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Banks and credit card firms not doing enough to protect consumers. Democratic Nominee Senator Barack Obama has been showing up in seven times more spam emails than his US presidential election rival, Republican nominee Senator John McCain. Information risk experts at a leading IT security conference have underlined the importance of people and processes in delivering an effective enterprise security programme. Chip and PIN credit cards are hitting Australian shores. Negar Salek, demystifies the emerging secure payment technology and its potential benefits. Yet another politician has suggested that blocking the web can save us from terrorists. If only life was that simple. Peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing programs often carry hidden packages containing spyware, adware and viruses, a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) official testified on Tuesday before a US House of Representatives oversight committee. Businesses are leaving themselves open to attack by allowing counterfeit software programs to run on their corporate networks, security experts have warned. Social networking site, MySpace, has removed thousands of profiles of convicted sex offenders to protect its young users from abuse. Compliance should be triggered by good security rather than an auditors' visit, says Jen Mack. Some scripting languages can now smuggle attacks past your traditional defences, warns Gunter Ollmann. Some scripting languages can now smuggle attacks past your traditional defences, warns Gunter Ollmann. Two years ago, Bill Gates made the brave prediction that spam would soon be “a thing of the past.” But it currently makes up between 60 and 90 percent of the world’s email traffic, and by all accounts is not going away. If anything, this year will see spam reaching new heights. Spam, trojans, keyloggers and every variety of virus are on the increase, making life harder for information security professionals. René Millman assesses the scale of this onslaught A scammer who admitted being a thief is posing as a fund manager for a major financial institution to dupe unsuspecting email recipients out of money. In an interview last month for the BBC, Bill Gates once again stressed how seriously Microsoft is now taking security. He spoke proudly, for example, of the 100 million downloads of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. "Users don't achieve full potential," he said, "if they're having to worry about something like security." When the speaker at the front of the room announced that security was really about “pink, fluffy stuff,” I started looking for the exit. And I am sure I was not the only one. My last opinion piece (Winning the Virus War - But When? July 31, www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2002/07/31_01.htm) resulted in some (positive) responses, for which I’m grateful.