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Phishing attacks shot up 43 percent in March for an average of 13 new scams each day, according to a report released Monday by the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Infosecurity is hitting the mainstream. As the use and exploitation of the Internet matures, so does its need for security. Laws giving digital signatures legal legitimacy have been enacted around the world. It’s a fact - security risks are increasing. Biometrics is a security approach that offers great promise, but also presents users and implementers with a number of practical problems. Bankers would be considered negligent if they locked a bank’s outer doors and left the vault’s doors open at night. SSL is the backbone of the way we secure connections between internet users and web servers. Catch Me If You Can isn’t just a fun film that hit the jackpot this spring. In January 2003, "Bank of America" was the most prominent victim of the aggressive "Slammer" computer virus that Richard Clarke, the former top adviser to President George W. Bush on cybersecurity, simply called "a dumb worm". Enhanced federal legislation and closer scrutiny of user behavior were at the top of leading security professionals’ wish lists this week as news of last month’s theft of a TransUnion PC containing the personal credit information of about 3,600 clients spread. Phishing scammers are targeting a US government website and duping users into giving over personal details. Tokyo police have arrested three men on suspicion of attempted extortion from Softbank BB, the parent company to Yahoo BB. Before he left his post as White House cyberspace security advisor last May, Howard Schmidt promised top federal officials that he would create a greater leadership role in the private sector on cybersecurity. Acronyms and coined phrases bedevil us, but during 2002, we probably aren't getting rid of them. Anonymity is a circumstance that many everyday web surfers believe they enjoy while hopping from one online store to the next. Over the last several years a number of threats to information security have received more than their share of debate - starting with profiles on the distributed denial-of-service attacks of early 2000 and, alongside these stories, recurring news on a long list of high-profile web defacements. Surely by now, organizations should have erected the strongest barriers to hackers. But, as Illena Armstrong and others point out, many holes remain Illena Armstrong discovers that the use of traditional passwords could be giving many organizations a false sense of security. Catch Me If You Can isn’t just a hit at the movies this winter.