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S'pore: Biometric passports are secure
News The immigration authority in the island-state, along with other industry experts, brushes aside fears that e-passports can be hacked.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Security implementation/standards
Windows flaw spawns dozens of attacks
News Attacks designed to exploit Windows Meta File flaw range from malicious spam to an MSN Messenger worm.
Tags: Security, Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Microsoft Windows
ROI: Risk of incarceration?
News It's hard to prove monetary return of investments in security, but execs understand the risk of not complying with regulations.
Tags: Security, Sarbanes-Oxley
Bush talks with international bloggers
News In recognition of Human Rights Day, President Bush speaks in support of using blogs to promote democracy.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Politics, Blogger, Democracy, U.S. Department Of State, Video, broadcasting, Belarus, Burma
U.S. 'Internet freedom' bill faces rough road
News Proposed federal law prohibiting U.S. companies from placing certain servers in repressive nations faces opposition from the Bush administration and others.
Tags: Web servers, Regulations, Bill, Security, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, U.S. Department of State, Summer Olympics, technology company, China
Indian court grants bail in sex video case
News Should the CEO of an auction site owned by eBay be held responsible for smut posted by users?
E-service success formulas
Insight To be truly successful, e-commerce merchants need some way of being alerted as to who’s stopping in to shop; they need to be able to track and store past customer purchases and behavior patterns.
US joins European cybercrime convention
News U.S. government ratifies the European Convention on cybercrime, which digital rights campaigners fear could lead to countries spying on each other's citizens.
Tags: Security, International governments
Secret Service busts online ID fraud ring
News U.S. Federal agents and international allies arrest 28 suspects thought to have traded in credit card numbers and financial information.
Tags: Security
