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Cisco launches iPhone security app

Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for safe web browsing. Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc., App, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cisco, security, apps, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-11-20

Countries engaging in Cyber Cold War

Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War", amassing "cyber weapons", conducting espionage and testing networks in preparation for using the internet to conduct war, reports McAfee. Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War", amassing "cyber weapons", conducting espionage and testing networks...

Tags: McAfee Inc., Espionage, Internet, war, McAfee, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-11-17

Scammers trick users to ship stolen goods

RSA FraudAction Research Lab has uncovered the workings behind a recent re-shipping scam in which U.S. residents were used as mules to send goods purchased with stolen credit card numbers overseas. RSA FraudAction Research Lab has uncovered the workings behind a recent re-shipping scam in which U.S. residents were...

Tags: U.S., Goods, RSA Security Inc., Credit Card, RSA FraudAction Research Lab, Credit Card Number, Re-shippers, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Finance, RSA, scam, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-11-12

Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole

Microsoft said it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used by an attacker to remotely crash the computer. Microsoft said on Wednesday it is looking into a report of a vulnerability in Windows 7 and Server...

Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Server Message Block, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft, attack, zero day, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-11-12

Malwarebytes accuses rival of software theft

Malwarebytes claims IObit stole from its database of malware samples that its software uses to detect malware on customer computers. Malwarebytes is accusing China-based computer security firm IObit of intellectual property theft, but IObit denied the allegations and said there were problems with its malware submission site....

Tags: Software, Malware, Malwarebytes, IObit, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Viruses And Worms, Security, Management, copyright, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-11-03

Scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook

Twitter users warned about direct messages that said: "I make money online with google. i learned how here [link]." Facebook users were getting a bogus link from a friend. Twitter and Facebook users were getting hit with scams on Monday. Twitter users warned about direct messages...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Twitter, malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-11-02

New Trojan encrypts files but leaves no ransom note

Symantec is warning about a new Trojan horse that encrypts files on compromised computers but offers no ransom note like other software designed to hold data hostage for a fee. Symantec is warning about a new Trojan horse that encrypts files on compromised computers but offers no ransom note...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Trojan Horse, File, Trojan.Ramvicrype, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, malware, Symantec, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-11-02

Kaspersky tool detects malware in Twitter links

The "Krab Krawler" analyzes the millions of tweets posted on Twitter every day and blocks any malware associated with them. Kaspersky unveiled a new tool on Thursday called "Krab Krawler" that analyzes the millions of tweets posted on Twitter every day and blocks any malware associated with them. ...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Tool, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Kaspersky, Twitter, malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-29

Facebook users targeted by Zeus banking Trojan

Users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data. Here's how... On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network...

Tags: Facebook, Banking, Trojan Horse, E-mail, Spyware, Phishing, Social Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, trojan, malware, scam, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-29

Infected sites rising at alarming rate

More than 640,000 websites and about 5.8 million pages are infected with malware, according to Dasient - nearly double what Microsoft estimated in April. The number of websites hosting malicious software, either intentionally or unwittingly, is rising rapidly, according to statistics to be released on Tuesday from Dasient. ...

Tags: Malware, Web Site, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, infected sites, Dasient, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-28

US Defense Department to partially lift flash drive ban

The U.S. Department of Defense ban on USB thumb drives will be partially lifted to allow authorized people to use official flash drives for mission-critical functions. The U.S. Department of Defense ban on USB thumb drives instated nearly a year ago will be partially lifted to allow authorized people...

Tags: USB Flash Drive, U.S. Department Of Defense, Flash Memory, thumb drives, ban, defense, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-27

Additional Resources

Researchers exploit SSL and domain flaws

Researchers exploit SSL and domain flawsI read in an article earlier that read Dan Kaminsky's website hacked.It was an interesting read earlier this morning, 5 A.M. July 29, 2009 3:13 PM PDTSecurity experts' sites hacked on eve of Black Hat conferenceby Elinor Millshttp://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10299126-245.htmlVeriSign Responds to Black HatTim Callan, vice president...

Tags: SSL/TLS, Authentication/Encryption, Network security, SECURITY, domain flaw, SSL, Black Hat

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payload

The Conficker worm is finally active, updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday. CNET's Elinor Mills reports that researchers are analyzing the code of the software that is being dropped onto...

Tags: Researcher, Trend Micro Inc., Worm, Computer, Conficker Worm, Conficker/Downad P2P Communication, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-09

A phone that tells you what to do

Researchers from the Palo Alto Research Center PARC have developed a software code-named Magitti for the Japanese company Dai Nippon Printing DNP. When this software is installed on your GPS-enabled mobile phone, Magitti starts to suggest you what to do in your area. You don't need to start a Web...

Tags: Deployment, Software, Phone, Xerox PARC, Magitti, Tools & Techniques, GPS, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-11-14

Google's new mashup feature

My Maps tool makes customized mashups easyCNET News.com reporter Elinor Mills finds she can create a My Maps mashup with no coding experience.

Tags: Google Inc., mashup

Videos 2007-04-05

From Yahoo to pretexting--what's up?

Reorganization at one of the original Internet companiesThis week there was a major shuffle at the top and in the structure of Yahoo. What does this mean? Where is this company headed? We talk with CNET News.com's Elinor Mills and Jim Kerstetter. Meanwhile, the U.S....

Tags: pretexting

Videos 2006-12-09

How Google's giving Microsoft a new fit

Google is again making life difficult for Microsoft--this time tGoogle is again making life difficult for Microsoft--this time taking heart at the company's bread and butter, office applicationsMicrosoft makes billions of dollars each year from its Office franchise. But now Google has launched a spreadsheet and word processor on its...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Videos 2006-10-13

Burning Man: What's the fascination for Silicon Valley?

Reporters' roundtable: Tech industry and Burning ManIn 1986, on a San Francisco beach, about 20 participants got together to burn an 8-foot structure of a man, and thus was born Burning Man. Twenty years later, the festival, which now takes place in the northern Nevada desert, is expected to attract...

Tags: Burning Man

Videos 2006-08-25

Does privacy still exist in the Internet age?

AOL under the magnifying glassAfter this week's big security flub at AOL, the answer to the privacy question is a lot less clear. Tune in to a discussion between Elinor Mills, Declan McCullagh and Charlie Cooper on this week's edition of the CNET News.com Reporters' Roundtable.

Tags: SECURITY, Internet

Videos 2006-08-11

Reporter Roundtable: Is Google trying to squeeze Microsoft?

Google takes on Microsoft with latest productsIs Google out to doom Microsoft Office? With its move into the spreadsheet business -- and an earlier acquisition of a word processing company -- Google is firing a very obvious shot across Microsoft's bow. What are its ambitions and how might Microsoft respond?...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Videos 2006-06-10