Mallari said a hacker was able to penetrate Mira’s email account and the former communicated with Mira’s client, telling him to deposit his payment in the hacker’s bank account.
Mira was victimized by hackers twice in a year.
Mallari said 95 percent of the total reported complaints for online cases are attributed to phishing and keylogging.
He warned against the sending of any personal information through email and not to click on an email’s suggested link.
Spoofed websites that appear with padlocks are most likely fake, Mallari said.
According to him, there are hardware keyloggers that are installed under a computer keyboard or in the cable connecting it with the CPU (central processing unit).
FBI officials warned that people should be on the lookout for highly stealthy keystroke loggers that surreptitiously sniff passwords and other input typed into wireless keyboards.
There are also non-hardware types of keylogging, where the user is enticed to install the attached software for free by clicking on a link.
Other sources include instant messaging, e-mail attachments, download managers, online gaming and porn sites.