Thursday, April 23, 2009

New token from Banamex

A month ago I got an e-mail from Banamex (but hadn't had time to write down a blog entry) notifying of a new scheme to access to online bank system. (It's not a coincidence that Banamex is one of the main targets in Mexico for online fraud, they have a very weak system to authenticate users through an event-based token). It's good news to know that finally they're moving to a more effective system (although not fool-proof, there's still a scenario with MITM).

I haven't received the new token, so I don't have a first-hand experience yet, BUT... I hope the challenge-response scheme they're announcing implements TIME-BASED numbers and not only EVENT-BASED like they do now.

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