A new security software for computers running Windows XP and Vista will have additional security that will be given by Microsoft for free in the second half of next year. It is best suited for smaller and less powered computers, but still, the sense of security is the same. It is just scary to think that there has been a vast number of sensitive financial info being stolen from through the hack and malware and whatever methods thieves use. Of course we need security, no matter how less powered our machines are.

I had received some emails these last few weeks about PayPal account. I knew someone who got real PayPal email about account security and these emails I got almost contain the same message, though some in different language. Of course they are fraudulent! For one, I don’t have PayPal account with my email address they were sending it to. There is no contest in that. And if you have, they will eventually get your PayPal username and password or financial information and take over your account, which never you should share. Never ever click any links or attachments in a suspicious email. Their website scam as they are can be tricky and might confuse you at first with Paypal.com. If PayPal requests your information, you can do so after you securely login to their site, https://www.. Take note of the “s” for secure site.

Some Security Tips and Fraud Prevention from PayPal.
Some examples here.

Credit card biometric authentication to lock out fraudsters.

I was staring at my laptop’s fingerprint sensor, which, of course, if one is enrolled in the enabled program, would require (my) unique fingerprint in order to access everything in the computer. And what if this is also true for credit cards? To block out fraud use and security issues? But somebody had thought about it. The last frontier of credit card security is by Anil Jain’s wanting to put fingerprint sensor in the card so that all transactions will pass through biometric authentication at checkout. Imagine a useless stolen credit card. Looking forward to 2010.