Australian Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has reiterated her organisation's call for mandatory reporting of major data security breaches to the Australian Law Reform Commission as part of its review of Australian privacy laws.
Phishers and spammers are 'jumping on the bandwagon' following the MasterCard security breach.
Card specialist Visa today launched a "Verified by Visa" authentication service in Australia - but it will do little to improve security unless it is uniformly adopted by merchants.
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).
The five major credit card companies have teamed up in the interest of better security.
Trying to understand the logic behind Microsoft's development decisions is a bit like S&M: it's a painful activity probably best left to others. But a recent example from the storage world does suggest something about Microsoft's "people will beat up on us regardless" dilemma.
Banks are under a great deal of pressure to keep their systems watertight but sometimes they implement security policies that make no sense and create unnecessary inconveniences for their customers.
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?
Ever been frustrated by calls from a vendor sales rep spruiking a technology that's obviously not relevant to your operations? Bartercard chief information officer Jason Van is.
A funny thing happened talking to some chaps from Trend Micro today. For the first time I can recall, a security vendor actually admitted it had customers who'd been infected by viruses.
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The typical image of a hacker is a kid hunched over his keyboard in the wee hours of the night staring at commands on his computer screen that unlock the secrets of the national government. But the woman sitting next to you at Starbucks fiddling with her digital camera could be just as dangerous.
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.
Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?
With millions of customers at AGL paying by credit card, Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007, explains the importance of security and why outsourcing it is a bad idea. Tizi also talks about why Australia should implement stringent data disclosure laws.
Two MIT graduate students say they found personal and corporate information on used disk drives bought off the Internet and at swap meets.
Commentary: Festive fraud is in your mailbox, but is there more we should be doing?
Norton Internet Security 2007 makes significant gains over last year, including cutting-edge rootkit and behavioral monitoring features found nowhere else, but the overall package could be serious overkill for the average desktop owner.
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