Use a router that monitors spikes in traffic. Check the logs occasionally (weekly?).
Turn the computer off when you're not using it.
Turn the computer off when you're not using it.
If I look at the logs, it's all connections to CDNs with weird hostnames. How do I know which ones are legit and which ones might be part of a DDOS?
Also CC numbers are 16 bytes long, would just get lost in all the noise..
The internet is not safe for banking, and I don't see any way it can be made safe.
Most people's personal finance is probably safe to do on the Internet because of legal requirements on banks. Small businesses are another matter.
Have you noticed the spate of attacks against SSL lately? BEAST, CRIME, Lucky 13, RC4 in general? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEAST_%28computer_security%29#... Not profitable for some things, maybe, but definitely worth mounting such an attack for banking info.
Have you noticed that the certificate authority system is totally broken? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/11/state_of_ssl_analysi... Heard of DigiNotar? Comodo? http://arstechnica.com/security/2011/09/comodo-hacker-i-hack... These aren't hypothetical attacks! Google got MITM'd by Iran https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2011/08/29/fraudulent-goog...