Paul Roberts

A panel of distinguished cryptographers at the RSA Conference in San Francisco weighed in on a variety of hot button issues, including electronic voting and rights management for digital media.

Security is a hot topic in technology circles these days. For proof of that statement, one need look no further than the buzz surrounding this year's RSA Conference in San Francisco, an annual gathering focused on IT security.

Antivirus software companies are warning that a new version of the NetSky e-mail worm is circulating on the Internet, only a day after the appearance of a new variant of the Beagle or "Bagle" worm prompted similar warnings.

Hackers have already found a way to take advantage of a critical security hole disclosed by Microsoft Corp. last week.

Antivirus software companies are warning of a new computer virus that spreads using e-mail messages and installs a Trojan horse program on machines it infects.

Tech giants IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are collaborating to address network security threats such as hackers, worms and viruses, the companies said on Friday.

Tech giants IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. are collaborating to address network security threats such as hackers, worms and viruses, the companies said on Friday.

Microsoft Corp. released a critical software update Tuesday to patch a security hole in a common Windows component that could allow malicious hackers to place and run their own code on machines running the Windows operating system.