Analyst: Online ID fraud is hyped; real problem is off-line   25 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Although online identity fraud incidents get headlines, the bigger problem is off-line, according to analysts at Javelin Strategy & Research.
Source: Computerworld

BT snaps up Counterpane Internet Security   25 Oct 2006 11:07 GMT
Counterpane security guru Bruce Schneier joins BT Group as it tries to increase network security for business customers.
Source: ZDNet

Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs   24 Oct 2006 23:45 GMT
Of 4 million Windows PCs found to be infected with malicious software, half were running malicious remote control software.
Source: ZDNet

Florida man charged in botnet attack on Akamai   24 Oct 2006 23:22 GMT
Prosecutors allege he used an e-mail worm to create a network of hijacked PCs that swamped the victim's servers.
Source: ZDNet

Telephone banking system recognizes your voice   24 Oct 2006 22:41 GMT
RSA product aims to combat fraud using voice recognition to identify customers for financial transactions conducted over the phone.
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits market   24 Oct 2006 17:01 GMT
Windows Defender a direct challenge to competing products from security software vendors.
Source: ZDNet

Identity thieves hit customers at TD Ameritrade, E-Trade   24 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
A "pump and dump" stock-trading scheme run by overseas hackers has cost two big-name online stock brokerages, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. and E-Trade Financial Corp., $22 million in losses.
Source: Computerworld

FCC asked to factor Net neutrality into AT&T merger   24 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
A group of Net neutrality supporters have asked the FCC to require AT&T and BellSouth to refrain from discriminating against third-party Internet traffic in exchange for agency approval of the firms' proposed merger.
Source: Computerworld

Study: Customers don't want data handled by outside vendors   24 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
Customers whose data is exposed in a security breach involving a third-party vendor are less forgiving than when their data is lost by the company they do business with, according to a study of data breaches by the Ponemon Institute.
Source: Computerworld

U.S. agencies choose ActivIdentity for smart cards   24 Oct 2006 13:00 GMT
The U.S. Department of Defense and Transportation Security Administration have chosen ActivIdentity for smart-card issuing software.
Source: Computerworld