Not all online banks’ security was created equal, according to new research.
An investigation examining visible security measures across 10 online banking sites found big differences between the companies.
The third major edition of Facebook for iPhone has just crept into the iTunes App Store. It’s a huge update, with numerous advanced features that make Facebook more interactive than before and which bring the app as close to the desktop experience as it’s ever been.
Facebook for iPhone opens on your news feed as usual but the upper left corner now sports a tiny grid icon that serves as the main organising feature for this new build. Click it to see a screen equipped with a search bar on top, a notification alert area on the bottom, and a grid of nine activities you can perform in the middle. These include the news feed, your profile details, your message inbox, Facebook chat, friend requests, events, photo albums and notes.
E-crime victims in the UK are confused as to where they should report such crimes.
According to a report by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), the UK lacks a central reporting point for online crime, leaving victims “often uncertain about how, and to whom, they should report an e-crime incident”. The report suggests creating regional e-crime hubs to deal with the problem.
People eager to get a copy of the latest version of the Mac operating system, Snow Leopard, should be wary of sites offering free copies because they are likely to get some nasty malware instead, according to antivirus company Trend Micro.
Trend Micro said in a blog posting on Wednesday that it had discovered several fake Snow Leopard download sites that serve up a DNS (domain name system) changer Trojan dubbed OSX_JAHLAV.K instead.
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Reviewer Stephen H. Wildstrom (businessweek.com) calls Snow Leopard an “inexpensive and painless upgrade” that “also completes the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing, which enhances performance and allows the use of vast amounts of memory. Apple has pulled it off seamlessly.”