Paul F. Roberts

When RSA Security Inc. teamed with Microsoft Corp. in February 2004 to announce SecurID for Windows, RSA CEO Art Coviello hailed it as a major breakthrough in computer security. By integrating SecurID tokens more tightly with Windows, the two companies would make it easy to replace weak, static passwords with strong, two-factor authentication, Coviello said […]

RSA Security Inc. president and CEO Art Coviello is cruising the company cafeteria on his scooter on a late December morning, looking like a kid on the hunt for a good game of marbles. The scooter is a lighthearted touch for Coviello, who has earned a reputation as a tough competitor with a sharp intellect […]

Malicious hackers are targeting CEOs of U.S. credit unions with phishing e-mails that try to take advantage of a recently patched Internet Explorer hole to compromise systems used by the credit unions, according to the Credit Union Information Security Professionals Association, a group of IT professionals who work at credit unions. The attacks use e-mail […]

Internet users are being warned about a new virus that poses as a leaked pre-release version of the MSN Messenger instant messenger program. Unsuspecting Windows users who install the phony MSN Messenger Version 8 “beta” actually install an IM worm that spreads to their IM contacts, and connects their computer to a remote control “bot” […]

When RSA Security Inc. teamed with Microsoft Corp. in February 2004 to announce SecurID for Windows, RSA CEO Art Coviello hailed it as a major breakthrough in computer security. By integrating SecurID tokens more tightly with Windows, the two companies would make it easy to replace weak, static passwords with strong, two-factor authentication, he said […]

A feature expected in the next version of Windows that will allow users to tag documents and other files with “metadata” could lead to embarrassing information disclosures if companies are not careful, according to research from Gartner Inc. New features in beta releases of the next version of Microsoft Corp.s Windows make it easy to […]

Networking equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc. is taking legal action against ten unknown defendants that posted comments critical of the company to online message boards. In a complaint filed in California state court in Santa Clara, Calif. on Dec. 14, Juniper accused the individuals of committing libel by posting messages to Light Reading Inc. bulletin […]

RSA Security Inc. President and CEO Art Coviello cruises the company cafeteria on his scooter on a late December morning, looking like a kid on the hunt for a good game of marbles. The scooter is a light-hearted touch for Coviello, who has earned a reputation as a tough competitor with a sharp intellect and […]

A group of malicious hackers is using the BitTorrent peer-to-peer software to push copies of movies and Disney cartoons onto infected machines. A group of hackers in the Middle East is believed to be responsible for the BitTorrent infections, which were observed on a network of computers infected by a recent instant message worm. It […]

At the two year anniversary of the CAN-SPAM act, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced legal actions against spammers, including joint operations with state attorneys general and the Canadian government. On Tuesday, the FTC said it filed complaints against three spam operations accused of violating CAN-SPAM, and said Canadas, Competition Bureau and Attorneys General in […]

Oracle Corp. said in a statement that the company will use static code analysis technology from Fortify Software Inc. to hunt for bugs in its products as part of a program to improve checking for security holes during development. The deal will integrate Fortifys Source Code Analysis product into the development process for Oracles server […]

People may remember 2005 as the year that corporate America woke up to the problem of data breaches and the importance of data privacy. Data leaks at Bank of America Corp., LexisNexis Seisint division, ChoicePoint Inc. and CardSystems Inc. fed headlines for months, spawned countless lawsuits on behalf of aggrieved consumers and provided the impetus […]