The NSW government is moving to clamp down on crime rings' stealing and trafficking in credit card data following recent thefts involving information from users of automatic teller machines (ATMs).
More details have emerged on the cyberbreak-in at a payment processing company that exposed more than 40 million credit card accounts -- including at least 50,000 in Australia -- to fraud.
The federal government is moving to boost its stock of knowledge in the outlook for electronic payments, including techniques for minimising fraud, as it considers how to regulate the area in the future.
The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) has raised the spectre of Australia becoming a haven for credit card criminals, in its latest research on electronic crime.
The Victorian government has called for tenders to deliver the new SmartCard ticketing system for public transport in the state, which is set to be in use by 2007.
In times of financial crisis, it's inevitable that companies reassess their financial plans.
The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.
Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
Internode has no incentive to provide free access to its Wi-Fi networks for any reason at all, apart from genuine love, and maybe the joy of finding a new way to flip Telstra the bird.
The Driving Standards Agency has admitted losing over three million learner drivers' details.
At the Beijing Olympics, cybercriminals will be on the prowl for credit card information to steal, and security forces could well direct snooping efforts at unsuspecting travellers, warns the US government.
If there is a Web 2.0 version of heaven, it must be Webjam. Last night Sydney's Bar Broadway was packed to the nines as 18 presenters got three minutes each on stage at Webjam 8 to show off their hot Web work. We were there to see it all go down.
Cybercrime poses a growing threat to companies and governments around the world, yet experts are concerned law makers and judicial systems are still not equipped to provide an adequate response.
The US sub-prime mortgage lending crisis could lead to economic losses totaling between US$150bn and US$400bn, according to The Wall Street Journal. While this dwarfs the effect of previous disasters such as the dot com bust, analysts remain optimistic that its effect on IT budgets will be flat, rather than disastrous.
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Smart cards are anticipated to be the next generation in public transport ticketing systems. What are the obstacles faced in implementing them?
RMIT Test Lab finally got its hands on some of the most powerful business PCs on the market. So it is with an eagerness bordering on unadulterated glee that Matt Tett puts these racehorses through their paces.
In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.
We put two of the toughest chip makers up against each other to see which has the biggest heart for notebooks.
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