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UK's financial watchdog goes real-time to catch online criminals
Sweeps internet several times a day.
Jun 15 2021 12:44PM
Committee rules against expanding biometric data collection
Privacy inquiry needed first.
Oct 17 2014 12:03PM
Optus uses Android to probe network performance
Hopes to scan users' devices every two hours.
Jul 22 2013 2:53PM
MasterCard launches digital wallet
As Visa announces tie up with Samsung.
Feb 26 2013 7:16AM
Facebook deploys PhotoDNA to scan for child abuse material
Joins Microsoft in image-matching initiative.
May 23 2011 2:50PM
Google converts scans, PDFs to Docs
Optical character recognition extended for PDFs, images.
Jun 23 2010 2:22PM
Smartphone app scans barcodes for food allergens
Australian barcode administrator touts ‘extended food labelling’.
Apr 6 2010 2:52PM
Japanese scientists build world's fastest scanner
Scan a 200-page book in one minute.
Mar 19 2010 1:40AM
Sony ID system scans finger veins
Sony has developed a user identification technology that scans veins in the finger to allow access to mobile devices and personal computers.
Feb 4 2009 9:54AM
Review: Lumension Security's PatchLink Scan
Lumension Security's PatchLink Scan is a fairly robust vulnerability scanner.
Aug 21 2008 11:08AM
UN AIDS site target of new 'vulnerability scan' attack
Hackers compromise a United Nations’ Asia Pacific AIDS information site using an emerging malicious technique which scans for multiple vulnerabilities.
Aug 29 2007 9:57AM
Trend Micro updates to fix Scan Engine vulnerability
Trend Micro has confirmed a vulnerability in its Scan Engine application that could be exploited by malicious users to take control of an affected system.
Feb 9 2007 7:00PM
Secunia tracking flaws in Panda virus scan
Vulnerability assessment firm Secunia said today it is tracking two bugs and a weakness in Panda Software's free virus scan that could lead to remote code execution.
Nov 16 2006 7:29PM
Oops: McAfee scan makes wrong diagnosis
McAfee enterprise and home users may have unnecessarily deleted or quarantined major files after a recent malware scan revealed a slew of false positives.
Mar 13 2006 9:45PM
Kodak snaps signature scan into capture software
Kodak in Germany has integrated signature scan technology into its capture software which allows users to scan documents and add signatures which are compliant with the recently enforced German Signature Law and the European Union Signature Directive.
Sep 7 2004 2:18PM
UK prisons to scan fingers
The UK Home Office is set to use biometric security systems in five of its high-security prisons.
Aug 5 2004 3:38PM
