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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

Facebook disables rogue data-stealing, spamming apps

Security firm Trend Micro warned on Wednesday that a handful of rogue Facebook apps are stealing login credentials and spamming victims' friends. Update: Facebook on Thursday said it has disabled a group of rogue apps that were stealing Facebook user log-in credentials and spamming people. "We...

Tags: Facebook, Trend Micro Inc., Spamming, App, Security, Spam And Phishing, malware, phishing, spam, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-08-20

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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

Microsoft waiting for formal rejection from Yahoo

Wondering why Redmond hasn't upped its bid for Yahoo yet? The software giant may be waiting for a "Dear John" letter. If Microsoft is serious about its bid for Yahoo, why haven't we heard more from the software giant? Having been informally rejected by Yahoo, the...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Source, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Management, Dawn Kawamoto, Corporate & legal

News items 2008-02-19

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

Keeping up with the (Dow) Joneses

Rumblings of a Microsoft-Yahoo deal may not have panned out, but in the merger world, the pursuers and pursued are still out in force. In a flurry of activity last week that some would say defied good business sense, media and entertainment companies and a few troubled Internet portals...

Tags: Google Inc., Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., The Dow Chemical Co., Search King, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Internet, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Elinor Mills, Technology News

News items 2007-05-07

Google takes the pun out of shopping

Search firm rebrands "Froogle" as "Product Search" and shifts away from a vertical search strategy for shopping.Images: Google's new Froogle Acknowledging that it's better to be clear than clever, Google is rebranding "Froogle" as "Google Product Search" and simplifying the interface to match the main search site,...

Tags: Google Inc., Froogle, Site, Google Base, Sales Strategy, Real Estate, Search, Recruitment & Selection, Sales, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Elinor Mills, Web Technology

News items 2007-04-18

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

3GSM: Wireless sharpens its edge in Barcelona

One of the industry's largest trade shows is underway this week in Spain as new phones, services and strategies take the spotlight. Starting Monday, leaders in the mobile industry will gather at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the hottest trends in the wireless market, from...

Tags: Multimedia, Vodafone Group Plc., Phone, Nokia Corp., Mobile, 3GSM, Wireless, Blog Site, Robert Redford, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Marguerite Reardon

News items 2007-02-12