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News (12)

• Protection offered against ID theft keylogger

  Companies and individual Internet users can now protect themselves against a dangerous piece of malware which steals personal information such as credit card and banking details.

• Companies urged to move beyond passwords

  Companies are "fiddling while Rome burns" by continuing to put their faith in passwords to guarantee user authentication, a Gartner analyst has warned.

• Flaw found in Nortel's VPN client

  Networks company Nortel is returning to the drawing board today after a security researcher claimed to have found a vulnerability in its virtual private network (VPN) software.

• Microsoft launches biometric access peripherals

  Microsoft has reacted to concerns over passwords with the launch of a keyboard which uses biometrics to log on users to Web sites but the software giant has admitted the products are for convenience and not security.

• Leaving your prints all over the place

  Print documents are already being drawn into the world of digital security, and it's happening faster than we think.

Blogs (2)

• D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review

  Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.

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  Is my bank the biggest scammer out there?

  Does the improved credit card security offered by chip and PIN-embedded credit cards mean a future of greater personal liability?

Features and Case Studies (11)

• Gates: Passwords passe

  Passwords will soon be a thing of the past, replaced by biometric and smart-card technology, Bill Gates reiterated on Tuesday.

• Flaw found in Nortel's VPN client

  Networks company Nortel is returning to the drawing board today after a security researcher claimed to have found a vulnerability in its virtual private network (VPN) software.

• Leaving your prints all over the place

  Print documents are already being drawn into the world of digital security, and it's happening faster than we think.

• Microsoft's role in ID theft

  Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

• Datacentre 2020: Data security gets physical

  In 2020, datacentres are estimated to be cleaner, greener and more flexible but will they be any safer?

Reviews (3)

• Samsung Omnia

  Although there are some design quirks, the Samsung Omnia promises to be a solid alternative to Apple's iPhone.

• Untangling the wireless future

  Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.

• Biometrics special: Who are you?

  Forgotten your password again? Read on to find out how you'll be logging on, checking in, and signing off in the very near future.

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