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Chrome forces encryption in Gmail

Google, on finding Gmail to be a target of hacking attempts from China, has modified Chrome so the browser always encrypts connections with the email service.

June 16th, 2011 in Security by Stephen Shankland 1 Comment 2 Votes

Nikon camera encryption cracked

Just months after Canon's camera encryption was cracked, the same team has claimed that it has managed to crack Nikon's authentication system used in high-end SLRs.

April 29th, 2011 in Authentication by Lexy Savvides Comment Vote

RSA: disclosure could compromise clients

Security giant RSA said if it answered some of our most burning questions about the high-profile breach of its systems, customers would be put in jeopardy.

April 7th, 2011 in Security by Darren Pauli Comment Vote

RSA breach report lacks depth: Kaminsky

RSA has been commended for alerting users of a data breach of its SecurID, but chastised for scant information on the severity of the attack which experts say was not enough to allow organisations to protect themselves.

March 18th, 2011 in Security by Darren Pauli 1 Comment Vote

Govt sponsors encryption on the cheap

The Federal Government has tipped $1.2 million into locally-developed quantum cryptography technology, which will be available to buy in a year.

October 20th, 2010 in Security by Darren Pauli 2 Comments Vote

CBA finalising second-factor roll-out

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has commenced a final roll-out of two-factor authentication (2FA) systems that will see 400,000 customers of its NetBank internet banking service upgraded to the secure log-in technology.

November 10th, 2009 in Authentication by Simon Sharwood Comment Vote

CBA signs 5-year business security deal

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has signed a five-year deal with digital identity firm IdenTrust to enable more secure authentication and electronic signatures for CommBiz customers using certain applications.

October 26th, 2009 in Identrust by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

NAB eyes three-factor authentication

National Australia Bank is confident that it has the tools it needs to leapfrog rivals by adopting three-factor authentication, adding an extra means of security to the normal two factors most Australian banks offer customers to secure their transactions.

October 12th, 2009 in Authentication by Simon Sharwood Comment Vote

Centrelink frees up ID protocol

Welfare agency Centrelink has decided to make an internally developed smart card and ID authentication protocol freely available to external organisations.

April 28th, 2009 in Authentication by Renai LeMay 1 Comment 1 Vote

Visa makes 'use once' password cards

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.

June 27th, 2008 in Emv by Liam Tung Comment Vote

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