[Gllug] how safe is linux against identity thief

Harry Rickards hrickards at l33tmyst.com
Tue Mar 24 11:30:08 UTC 2009


Are you using iptables for the firewall? (I'm not familiar with Ubuntu  
Firewall.)

Quoting Lucy Peters <lucypeters at mail.com>:

> My bank account has been compromised recently. they transferred fund from
> my account to the people I don't know. I use foxyproxy, ubuntu firewall
> and only use the cookies from the site. I don't keep any cookies from
> 112.207 or anything other than from the main site. I wonder how the
> people found my details online.
>
> what else can I install to prevent identity thief from happening again ?
>
> Lucy
>
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