There are 5 ways hackers can hack your bank account! Most Popular Methods, Is your bank account secure?

Nothing is secure in this digital age. Every day news of being attacked or harmed by hackers goes viral.

Due to such online, many of our transactions have become easier. The number of black hat hackers is increasing day by day and will increase. The transaction can snatch the account from you at any time. However, the hackers are not using any different tactics but are being deceived by adopting the tactics that have been used before!

Many methods are used to hack an account. And if you are involved in online banking then this article is for you.

Today I will discuss how bank account is hijacked or how your account can be hacked,

1. Banking Trojan (smartphone)

Hackers use some malicious apps to steal your account information. And they create a clone or duplicate app to do that. Which will look exactly like your banking app. And then they upload that app to various third party app stores. And if you accidentally download that app, you're doomed. Once you login to the banking system with that app, your username and password will fall into the hands of hackers.

2. App hijacking

Some hackers have created banking apps with Trojans. The game will start as soon as you install this app on mobile. The app will continue to run in silent mode in the background of your mobile. And you have to scan whether there is any kind of banking information or app in the mobile. And when this Trojan finds some kind of banking app, it will start its activities.

It will show a fake login page similar to the login page of your banking app and ask you to login. And if you login, you will not know how the game ended and it is called app hijacking.

3. Smishing

Smishing is an SMS version of phishing. And it is a scam that the email template is provided via SMS or mail. And the number or mail sent in the SMS may or may not be known to you.

Smashing techniques will tell you what kind of lottery you have won or what company or person is interested in giving you a gift. And when you open the link from a browser, you will be asked for credit card information and you can be happy. Your race will end here. Hackers will have fun clearing your account.

4. Keyloggers 

Keyloggers are many popular hacking techniques. Keylogger can be of two types Software or Hardware. If you have the software you need to install it and once it is installed, all the information typed on your keyboard will be gone.

And in the case of hardware keylogger, you need to connect it to the device. Which will be connected to each line of the device's keyboard and communicate with the hardware. And once connected, it will play the role of software killer.

5. SIM Swapping

SIM swap is a very complex strategy used to steal your bank account. The hacker then contacts your telecom company and claims that the number you used is either lost or wants to be cloned. And to persuade the telecom company, they grabbed a new SIM card.

And if they are successful then you will know about incoming, outgoing calls, SMS coming on your mobile because two SIMs will do the same thing. And if you can do it, you will understand what can happen. He will be able to know everything about you, even using your number, he will be able to grab everything online from you.

6. Man-in-the-middle attack

Man-in-the-middle attack is a dangerous hacking tactic used by hackers. When both parties are involved in the conversion, the hacker attaches himself to that conversion. By two parties I mean you and the bank official or someone else.

And this professional quality technique is used to monitor and collect data from insecure servers. And with this technique, hackers can capture banking certificates, credit card details, etc.

I hope you are ready to make the most of your account at this time