- One time authentication tokens offer cost effective and flexible Bureau connectivity via a standard web browser

LONDON, 9 December 2008 – SMA Financial (www.sma.co.uk), SWIFT Regional partner for UK, Eire and Channel Islands today announced that customers can now connect to the SMA Bureau Service using enhanced secure internet access.  SMA has combined the industry leading RSA one time authentication tokens with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to positively identify users for standard and remote connection to the Bureau Service. This innovative offering effectively lowers the total cost of ownership for connectivity to the services offered by the Bureau.

In its Q4 2008 Web Security Trends Report, Finjan outlines how PDF and Flash files containing obfuscated malicious code are used by cybercriminals to infect PCs and also gives a forecast for 2009

Farnborough, United Kingdom, 9th December, 2008

Finjan Inc., a leading provider of secure web gateway solutions for the enterprise market, today announced the latest findings by its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) indentifying and analyzing the latest trends in cybercrime.

In its Web Security Trends Report Q4 2008, MCRC shows how cybercriminals are using PDF and Flash files - that are normally considered to be safe - as a vehicle for distributing their malicious code and for infecting end-user PCs. https://www.finjan.com/form.aspx?id=72&ObjId=641

Recent cases of lost data have damaged Scottish public perception of government competence

Over 80% of the population in Scotland has lost confidence in the UK government’s ability to look after personal data; this is the stark finding of the first comprehensive survey of its kind into the psychological impact of recent public sector information losses.  

The survey, commissioned by software company Objective Corporation and conducted by YouGov, has identified a complete breakdown in trust and soaring concerns over fraud and identity theft.

Of the sample, 28% are very worried that the loss of personal files and important data such as national insurance information, tax details and banking records would directly impact them.  A further 20% feel that such losses would impact them to a certain extent, while 22% of the sample felt that this could impact them but would wait for a response from the government itself before deciding.

SteelEye’s LifeKeeper safeguards HP servers and Informix database

LONDON, ENGLAND – December 2. 2008 – Multicarta Ltd., a Russian credit card authorization processor, has implemented SteelEye LifeKeeper for Linux to ensure that downtime of its transaction processing system is limited to less than fifteen minutes per year.

Multicarta authorizes transactions by holders of cards issued by Visa International, MasterCard International, Diners Club International and American Express. Cardholders are customers of Russian banks and financial services companies. When a cardholder wishes to pay for goods or services with their card, the retailer sends an authorization request to the Multicarta authorization processing centre.

A database lookup ensues and the transaction is authorized or declined as the card holder’s situation and credit terms dictate. These requests come in every second of every day of the year.