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Rubrik: World-wide News/Products & News VASCO:
Digipass Strong User Authentication is The Answer to Phishing Schemes A
New Type of Online Fraud Scheme Has Recently Emerged: Phishing (28.01.04)
- Phishing: Creating a replica of an existing Web page to fool a user into
submitting static financial, or password data. Phishing is the term coined by
hackers who imitate legitimate companies in e-mails to entice people to share
static passwords or credit-card numbers.
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Phishing
schemes can only succeed if the information the fraudster wants to obtain, is
static (user id's, PIN codes, credit card information). VASCO's Digipass
Strong User Authentication Products are a solution to avoid phishing schemes
to be successful. Digipass creates one-time passwords, changing every 36
seconds. In addition, Digipass calculates digital signatures, allowing bank
account holders or credit card users to perform online transaction without
revealing any secret information on the Internet. VASCO's products are used by more than 250 financial institutions worldwide to offer end users secure access to e-banking applications. VASCO's Digipass 800 is an official partner product of EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa), the worldwide protocol for the next generation of chip-based credit cards. (ma) VASCO Data
Security International Contact:
Jochem Binst Tel. (0032-2)
4569810, Fax (0032-2) 4569820 E-Mail: jbinst@vasco.com Web: www.vasco.com |
