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PayPal claims gains against phishers PayPal security chief Michael Barrett isn't ready to claim a victory in the fight against phishing schemes, but he said that his company is slowly turning the tide using a set of new partnerships and technological means. Fear of insider threats hits home The more money that companies spend on securing their IT operations from external attack, the more it seems they become aware that the potential threat posed by their own employees remains their most significant risk.  September 18, 10:42 a.m. PDT Fujitsu protects corporate PCs with Palm Secure log-in Fujitsu Ltd. is targeting corporate desktop computer access with new versions of its palm vein biometric scanner. September 11, 4:58 a.m. PDT Forrester security show stresses risk management Enterprise security decision makers have long been more likely to be swayed by flashy new technologies than by the notion of comprehensive IT restructuring to protect data and other corporate assets, but the situation is evolving rapidly, according to experts participating in Forrester Research's ongoing Security Forum. September 5, 11:33 a.m. PDT FBI: Enterprises need counterintelligence The Chinese government has denied involvement in a series of hacks carried out against IT systems at the Pentagon in June this week, but the threat of technology-driven espionage has forced the FBI to push businesses and academic institutions to better prepare for such attacks. September 4, 3:45 p.m. PDT Apps security to dominate Black Hat Black Hat kicks off this week in Las Vegas with a big shift in focus from Internet viruses to application security. July 31, 3:00 a.m. PDT Weird tech: Fingerprinting to fend off food fights Remember the cafeteria scene in Animal House when Bluto (John Belushi) cuts the line and proceeds to stuff his tray (and mouth) with everything from Jell-O to bananas to mashed potatoes, generally causing mayhem, and even taking a bite of a sandwich and then putting it back? July 30, 3:00 a.m. PDT Anti-phishing techniques for the real world I need to expand my idea of a secure computing ecosystem into the real world. Let me explain. July 13, 3:00 a.m. PDT Beware the bounty hunter in gym class Perp: Sven Jaschan June 11, 3:00 a.m. PDT Germany adds digital fingerprints to passports Germany will store digital fingerprints in addition to digital photos in passports as one of several biometric security measures planned to fight organized crime and international terrorism. June 8, 8:20 a.m. PDT UK tightens border controls through biometrics The British government -- beset by fears of terrorists, crime, and illegal immigration -- has drawn up wide plans to drop a tight electronic curtain over its borders over the next seven years. It is testing several technologies as part of its "e-Borders" program, which aims for more thorough oversight over travelers coming to the U.K. May 3, 9:28 a.m. PDT EU police data-sharing plan draws criticism Plans by several European Union members states to establish a system for sharing police data have drawn criticism from the region's data-protection watchdog. April 19, 7:42 a.m. PDT Senators question smart card ID requirements Senators and privacy advocates on Monday questioned a U.S. government plan to move ahead with smart card drivers license requirements, saying the cost will run into the billions of dollars and the cards could allow the government to track residents. March 26, 2:00 p.m. PST Protect mobile data from all sides Hear ye, hear ye! Once again, we're making the annual call for Stupid Human Tricks. You know all those anecdotes you have about users who committed truly brain-challenged acts that radiated to massive problems for the rest of the network? Please submit these to me via e-mail (with "stupid user tricks" in the subject line) along with what lesson you learned on how to avoid such headaches in the future. If you make it into the article, there's an InfoWorld-branded tchotchke in it for you (probably a backpack). March 21, 3:00 a.m. PST Germany wants EU police to share personal data European Union justice ministers are meeting this week in Dresden, Germany, to discuss a package of measures that could give police and other security forces in the region unprecedented access to a range of individuals' personal data. January 16, 7:53 a.m. PST Good ideas take time Two years ago, I publicly floated the concept that IT should start thinking more like entrepreneurs. What a disaster! I was speaking at a meeting of CTOs, and I mentioned that I’d heard of a few IT departments that were focusing, at least in part, on creating saleable new products and services for their companies. I asked the group what they thought of the idea. December 4, 3:00 a.m. PST Citibank debuts biometric pay system Citibank Singapore is offering a new way for credit-card holders to make payments -- using their fingerprints instead of credit cards. November 21, 7:24 a.m. PST Scottish school is first to use palm-vein biometrics A Scottish school has turned to biometrics as part of a nationwide push to encourage children to eat healthier meals. October 26, 7:18 a.m. PDT German railway tests biometric technology Terrorists attempting to smuggle bombs into trains could be stopped in their tracks by intelligent surveillance technology being tested by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG. October 23, 10:53 a.m. PDT IT security lags five years after Sept. 11 Since terrorists attacked the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001, the government has begun a robust, and oft-criticized, electronic-surveillance program, but other IT-related security projects designed to thwart terrorism have made little progress. September 7, 12:40 p.m. PDT Authentication gets an upgrade It wasn’t all that long ago that the market for strong authentication products was the tech industry’s equivalent of “Coke or Pepsi?” Companies had just a few choices, including secure tokens such as RSA’s popular SecurID and chip-enabled smart cards from companies such as Axalto and Gemplus. July 24, 3:00 a.m. PDT Betting on authentication If Paul Roberts ever goes to the track, I’m gonna let him place a few bets for me. He has a knack for picking winners. Case in point, a few weeks back, the InfoWorld senior editor suggested the time was right for a story on the enterprise’s need for stronger, brainier authentication to clamp down on fraud. No sooner had he finished writing this week's authentication cover story than EMC announced plans to buy authentication vendor RSA Security. A week later, it was Secure Computing buying CipherTrust (with its e-mail reputation system), while digital identity vendor Entrust snapped up fraud-detection company Business Signatures. The vendors clearly appreciate Roberts’ trend-spotting abilities. July 24, 3:00 a.m. PDT Musicrypt tunes in to so-called soft biometrics Much of the attention paid to intelligent anti-fraud solutions has come from banking, financial services, and e-commerce companies. There’s a good reason for that, too: They’re the companies most often targeted by frauds. But the benefits of new authentication methods extend well beyond the e-commerce and banking verticals. July 24, 3:00 a.m. PDT Building smarter authentication In March and April, small bunches of e-mail messages arrived at the offices of defense agencies and contractors in the U.S. and Europe. To recipients, the messages seemed credible: Each was addressed to a specific worker, with a valid return address within the organization and visual elements that made it look like internal e-mail. Too sparse and sophisticated to trip anti-spam filters, the messages exploited a previously unknown hole in Microsoft Word that allowed them to slip by anti-virus filters. Those recipients who were unlucky enough to open the e-mails’ malicious attachments unwittingly installed a Trojan horse, which used the Internet Explorer Web browser to report back, through the network firewall, to machines in China and Taiwan. July 24, 3:00 a.m. PDT German group slams biometric passport data sale A well-respected nonprofit organization promoting IT in the private and public sectors in Germany has criticized a government plan to sell personal data to finance the country's new biometric passports. April 11, 1:29 p.m. PDT > Security |
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