Vigilance: the stock market is extremely hot, computer hackers are eyeing stockholders

Early in the morning yesterday, Mr. Zhang opened a stock account for operations and found that 5000 shares of China Merchants Bank, which were to be held for a long time, were actually dumped the day before, but he had never performed a similar operation. Later, after inspection, it was discovered that his computer had a Trojan virus, and his stock account number and password were stolen.

With the stock market booming, stockholders who use personal computers to buy and sell stocks have become a new target for hackers. Antivirus software company Rising said that since May 8, they have received help from more than a hundred investors: stock and online bank account passwords have been stolen.

According to statistics, these users are mainly middle-aged and elderly people, and they find that the computers they use for stock trading slow down, and the passwords of stock accounts and Yinzhengtong suddenly expire. "I was optimistic about a stock the day before and was ready to buy it the next day. As a result, I woke up early in the morning and turned on the computer. I found that the stock account could not be accessed anymore. As a result, I watched that stock rush to the daily limit." Ms. Wang described her experience.

Rising's security experts said that many middle-aged and elderly investors are not familiar with computers, and their memory is not as good as that of young people. For easy operation, they often use simple birthday and other information as passwords. Some people even use stocks and Yinzhengtong accounts. The password is stored in a text file on the desktop of the computer for easy viewing at any time. This method has no secret for hackers, a common Trojan virus can steal all accounts and passwords.

Because the funds in the stock account are directly transferred through the bank-certificate transfer function, even if the hacker steals the stock account and password, it is difficult to transfer the money to his own account. But security experts warn that some hackers have now casually bought and sold stolen stocks out of mischief. In addition, many stockholders use online banking for bank-securities transfer, and for the convenience of memory, the password of online banking is also the same as the stock password, which leads to the theft of users' online banking accounts at the same time. The payment transfer function of online banking is likely to result in the theft of user funds.

How to keep your stock account safe. Security experts reminded that first of all, the password cannot be set too simple, otherwise it is easy to be cracked. If you find it difficult to remember, it is best to keep the password in the notebook and keep it in the computer. In addition, it is best to download the stock software on the official website of the securities company where you open the account, and do not use Thunder, BT and other peer-to-peer download software to download, otherwise you may download stock software that has been modified by hackers and installed Trojans. The last thing is to update anti-virus software and firewalls in a timely manner. You must turn on the monitoring function of these software when you go online and conduct stock operations.