Uh-oh, a survey of only 1200 people is being used by the Federal Government to “developed a new National Identity Security Strategy”, raising fears that the “Australia Card” still might be coming back, while showcasing how ineffectual Government efforts have been in offering much protection against ID theft.

Although possibly tempered by events of the past couple of days, a recent survey shows that Australians are much more concerned about their financial and identity security than any possible terrorism threat.

VeriSign has today made available to Australian mobile users a free mobile application that it claims can transform more than 200 different types of mobile phones and devices into identity protection authentication credentials and a one-time password generator.

Six months ago you could buy stolen US credit card details from the online underground for the seemingly bargain basement price of USD $10 a pop. However, it appears that stolen Australian credit cards have now hit the real rock bottom and can be picked up for as little as just USD $1.50 a time...

You know those expensive, high tech, secure e-passports that governments the world over tell us will prevent identity theft, stop terrorists in their tracks and all because they are fake proof? Turns out they can be successfully cloned in a matter of minutes...

That is the surprising conclusion of a University of Michigan study which discovered that more than 75 percent of bank sites surveyed had at least one flaw which could make customers vulnerable to financial or identity loss. The findings, which will be presented today at a Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting  at the Carnegie Mellon University, suggest that these are design flaws that cannot be fixed with a simple patch...

With the Euro 2008 football championships well and truly underway, the Internet is proving to be the perfect place to catch up on scores, fixtures and soccer news. But Euro 2008 has also become a cybercrime hotspot, so we've named and shamed the most dangerous players in cyberspace.