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Banks alert business and consumers
Beware of the new form of the deposit and refund scam. 23 Apr 2008 11:32

Well-worn passwords are gold mines for hackers
Many Internet users in the U.S. and UK make the mistakes of underestimating the growing threat of cyber-crime and repeating the same passwords so they don't forget them, according to a recent survey by Accenture. Seventy percent of UK users and 49 percent of users in the U.S. said they don't write down their passwords. 18 Apr 2008 07:13

A burgeoning bevy of biometric barriers
Biometric access control was one of the hot themes among exhibitors at the recent RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. Several companies showed off their wares, which include a back-end system for integrating biometric authentication into existing systems as well as readers for fingerprints and palms. 17 Apr 2008 07:37

The uneasy future of online security
Just as the ways in which we use the Internet are evolving, so are the threats to the security of our identities, Jim Bidzos, founder and chairman of trusted certificates vendor VeriSign, told attendees at the RSA Security Conference. 15 Apr 2008 05:57

Intelligent approach needed to reduce retail crime
Technology must be harnessed to effectively tackle shrinkage and rising crime in South Africa's retail sector. This was the key message coming out of the Retail Risk 2008 conference held in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg in March. 14 Apr 2008 12:30

Training your sights on online fraud
[Carol Baroudi] Fraud is big business. Well-funded, well-orchestrated, sophisticated fraud rings aggressively change tactics and invent new technologies to cash in on the unprotected assets awaiting plunder. 25 Mar 2008 06:15

Fraud, chargebacks and your bottom line
[Gene Hoffman Jr.] Think combating fraud is not of paramount concern to online merchants? The topic was front and centre at the Merchant Risk Council's annual conference held in early March. Online merchants gathered there were eager to get a deeper level of understanding of how better to combat fraud - fraudulent chargebacks chief among their worries. 20 Mar 2008 06:11

Secure e-commerce from first to final click
[Tom Bowers] What's most important to consumers when making a purchase online? Personal identity. Consumers are taking more notice of their individual online security after a string of recent identity theft cases made major headlines. 28 Feb 2008 06:14

Practicing safe e-commerce
If you're headed to a brick-and-mortar store or a restaurant, don't leave a receipt on the table, and be sure to check your credit card bill to make sure the staff didn't heist your credit card number. Those are common-sense behaviors for real-world commerce, but similar security measures are in order when shopping online. 25 Feb 2008 06:36

No cameras in mall toilets
[Sibongile Mashaba] Baby dumped: Soweto mall management denies toilets are covered by CCTV. 18 Feb 2008 06:44

The cost of ID theft, Part 2: Fixing the system
The costs as well as the volume of ID thefts continue to rise. Estimated business losses per victim increased by about $7,500 from 2003 to 2004, from $41,717 to $49,254, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. Reported costs per record were $197 last year, according to the Ponemon Institute's third annual study. 8 Feb 2008 06:42

The cost of ID theft, Part 1: Beyond dollars and cents
The ultimate cost to ID theft victims varies across industries, Uriel Maimon, senior researcher for the software firm RSA, told the E-Commerce Times. This series of reports relates to the United States, but it has lessons for South Africa. 7 Feb 2008 08:17

The biggest security threat for 2008 and beyond: end users
Safeguarding organizations against insiders with malicious intent requires effectively enforcing data access policies and auditing user activity with sensitive and confidential data and systems. The stories that have surfaced about company insiders stealing sensitive data worth millions of dollars - if not billions - is a nonstop cycle. 1 Feb 2008 07:58