Paul F. Roberts

Hewlett-Packard Co. became the latest big technology vendor to plunk down cash for identity management technology on Wednesday. HP announced plans to buy Trustgenix Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif., for an undisclosed sum. The deal will add Trustgenixs federated identity management software to HPs OpenView systems management platform. The announcement was evidence of more change […]

Sunbelt Software Inc. said on Thursday that it was buying the Kerio Personal Firewall software from Kerio Technologies Inc. Sunbelt plans to rebrand the product as the Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall and reduce the price of the full version of the software. Sunbelt will continue to provide support to existing Kerio Personal Firewall customers. It […]

Networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. said on Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase the Intellishield Alert Manager technology from Cybertrust Inc., security software and services vendor, for $14 million. Cisco plans to acquire intellectual property, assets and customer contacts associated with Intellishield Alert Manager. The company will use the technology to enhance the […]

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers about a phishing scam that uses promises of tax refunds to steal sensitive financial information. The IRS issued a statement Wednesday warning consumers of the scam e-mail messages, which appears to come from taxrefunds@irs.gov and contains a link to a phishing Web site that collects Social Security […]

An increase in the number of holes in software applications and network devices such as routers and switches is allowing malicious hackers to gain access to sensitive computers, including government and military systems, according to The SANS Institute. SANS warned of the switch to attacks on applications and network devices in its annual publication of […]

Dell Inc. will bundle security software from Wave Systems Corp. on future business PCs equipped with the Trusted Platform Module, a secure computing chip, according to information Wave provided to federal regulators. Wave signed a deal with Dell, of Round Rock, Texas, on Nov. 14 to ship the Wave Embassy Trust Suite software on new […]

Keylogging programs are the epitome of online stealth, and theyre also a mushrooming problem on the Internet, where identity and intellectual property thefts are fueling an explosion of key-capture tools. Reports of new keylogging programs soared higher this year, as part of a wave of multifunction malware with integrated keylogging features, according to VeriSign Inc.s […]

Symantec Corp. will discontinue sales and support for customers who bought personal security products from Sygate Inc., which Symantec purchased in October. Symantec is shelving Sygates Personal Firewall and Personal Firewall Pro products on Nov. 30, according to an e-mail statement by Jenna Dee, a spokesperson for Symantec. The announcement is the first indication that […]

An increase in the number of holes in software applications and network devices like routers and switches is allowing malicious hackers to gain access to sensitive systems, including government and military systems, according to the SANS Institute. SANS warned of the switch to attacks on applications and network devices in its annual publication of the […]

Anti-virus and e-mail security companies warned Internet users Tuesday about a new variant of the Sober worm that was flooding e-mail servers around the world, with help from zombie machines infected by earlier editions of the same worm. Sober.AG is the latest in a long line of mass e-mail worms. It appeared Monday, after machines […]