Once again functionality has trumped security. Rapid deployment and development of Web 2.0 has left security as an afterthought. While that might sound somewhat gloomy, the core technologies and architecture that make up what is considered Web 2.0, including Real Simple Syndication (RSS), mashups, AJAX and more, are gaining popularity at such a rapid rate that the security risks are growing as well.
International cooperation among law enforcement agencies is key to taking the allure from cybercrime, a panel of experts said today at a Kaspersky Lab-sponsored breakfast in New York.
Just like the detectives do on weekly television crime dramas, put yourself in the mind of the bad guy. Pretend that you're the criminal who brokers stolen personal information with organized crime syndicates overseas. Put yourself behind the eyes of the malicious hacker who plans to breach merchant networks and compromise wholesale volumes of consumer payment card information, the kind of information that can be bartered within the internet's dark underbelly.
Experts from the University of California, Davis warned this week that the reliability of fingerprint biometrics has declined considerably due to technological concerns and a growing world population.