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PestControl, a PC security company, today launched the Center for Pest Research, offering consumers a range of resources to assist in the effort to combat spyware. The site offers updated spyware analysis, whitepapers, how-to guides to identify, locate and eliminate “pests,” and an searchable Alphabetical Index to 21,109 Pest Descriptions.”
From VeriSign’s press release today: “VeriSign’s Anti-Phishing Solution protects enterprises through a five-tiered solution that helps prevent, detect and respond to attacks, thereby mitigating and eliminating identity theft and email fraud attempts.”
U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, hearing June 17, Title: Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals Over The Internet. Links to Member Statements and Witness Testimony Also presented today at the hearing, the following GAO report: Internet Pharmacies: Some Poses Safety Risks for Consumers and Are Unreliable in Their Business …
As Web Registration Spreads, Does It Deliver? The economics of publishing high quality, timely, comprehensive information resources contributes to the collection of user data by online newspapers, with growing speculation that this will lead to the imposition of fees down the road. For reference, take a look at BugMeNot.com (FAQ), a work-around some website registrations.
Car Dealers Feel Net Effect For reference, see Autobytel.com, Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds.com.
Commentary: Privacy tradeoffs and the search wars: “…are consumers being asked to give up too much personal information in exchange for more relevant search results?”
N.Y. company wants Utah’s Spyware Control Act blocked. For reference: See H.B. 323, Spyware Control Act, signed by Utah’s Governor Olene S. Walker on 3/23/2004. Additional information on pop-up ads .
Via Law.com, news that Hildebrandt International announced a joint venture to provide outsourced “professional support services” to American law firms. See also this New York Times article, June 6: Does Outsourcing Cost More Than It Saves?
News reports today that Thomson Corp. is seeking a buyer for its Media Group, comprising 54 business publications, including American Banker, The Bond Buyer and Investment Dealers Digest. The company is continuing a transition to a focus on “electronic information businesses.”
From News.com, this article explains the increased appearance of pop-up ads that appear to be circumventing already installed blocking applications.
From Deloitte, the 2004 Global Security Survey (36 pages, pdf). “The goal of [the survey] is to help participants assess the state of information security within their organization relative to other comparible financial institutions around the world…” Areas covered include: governance, investment, value, risk, responsiveness, use of security technologies, quality of operations, and privacy. Respondents …
Swedish bank Nordea PLC has implemented a new method of password authentication to secure online customer transactions. Account log-in requires the use of an individual’s national ID number, a password, and a code chosen from a group supplied to users in batches of 50.
