MasterCard International today said it had acted to shut down 13 fraudulent financial Web sites based in Australia under an 11-month campaign that saw around 1,400 terminated globally.
The five major credit card companies have teamed up in the interest of better security.
A rise in credit card transactions via the Internet, phone and mail-order is prompting card heavyweights to promote tougher security standards for transaction data, according to MasterCard.
Two cards containing microprocessors that generate one-time passwords are being touted to Australian banks as possible replacements for tokens and passwords delivered by SMS and one is already being trialled by Visa.
MasterCard has announced the first trial of its radio frequency identification (RFID) credit card technology in Australia, which allows card-holders to make small payments without supplying a signature or personal identification number for verification.
To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with "notorious hacker." We talk to him about software security, the evolution of hacking and social engineering, and law enforcement's action against hacking.
What's holding back smart cards from widespread use in Australia? Could it be that vendors haven't found the applications consumers really want?
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
Michael Dreyer, CIO of Visa, expresses what innovation means to him in different areas, such as their PayWave … Watch it now
Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
Broadband speedtest
How fast is your Internet connection?
Calculate the speed here.
Superguide: Printers -- all you need to know
Looking to buy a printer? Our superguide rates the latest printers and shines a light into the industry.
Click here for more.
Storage and server superguide
Over the last decade the art of maintaining the datacentre of a large organisation has evolved into an art form.
Click here for more.