Day: March 28, 2007

At PayPal, fending off phishers–and Google

newsmaker If you have an e-mail account, chances are you’re used to seeing messages that purport to come from PayPal but which are actually spam from attackers trying to get you to click on a link to a malicious Web site and give up your password or other sensitive information. Phishing attacks are commonplace. PayPal advises people not to click on suspicious-looking links, but given the scope of the problem, more needs to be done to protect people. For more info click here

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Senators skeptical of Real ID Act rules

update Not one senator voted against a 2005 emergency spending bill that created federalized ID cards. But two years later, skepticism on Capitol Hill about the wildly controversial Real ID rules is beginning to surface. Leaders of a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs panel joined a chorus of outsiders, including many state government officials, who have questioned the costs and privacy implications of the congressionally mandated shift to identification cards that must adhere to a bevy of national standards. For more info click here 

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