Even with anti-virus protection, this is the story of Vundo Trojan infecting a protected computer anyway. A different anti-virus product removed the Trojan, but it kept coming back, so here’s how the Trojan was removed, and how TrustDefender would have kept that user protected – despite being infected.

Cabcharge Australia is to install new VeriFone EFTPOS terminals in all 18,000 taxis using its service. These will support chip and PIN, pen and PIN, contactless and, down the track, near field communications (NFC) that will enable taxi FAres to be paid from NFC enabled cellphones.

eBay is praying that the ACCC will agree to its ridiculous request that it be allowed to break Australian law in forcing buyers and sellers to use PayPal. But as eBay users go away to other sites and don’t plan on coming back on any other day, all this forced Paypal work and no fair play makes eBay a dull auction site.

eBay's new president and CEO-elect, John Donahoe, has unveiled fundamental changes to eBay's fee structure, seller standards and feedback mechanism, including lower listing fees, higher minimum selling standards and incentives and discounts for the best sellers.

PayPal has launched PayPal Mobile Checkout in Australia, enabling cellphone users to make purchases via PayPal from any Internet enabled cellphone.

If Jo Rich has her way, sending a premium SMS to buy content such as ringtones for your mobile phone could be replaced with a web-based interface more akin to making payments over the fixed Internet, but with charges still billed to your mobile account.

Telstra, NAB and Visa are planning Australia's first trial of contactless near field communications (NFC) technology in which the mobile phone's SIM card will also function as a contactless smart Visa card.

Arriving in inboxes around the world now are the latest email phishing attacks, socially engineered once again to appear legitimate to try and capture users, experienced or not, off guard – how do you protect yourself?

On demand endpoint security provider TrustDefender has won a 2007 iAward for its consumer and enterprise security software.

Secure electronic transaction solutions provider Keycorp Limited (ASX:KYC) has signed a managed payment services deal to provide EFTPOS terminals and maintenance services to First Data Resources Australia.