Veridicom announces new IdM Server - Cavio3.0
Veridicom, a Seattle-based company has announced the release of Cavio 3.0, an Identity Management Server that uses biometrics and PKI.
"We are confident that our Identity Server significantly improves on security standards currently in use in the market," stated Paul Mann, President & CEO of Veridicom International. "Our Identity Server architecture combines biometrics, digital certificates, data encryption, and standards based technology to offer a robust environment for today's increasing security and authentication needs."
See more details
here.
German banks are victims of phishing
PostBank and Deutsche Bank AG are the latest victims of phishing. See details
here.
IKEA-style phishing kits for free!
Sophos said today that do-it-yourself type phishing kits are available on the Internet for free. More on this can be found
here.
CoreStreet and Identity Management
An interview with
Phil Libin on how
CoreStreet addresses identity management. Excerpts
here.
Vasco announces host authentication solution
Vasco, a leading provider of strong authentication products announced their new product aimed at host authentication. The solution will allow email users to check back on whether the sender of an email is genuine or not. This is one of the proposed ways to fight phishing. More details
here.
'Go Daddy', ISP joins Anti-Phishing Working Group
The Go Daddy Group, Inc., formally announced that it has joined the
APWG in combating phishing frauds. Go Daddy is one of the leading providers of domain registrations. See
press release.
Westpac is the latest target of phishing
Westpac has become the victim of phishing due to an apparent vulnerability that allows cross-site scripting. See
here for details.
eBay anti-phishing tool widely available
The anti-phishing tool that
eBay uses to keep phishers away is now widely available for general usage, says
ComputerWorld.
7 habits of highly effective identity management
Bilhar Mann of
Computer Associates talks about the 7 habits of highly effective identity management.
- Role-based user provisioning
- Managing user identity
- A directory infrastructure
- User authentication
- Single sign-on and secure access
- Self-registration and self-administration
- Account mobility
See
here for more details.
E-mail scam targets police chief
This is the latest in the phishing trend. More on
BBC.
Phishing impact equals virus impact
VNUNET.com reports on
MessageLabs analysis on how the impact of phishing has equaled that of virus. About 250,000 phishmails are tracked every month.
Phishing, Malware, and Banner-Ads
Netcraft has a posting on how malware can be spread through Phishing channelled through Bannner Ads.
Identity Management is the Solution to Regulatory Compliance
The results of a survey conducted by
Courion suggests that the Identity Management will aid compliance to the several regulations brought forth by Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA, EU 95/46/EC Data Protection Directive, VISA® CISP, etc. See
In-Sourced for more details.
IRS warns of Carribean Phishing Scams
IRS appareantly has
warned the public about the phishing scam in the Carribeans.
Phishers go campaigning for 'votes' and 'contributions'
An article on
InformationWeek says that the phishers have started looking for vulnerable election money donors. The analysis of the messages was done by
SurfControl.
Phishing up by 50%
ComputerWorld reports on the
APWG release that states that Phishing has gone up by 50% per month in the first 6 months of this year.
Some Q and A on Phishing
This is an old one but seems valuable information.
