ING Direct Australia says it will not follow its US arm and give free security software to its local customers.
Police are holding the IT security linchpin responsible for propping up an online business that specialises in networking paedophiles and trading images of children being sexually abused.
The CSIRO has developed a tool it says will prevent criminals snooping online communications, but hacking experts say the system is not foolproof.
Web application vulnerabilities are simple to fix -- but they're here to stay and will likely get worse, say security analysts.
A flaw affecting eight vendors' Universal Threat Management (UTM) security appliances was identified by US-based security firm Calyptix last week.
Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.
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