Security firm F-Secure has discovered a password stealing trojan targeting Commonwealth Bank users -- and the malware isn't being detected by the free antivirus software the bank is offering its online users.
At the time of writing, the front page of Westpac's Web site is currently out of action, causing angst for customers around the country.
Swedish bank Nordea has told ZDNet UK that it has been stung for between seven and eight million Swedish krona (around AU$1,500,000) in what security company McAfee is describing as the "biggest ever" online bank heist.
The five major credit card companies have teamed up in the interest of better security.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is taking a tougher line on underperforming information technology (IT) staff while investing more heavily in star performers, according to one of the CBA's chief information officers.
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.
Banner adverts for Dell and Optus were appearing on the Pirate Bay Web site earlier this week -- until ZDNet Australia published a story revealing the fact.
For no particular reason that I can discern, a 1979 Kenny Rogers song popped into my head as I was considering the ever more complex morass that is the national broadband network tender which Senator Stephen Conroy defended in his CeBIT keynote speech.
Industry veteran Jon Oltsik says Visa's "defence in depth" approach to security proves this is not mission impossible.
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