Pretty Good Privacy 7 launched

Network Associates has released version 7 of its software encryption suite. PGP Desktop Security 7 contains the usual public key encryption and electronic signature features as the previous version, but upgraders will find the addition of a personal firewall and an intrusion detection component. ICQ users can now secure their instant messaging sessions. ...more

Majority of phishing websites 'assembled from kits'

New research has found that almost all phishing websites are made from off-the-shelf components available from the internet. The study carried out by IBM's Internet Security Systems subsidiary found that 92 per cent of new phishing web sites were kit-based. The company's X-Force research team found that out of 3,544 phishing websites recently identified, 3,256 of them used tools that allow a non-technical attacker to rapidly deploy multiple phishing websites (with multiple DNS host entries for virtual hosts) on a single host (i. ...more

Visa and AmEx drop hacked payment processing company

Visa and American Express have dropped the payment processing company that left some 40 million credit and debit card accounts vulnerable to hackers. In one the biggest ever threats to consumer data security, CardSystems Solutions' security was breached in May this year, with some 200,000, mainly Visa and MasterCard records stolen, although the company did not inform the FBI until June. Visa spokeswoman Rosetta Jones explained that CardSystems 'has not corrected, and cannot at this point correct, the failure to provide proper data security for Visa accounts'. ...more

Intel updates Centrino

After much delay, Intel has finally announced the details of the next generation of Centrino technology optimised for portable computing. The company has overhauled all three legs of the system from the processor to the chipset to the wireless capability Intel is offering no less than seven new versions of its Pentium M processor ranging from 770 running at 2.13GHz down to 1. ...more

Apple clears up QuickTime update confusion

Having sown confusion by releasing the latest QuickTime update as 6.3.1, despite the most recent version being 6. ...more