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.
St George customers have had to contend with continual blackouts on its Internet banking Web site, with one customer claiming the service has been down more often than it has been up and running over the last six months.
Most Australian banks ramped-up their online service offerings in 2001 and are planning further enhancements in 2002. ZDNet Australia evaluates the choices that are currently on offer and takes a glimpse into the future of Internet banking.
NAB is planning an upgrade to its Internet banking platform that will include targeted cross-selling of products to users of the service.
St George is joining the ranks of financial institutions taking up two-factor transaction authentication to protect its customers from fraud.
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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.
Westpac, one of the biggest banks in Australia, experienced multiple hardware failures on Monday and at the end of last week, which caused its online banking service to fall over for hours at a time. What happened to its backup systems?
It is quickly becoming the norm for Australia's largest banks to offer discounts on or completely free computer security software to boost internet banking security. The question is, why?
The idea that attacks on computer systems could provide an alternative method of spreading terror and disruption has been a concern for governments since IT systems began to proliferate.
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".
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.
Security weaknesses in Microsoft's server and browser software are taking their toll on Australian Internet banking sites.
South Korean government officials are warning consumers that Internet and e-commerce sites in that country may lack full compatibility with Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, which will become available to consumers next week.
Customers and analysts say Microsoft is forcing its most important partners to use competing browsers by its move to integrate IE with Windows.
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