[LINK] Consumer computer security

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Eric Scheid wrote:
> On 1/23/07 9:35 AM, "Roger Clarke" <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
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>>Users won't foot fraud bill: ASIC
>>Karen Dearne
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> 
>>In any case, it says, most consumers could not adequately secure
>>their PCs against complex phishing and Trojan attacks on account
>>information.
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> 
> and in any case: phishing does not require a compromised PC, being a social
> hack, and so a "adequately secured PC" is as relevant as what colour socks
> they happen to be wearing that day.
..
and then there is this case:
> Judge in Hilliard case lambasts Westpac
> BANKING practices revealed in the court fight between businessman Steve Vizard and his former bookkeeper, Roy Hilliard, portrayed Westpac as one of the world's laxest banks, a judge said yesterday.
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/judge-in-hilliard-case-lambasts-westpac/2006/09/27/1159337222684.html>

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