Infosecurity News
ISSE weighs privacy against internet security
Finding the right balance between internet security and privacy is becoming increasingly hard when addressing cyber terrorism, experts at last week’s annual ISSE conference argued.
Biometrics move from banking to borders
Biometrics has changed in several significant ways over the last decade, according to a prominent expert in the field.
Flood-zone security suppliers confident of business continuity
Users of IT security products should see no gaps in service resulting from floods in Britain, despite the location of several vendors in some of the worst-affected towns.
Google buys Postini to sell infosecurity as a service
Google is buying its way into the infosecurity market, through purchasing security service provider Postini for $625 million (£310m, EUR458m) in cash, it said on 9 July.
Infosec ignorance is a barrier to security in America's Cup
This year, the Victory Challenge team introduced security into their game plan as they challenged the Swiss defender Alinghi, in the 32nd America’s Cup.
New web threats gain momentum
Eighty per cent of infected websites have been compromised by a third-party hacker, according to the latest threat statistics from Sophos.
Lloyds TSB turns fraud-detection software on staff
Lloyds TSB has purchased pattern-recognition software from US vendor Actimize for detecting employee fraud within its retail banking operation. Use of such software is already common in financial services for spotting fraud in external transactions, such as credit card spending.
One gang corners the market in phish
One gang is responsible for more than half of all attempted phishing for the likes of online banking log-in details, and has found ways to extend the lives of its web-sites, according to researchers at Cambridge University.
