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News (40)

• NAB eyes three-factor authentication

  National Australia Bank is confident that it has the tools it needs to leapfrog rivals by adopting three-factor authentication, adding an extra means of security to the normal two factors most Australian banks offer customers to secure their transactions.

• CBA finalising second-factor roll-out

  The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has commenced a final roll-out of two-factor authentication (2FA) systems that will see 400,000 customers of its NetBank internet banking service upgraded to the secure log-in technology.

• St George counts down to two-factor authentication

  St George is joining the ranks of financial institutions taking up two-factor transaction authentication to protect its customers from fraud.

• Banks eye bootable Linux CDs

  Australian company Cybersource says it's currently talking to two domestic banks about providing Linux-based bootable CDs to consumers to ensure Internet banking security.

• BankWest takes token approach to security

  Perth-based BankWest has unveiled plans to adopt two-factor authentication for its online business banking customers, adding momentum to the national push to beef up security for Internet banking services.

Blogs (2)

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  Aussie PCs valuable for all the wrong reasons

  When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?

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  Citibank helps phishers improve their bait?

  It took help from three security experts, Citibank's spokesperson, dozens of e-mails and almost a full working day of investigation to confirm that an e-mail I had seen from Citibank was not actually a clever phishing attempt.

Features and Case Studies (10)

• Banks inch towards voice authentication

  Banks are slowly moving towards deploying voice-authentication technologies in order to add an extra layer of security for their online and telephone banking customers.

• Who guards the guards: Security

  Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".

• Microsoft's role in ID theft

  Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

• Online banking theft -- who pays?

  Don't expect Internet scams, hackers, trojan horses and the like to vanish overnight. The challenge is for banks and customers to minimise their exposure to losses. But how?

• A treat for password crackers

  Would you divulge your password to a complete stranger? A large majority would immediately pooh-pooh the notion but not some office workers in London.

Reviews (2)

• Microsoft may be scoring own goal with IE plans

  Customers and analysts say Microsoft is forcing its most important partners to use competing browsers by its move to integrate IE with Windows.

• One-touch security

  ZDNet Australia looks at some of the biometrics technologies currently available and examines how they can protect your valuable network.

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