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Global fraud losses rise 22 per cent as spectre of information theft rears its ugly head. When companies suffer security breaches, it is how they handle them - and the customer - that counts. The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know. The annual Global Security Week awareness-raising initiative kicked off this week promising to coordinate, encourage and publicise a variety of security-related activities and events across the globe. A highly organised gang of phishers took some time off to rebuild its botnet infrastructure -- but experts expect the scams to return with a vengeance. Most RFID products – like passports and Oyster cards – leak data like sieves says Brit firm, Peratech. Security spending remains steady in Asia-Pacific despite the global economic downturn, according to a new Gartner survey. Symantec has announced that it will acquire Sydney-based security vendor PC Tools. A good storage solution, backed up with the right policies, can help keep you out of the headlines and achieve compliance. By Mark Mayne A 24-year-old, who admitted to phishing AOL users during a four-year period, has received seven years in prison. Organisational security could be at risk if Citrix is not implemented carefully, according to recent tests. A man described by Microsoft as one of the top ten spammers in the world has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail. As the malware threat landscape continues to evolve, hackers are constantly changing techniques to counteract detection technologies vendors develop. New measures implemented in section 6.6 of the PCI standard, do nothing to address the threat of insiders. Through a partnership with identity verification developer FCS Online, ING Direct will become the first Australian bank to offer customers the option of a purely online account application process. We all dream of being our own boss, but what does it take to set up a successful business in the real world? Mark Mayne has some advice. The Fortinet Global Security Research team has detected two phishing attacks on UK major banks that were mounted using the Storm Worm botnet, said to be the first attack on the financial sector by Storm's huge network of zombie computers. Organisations that hold personal data should be made liable for fraudulent transactions, say BT security experts. Although down in recent months, around 150bn spam messages are sent every day, according to the latest quarterly Secure Computing Internet Threats Report.
Recent arrests in the hacking of nine U.S. retailers and Countrywide Home Loans is just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come, according to experts in the security industry.