Security

Last year, the average click fraud rate of pay-per-click advertisements appearing on search engine content networks rose to 19.2 percent for the last quarter of 2006, the highest yet, according to Tom Cuthbert, CEO of Click Forensics. Click fraud occurs when online advertisers pay search engine comp...

The FBI loses between three and four of its laptop computers every month, as well as the same number of weapons, according to a recent report by the Department of Justice's Inspector General. Over the last 44 months, 160 FBI laptops were reported lost or stolen -- some containing potentially sensiti...

The Internet has presented previously unimaginable opportunities for enterprises of all types, including financial services institutions. Online transactions are at an all-time high as enterprises enthusiastically cultivate the Internet as a vital sales channel. Careful examination of consumer beha...

Click fraud is a growing problem for online advertisers who rely on paid search services. Marketing experts are urging e-commerce vendors have to take proactive steps to combat it. Online advertisers pay the search engine company hosting their ad a set amount of money each time a computer user click...

If you've ever watched a late night spy movie on cable, you're probably already familiar with the concept: Access to a highly secured area or object requires two separate keys each in the possession of a different individual. Some financial companies handling sensitive customer data over the Interne...

eBay business unit PayPal revolutionized the payments industry and catapulted e-commerce when it emerged as a credit card processor for person-to-person transactions on auction sites. Today, about half of PayPal's payments volume is from credit cards, but the service also allows consumers to registe...

TJX, the parent company of national discount chains such as T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, disclosed on Wednesday that identity thieves had breached its security measures and gained access to a computer network on which the company stores its transaction data. The theft could involve consumers from the U....

Increasing the security of eBay's massive and growing auction and fixed-price sales platform will be a top priority during 2007, according to company executives. The recent announcement of an enhanced password program for PayPal users is just one example of a larger effort to curtail phishing and fr...

The OpenNet Initiative's mission is to determine where Internet censorship exists and expose it. It accomplishes this through a network of volunteers -- some of whom do the work at great personal risk -- and proprietary technology and software tools developed by the participants. The E-Commerce Time...

In the latest development in the Hewlett-Packard boardroom spying scandal, U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan on Wednesday filed criminal charges in San Jose, Calif., federal court against a private investigator accused of illegally accessing a reporter's private phone records. Bryan Wagner was charged wit...

In a bid to further broaden its product offerings beyond core Internet gear, Cisco Systems said Thursday it would buy security software marker IronPort in a deal valued at $830 million. Cisco said the cash-and-stock purchase would enable it to extend its "self-defending network" approach to include ...

Digital Insight, a provider of outsourced online banking services, in 2007 will begin offering its on-demand consumer Internet banking and business banking clients Entrust's TransactionGuard, a real-time transaction monitoring fraud detection service. The solution is designed to help security admini...

With the convergence of security and compliance, businesses will evolve their IT infrastructure to include new technologies, such as database gateways, to achieve the level of data security required. Smart businesses will leverage this new technology to gain a competitive advantage.

With the formation of the PCI Security Standards Council, multichannel merchants, online retailers, consultants, payment processors, and virtually every organization that touches online payments should find it much easier to comply with the PCI Data Security Standard. The newly formed council also w...

Continuing technological advances allow companies to store increasing amounts of personal data about their customers. Maintaining this information can help both companies and consumers, allowing for more tailored customer service without requiring customers to provide the same information repeatedly...