey, Bain, and leading I-banks use it for their intranets. Kudos to IB.
If you want in. send me a PM.
BTW: SecurID is strictly world class. Mckinsey, Bain, and leading I-banks use it for their intranets. Kudos to IB.
No need. Trajan and I have already staged the play:Quote from BlueHorseshoe:
I'm forming a posse to rumage Trajan's house & backyard for that gold.
If you want in. send me a PM.
http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=1385585
Scientist.
Quote from Scientist:
No need. Trajan and I have already staged the play:
http://mm.dfilm.com/mm2s/mm_route.php?id=1385585
Scientist.
Funny movie. Just cant believe this guys complaining, keeping Kazaa on your trading computer HAHAHAHAHAHA- Expect this!
Kazaa??? Did he... REALLY?
WUUUHAAAHAHAAH !
Trajan: Kazaa is almost exclusively distributed for the purpose of spyware distribution. Spyware is not legally illegal, yet it can indeed invite illegal action.
Once I installed Kazaa on one of my (non-trading!) machines and while a test with Norton found nothing, I wondered why my computer was going laggier and laggier. An Ad-Aware scan soon told me what was going on. It found:
436 Spyware components...
However, this was years ago. Today, anybody knows that Kazaa is spyware stuff. Today, most people also know what Gator and BonziBuddy is. Perhaps Trajan still doesn't...
Scientist.
1. It was something XVID something. XVID is a codecs like DIVX. I guess it came along with it when I downloaded it. Found a link that says the trojan came with from a Kazaa version, but I thought I downloaded from the developers site(I don't use Kazaa). There was a second one with a file called ALL.EXE in the windows folder, don't remember the name. [/B][/QUOTE]
Well okay, not Kazaa i see now, but some video-stuff anyway, sorry if a bit harsh there.
Well okay, not Kazaa i see now, but some video-stuff anyway, sorry if a bit harsh there.
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