online a secure botnets
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News B is for Botnets Any user wishing to set up an online transfer to a new third-party account, other than a standard supplier such as a utility company, is required to use the system. Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users... [18 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News B is for Botnets Tom Black, chief executive of Detica, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk: "Terrorists are using the internet for secure communications, mission planning, assessing targets online and to radicalise the next generation. [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News B is for Botnets Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular online video service and its deep-pocketed parent, Google. [04 Jul 2008]
PC security warning for banking online
News B is for Botnets Section 12.9 of the Banking Code offers advice about how to protect your online banking activities including keeping your PC secure - through up-to-date antivirus and spyware software along with a personal firewall. [16 Jun 2008]
PayPal wages war on phishing
News B is for Botnets As one of largest secure online payment providers, Barrett said PayPal needs to step up efforts to stamp out the phishing problem - not just to protect customers but also the internet as a whole. [11 Apr 2008]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment B is for Botnets A recent survey of UK businesses carried out by the Department of Trade and Industry reported that, of businesses surveyed, 30 per cent of those who use online transactions do not encrypt them. [21 Dec 2007]
Gov't not trusted with public data
News B is for Botnets If this had been a merchant or online store, people could consider not doing a transaction. This is impacting people and it's not to do with their behaviour online. A is for Antivirus [14 Dec 2007]
London hottest for online card fraud
News B is for Botnets London is the UK hotspot for card not present fraud committed through transactions made online, on the phone and by mail order. By tracking the postcodes of addresses where fraudulently obtained goods are delivered fraud... [05 Sep 2007]
Businesses tackle laptop theft data security risks
News B is for Botnets Mark Foulsham, head of IT at online insurance company eSure, said: "We have a strict policy regarding laptops. Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, said: "The laptop is... [15 May 2007]
Gates: Security challenges to grow despite Vista
News B is for Botnets Though Microsoft has made leaps in security over the years, even more challenges lie ahead as additional devices go online, company executives said yesterday. Not all the pieces are in place yet for people to be able to freely and... [07 Feb 2007]
Security 2007: Data theft still the one to watch
News B is for Botnets The growth of 'Trojan supermarkets' is also predicted by MessageLabs - in the form of online stores offering everything the modern cyber criminal should ever require at just a few hundred dollars. [04 Jan 2007]
Leader: Of course passport security is too weak
Leader Botnets, distributed denial of service attacks, mass mailers, spyware, Trojans - these are all regular security threats. It relied upon an understanding of passport standards which are posted online for all to see by the International Civil... [04 Aug 2006]
Families and firms urged to 'Get Safe Online'
News Botnets - the networks of compromised machines connected to broadband services - are responsible for much of the spam and virus propagation in the world. Marsh told silicon.com Get Safe Online is intended to make the Mrs Schneiers of this world... [20 Oct 2005]
Is latest can of worms a cyber-crime turf war?
News Botnets have also been used to mount denial of service attacks against online businesses targeted by extortion schemes, experts have said. Lysa Myers, a virus research engineer at security software maker McAfee, agreed there were no real signs of a... [18 Aug 2005]
Microsoft: 'State of security is improving'
News They are phishing attacks that look for bank details, espionage attacks that use Trojans or botnets that do denial of service attacks. Speaking at the company's TechEd conference in Amsterdam today, Detlef Eckert, chief security advisor for... [05 Jul 2005]
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