Caution, Trojan knows what you buy, how you pay: experts

BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Hackers can easily learn your consumption habit and payment method of online shopping through the Trojan in your computers, an expert warned Thursday.

"The phishing gangs become more and more professional and organized, with their technology more and more sophisticated," said Li Qiushi, a senior manager from Risk Management Department of Alipay.com, the payment platform of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

"Once being planted into the computer, the Trojan will not attack immediately but lurked until you decided to buy, then stole your money," he said at 2013 Internet Industry Security Forum in Beijing.

"So don't leave your computer without any protection, that could make chance for phishing websites and their Trojan" warned Li Xiaoling, another senior manager from Alipay.com at an interview with Xinhuanet.com on the sideline of the forum.

Users should always notice the address of the website when they are shopping online, and never leave their private information, such as ID card number and bank accounts record, on the unfamiliar website, she also said.

Alibaba and its partners began the anti-phishing work in 2007. In the second half of 2012, they blocked over 7 million cyber attacks from phishing websites, according to Li Qiushi.

The forum was held by the Internet Security Working Group of China, which was established in 2012 by seven Internet giants, including Baidu, Renren, Tencent, Sina, Microsoft, Alipay and NetEase.

Qihoo 360 is also a member of the group.