The Register - Security: IDBiting the hand that feeds ITWomen love chocolate more than password security- April 16, 2008 Sweet temptation Women are four times more likely than men to give out "passwords" in exchange for chocolate bars.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/16/password_security/ Wi-Fi spoofing sends Jesus phone disciples off the true path- April 16, 2008 Skyhook, line and sinker Punters using Wi-Fi based positioning systems on their mobile devices would do well to look before they leap. Security vulnerabilities have discovered location spoofing flaws in the Skyhook positioning system that might be used to lead users astray.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/16/skyhook_spoofing/ Transcript disappears minister's 'hack-proof' ID register claim- April 9, 2008 So who hacked Hansard At the end of February Home Office minister Meg Hillier explained the UK ID scheme security system to the Home Affairs Committee. "The National Identity Register, essentially," she said, "will be a secure database; ...hack-proof, not connected to the Internet... not be accessible online; any links with any other agency will be down encrypted links."http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/09/hillier_id_deletion/ Online spousal spying widespread in the UK- April 8, 2008 Who did you text last night One in five married UK couples admit to electronic snooping on their spouses, says a report from Oxford University. The report found that many married partners spy on their partner's emails and text messages. One in eight (13 per cent) confessed to checking on internet history files to monitor sites visited by their better halves.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/spousal_spying/ Microsoft lines up with the good guys on identity tech- April 4, 2008 Brands and Cameron pitch the fix for government's Big ID problem Early last month Jacqui Smith unveiled the latest revision of the ID card roadmap. On the same day, by happy coincidence, Microsoft bought Credentica's U-Prove assets and hired Dr Stefan Brands. On the one hand, a discredited and failing strategy staggers on under its fourth Home Secretary, while on the other...http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/04/brands_credentica_analysis... New banking code cracks down on out-of-date software- April 4, 2008 Customers liable for losses The banking industry has re-affirmed a policy that makes online banking customers responsible for losses if they have out of date anti-virus or anti-phishing protection. New Banking Codes for consumers and businesses took effect on Monday.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/04/banking_code_2008/ 'Bullying' Aussie high school stops fingerprinting kids- April 3, 2008 Pressganged into submission An Australian high school has stopped fingerprinting its children, on receiving a caning from the countrys press.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/australian_school_fingerpr... How an app called WarmTouch nailed a grenade-stockpiling cyber extortionist- April 1, 2008 Software that knows if you're mad - or a loner When the president of a prestigious patent and trademarking firm began receiving emails threatening to bring down its operations unless he paid a $17m ransom, he knew he had to take action. He reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but agents were unable to identify the culprit.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/01/warmtouch_brings_down_cybe... |