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Opinion: Three steps to better browser security

In Crypto - By Steven Willoughby, 21 October 2009 10:52 AM

A cheap and cheerful public key infrastructure will stop phishers.

Experts doubt DIAC bio-database can stop ID fraud

In Crypto - By Munir Kotadia, 25 August 2009 5:46 PM

Fingerprint sharing a small step for IT security.

UK to share fingerprint info with Australia

In Crypto - By Tom Young, 25 August 2009 8:57 AM

Privacy impact has been "carefully evaluated".

Vasco Data Security Digipass CertiID

In Crypto - By Michael Lipinski, 30 June 2009 4:31 PM

As a desktop app, we were very pleased with its capabilities to manage our tokens/smartcards.

Australia shares very little biometric data

In Crypto - By Brett Winterford, 29 May 2009 12:10 PM

Australia is not playing its part in international efforts to share biometric data in the fight against crime and terror, according to experts speaking at the Biometrics ...

Homeland Security to scan fingerprints of travellers exiting the US

In Crypto - By Brett Winterford, 29 May 2009 12:08 PM

The US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States.

RSA 2009: Benefits and dangers of device fingerprinting

In Crypto - By Shaun Nichols, 24 April 2009 2:56 PM

Device fingerprinting has security experts and privacy advocates split down the middle.

Researchers study ears for unbeatable biometrics

In Crypto - By Iain Thomson, 16 April 2009 2:59 PM

The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced it is funding a major new study into the possibilities of using the human ear as a biometric ...

Hitachi seeks to grow vein-scanning operation

In Crypto - By Daniel Fitzgerald, 27 February 2009 10:54 AM

Hitachi Australia is unfazed by slow local uptake and the emergence of a competitor as it seeks to further roll out vein-scanning technology in the competitive field of ...

Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack

In Crypto - By Ry Crozier, 23 February 2009 3:38 PM

Webcam image resolution and compression are likely contributors to weaknesses in laptop facial recognition systems exposed by Vietnamese researchers at the Black Hat conference,...

Researchers hack facial biometrics

In Crypto - By Iain Thomson, 19 February 2009 3:09 PM

Researchers in Vietnam will be demonstrating how to hack facial recognition biometrics at the Black Hat security convention currently underway in the US.

WiMax Forum taps VeriSign for wireless security

In Crypto - 5 February 2009 11:45 AM

The WiMax Forum, the organisation driving the development, standardisation and adoption of WiMax technology, has picked VeriSign's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to provide ...