Mobile Phones Help Secure Online Banking
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Bank of America's optional SafePass service works with customers' mobile phones to improve security for online banking.
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Printed symbols called SpotCodes can help cellphones with cameras find their way around cyberspace.
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People have long been the weakest link when it comes to protecting computers. The same applies to mobile phones, a security expert says.
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Although mobile phones have long been a part of the business community, they are quietly becoming entrenched in personal lives.
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TechWeb - Multipurpose cell phones, data-storing pocket knives: Can you fear me now?
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Now if your mobile telephone is stolen, you can scream &#151; and your phone can, too. A new service launched Monday is designed to deter mobile phone theft by equipping telephones with an ear-piercing scream.
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Mobile communications operators and banks joined forces to make it easier and cheaper for hundreds of millions of immigrants and migrant workers to send money home by using their mobile phones.
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Although online shopping has its risks, your credit-card number and other personal information are just as likely to be stolen in a very low-tech way.
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Soon you will be able to deposit checks by scanning them at home and sending them electronically to your bank. No need to visit a branch or even an ATM.
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(InfoWorld) - Efforts to establish security standards for mobile devices were boosted Tuesday with the release of the Mobile Trusted Module (MTM) specification. The specification offers a set of standards for mobile phone manufacturers and software developers toÂ store data securely in mobile devices, such as smartphones and wireless PDAs (personal digital assistants). The standards, issued by the Trusted Computing Group industry association, have been years in development. They are backed by numerous companies, such as Nokia, Samsung Electronics, and France TÃ©lÃ©com, which are members of the Trusted Computing Group's Mobile Phone Work Group. Like the Trusted Platform Module used in PCs, the MTM stores information in a secure area of the device to ensure the device's operating system, applications and data haven't been virtually or physically tampered with. It uses a system of "engines" within the device that report the state of their code so that their "trustworthiness" can be established. Vendors can determine whether the MTM should be a discrete silicon chip or a system-on-chip implementation. In addition to helping manufacturers and operators reduce the risk of virus attack and identity theft, the MTM can enable mobile payment and ticketing services. Further information about the mobile phone security specification isÂ available here.Â
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Big companies exploring ways to verify identities online
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Northern Rock customers complain of difficulty in accessing their money in online accounts.
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Responding to a scourge of online fraud and identity theft that threatens to undermine public confidence in Internet commerce, major companies are rolling out new services to encourage the adoption of better technology to identify customers, business partners, and employees online.
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Internet fraudsters have developed a sophisticated new method of using e-mails to capture internet banking customers&#39; details.
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Online banking service provider CheckFree Corp. is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go to a bank branch to deposit checks.
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Responding to an increase in Internet fraud, some banks and brokerage firms plan to begin issuing small devices that would help their customers prove their identities.
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InfoWorld - Users of online banking sites tend to bypass critical clues that the integrity of those sites may have been compromised, according to the working draft of a study released on Sunday by researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.