Simple online banking security measures to make your online banking experience safe and secure. Stay safe against Phishing attacks In this October '11 edition of online security guidelines, we bring to you information on phishing attacks and how you can safeguard yourself from these attacks. What is Phishing? Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. This is similar to Fishing, where the fisherman puts a bait at the hook, thus pretending to be a genuine food for fish, but the hook inside it takes the complete fish out of the lake. Phishing attacks have increased in recent years and hence it is very important that you check the authenticity of a website before you share your confidential data like Credit Card details, Account numbers, IPIN, passwords, etc., on the site. You can easily indentify a secure website by looking for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate or Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer (EV SSL) Certificate on the browser. How SSL / EV SSL certificate can help in identifying a secure website? If the website you visit is SSL certified, you have to look for https in the url and the padlock symbol to confirm the authenticity of the website. Authenticated/Secured website EV SSL Certificate is a special certificate which provides clear visual indicators to identify a genuine website. This certificate works on latest browser versions - IE 7, Mozilla Firefox 3, Opera 9.5, & Safari 3.2 and above. For example, if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 browser and the website you are visiting is EV SSL certified, then the URL address bar will turn green. Green bar tells you that the site is safe and legitimate. A display next to the green bar will have the website name listed along with the Certificate Authority. Authenticated/Secured website If the URL address bar turns Red, it means that the site might be insecure and you are advised to stop accessing the site. Restricted website If I am using a lower version of a browser, will I still get a Green/Red color notification for EV SSL certified websites? No, you will not get a Green/ Red color notification in the address bar, even though the website is EV SSL authenticated. In this case, please look for the padlock symbol before sharing sensitive information on these sites. It is highly recommended that you upgrade your browser to a version that is compatible with EV SSL certificates. Is Citibank Online EV SSL certified? Yes, Citibank Online is EV SSL certified. The site has undergone many vigorous checks and has been provided with a certificate of authenticity (EV SSL) which is recognized by browsers compatible with EV SSL. Look forward to more online security guidelines in our following editions. © 2011 Citigroup Inc. Citibank and Arc Design is a registered service marks of Citigroup Inc. This emailer is intended only for Citibank customers and does not tantamount to spamming. You are advised to contact Citibank to clarify any questions you may have with regard to any information contained in this emailer. Citibank N.A., Citigroup, Inc. and/or any of their affiliates/associates have no liability whatsoever to any person on account of the use of information provided herein and the said information is provided on a best-effort basis. Please do not reply to this mail as it is a computer generated mail. For further information, please follow the instructions mentioned above. To unsubscribe, Click here | Do not want to be disturbed? Click here DON'T HAVE AN IPIN (INTERNET PASSWORD)? Click here to select one online instantly!