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Cybercrooks likely using EMV by-pass attack to weaken payment card protection: report

The attack technique described several weeks ago by researchers is probably being used in the wild, says security firm

Perfect authentication remains elusive

Users pick easy-to-crack passwords like the name of a dog or a favourite movie, but multi-factor authentication may end the insanity

Smart card forecast indicates ‘user anxiety’ hurdle

Frost & Sullivan forecasts the market will grow by 35 per cent per year, and one driver will be the security advantages of the hardware, despite a widespread perception that data on contactless cards can be skimmed by crooks

US agencies scramble to meet security deadline

Two years ago U.S. President George Bush ordered the federal government to be ready by this Oct. 27 to issue a standards-based identity card that federal employees and government contractors would use for computer and building access.

US government plans to outsource smart ID card systems

U.S. federal officials are looking to outsource the IT infrastructure that's needed to support a planned smart-card system for authenticating employees governmentwide. And the outsourcing plan makes sense, given the scale and complexity of the smart-card initiative, IT analysts said last week. rn

US gov’t plans to outsource smart ID card systems

U.S. federal officials are looking to outsource the IT infrastructure that's needed to support a planned smart-card system for authenticating employees governmentwide. And the outsourcing plan makes sense, given the scale and complexity of the smart-card initiative, IT analysts said last week.

UAE to issue two million smart card IDs in 2004

The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) is to issue identity smart cards to its two million population beginning in the middle of 2004, according to smart card vendor Gemplus International SA, which has won the contract to supply the system in conjunction with Sagem SA.

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