Two thirds of Internet users reuse their online banking credentials on other websites

Trusteer, the customer protection company for online businesses, reported today that the vast majority of online banking customers reuse their login credentials to access non-financial and much less secure websites. Trusteer found that 73 percent of bank customers use their online account password to access other websites, and that 47 percent use both their online banking user ID and password to login elsewhere on the Internet. These findings are based on a sample of more than four million users of the Rapport browser security service, many of whom are customers of leading North American and European banks.

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32 percent of users with up-to-date antivirus software are still infected with malware

SurfRight, a developer of tools that give users more control over their PC security, has announced the results of research that shows that 32 percent of users with up-to-date antivirus software installed on their computers are actually infected with malware.

The survey was conducted between 10th October and 4th December 2009 with 107,435 users who scanned their computer using SurfRight’s HitmanPro 3 Behavioural Scan. While over three quarters of users (78,828) had an up-to-date virus programme installed, some 28,608 users had not. Of even greater concern was that 25,038 (32 percent) of those with the latest antivirus software were found to be infected with malware.

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Free Green IT handbook

Environmental charity, Global Action Plan, has launched a free Green ICT handbook which it says is packed full of case studies, facts and solutions that can save businesses valuable resources and money. According to the charity, the IT industry is currently responsible for approximately two per cent of global carbon emissions; about the same as the airline industry, hence the importance in acting now to cut these emissions.

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Outsourcing drives data centre growth in Latin America

A new report, Data Centres Latin America – Competition, Demand Drivers and Growth, from consultants BroadGroup, forecasts sustained sector growth across the region. This is the first report that assesses the Latin America marketplace for data centres and identifies key trends across the seven main markets: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Peru with a total of more than 200 data centres (excluding enterprise data centres).

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Snow chaos makes the case for home working

With new research showing Britain lost up to 124 million working hours in just one snow-filled week, many are calling for more home-working to tackle the problem. A survey of over 2,000 adults, carried out by YouGov, found that 74 percent of British workers were affected by the winter conditions, with 45 percent facing travel disruptions.  

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