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Joris Evers leaves News.com, lands at McAfee

Joris Evers leaves News.com, lands at McAfeeGood luck JorisI've enjoyed working with Joris over the years and wish him the best of luck in his new endeavor.???who cares? Why is this news?

Tags: Joris Evers, McAfee Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-30

Joris Evers leaves News.com, lands at McAfee

CNET News.com security reporter Joris Evers is leaving the journalism field to take a job in McAfees PR department.Evers has confirmed he will join the Santa Clara, Calif. security vendor on May 21 as director of public relations. He joins McAfee at a time when the anti-virus powerhouse is looking...

Tags: Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Microsoft, McAfee, Hirings and firings, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers

Blog posts 2007-04-30

Researcher raided by FBI for blowing whistle on Airport security

The home of a PhD student and security researcher Christopher Soghoian from the School of Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington was raided by the FBI early Saturday morning.  Soghoian had created a fake boarding pass generator to demonstrate flaws in the Government's implementation of a no-fly...

Tags: Federal government, Joris Evers, Christopher Soghoian, security, FBI

Blog posts 2006-10-29

DNS fear mongering and Windows Vista

Joris Evers has this alarming piece today "Will Vista stall net traffic?" Just to clarify, the story was talking about the potential of Windows Vista to double DNS traffic and possibly overload existing DNS servers. Paul Mockapetris raised an alarm on a possible DNS meltdown last month but is...

Tags: IPv6, DNS

Blog posts 2006-09-06

Knock, knock -- who's there?

Joris Evers has an article over on CNET about the "security risks" of Web 2.0. These days, whenever I read the words "security risks" I dig a little deeper to see if people actually mean "identity problem." As it turns out, most of the time they do. As I...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2006-07-28

Office users beware

Join CNET News.com's Joris Evers for this week's Security Bites,Join CNET News.com's Joris Evers for this week's Security Bites, with a special appearance by Symantec's Oliver FriedrichsThree security issues puts Office users at risk, we talk to Symantec. Also, USDA and FTC breaches and update trouble for Zone Labs and...

Tags: Joris Evers, Office User, Security Bites

Videos 2006-06-24

Additional Resources

McAfee claims open source legal concerns are much ado about nothing

McAfee says concerns about potential open source litigation are unfounded. The company issued a statement this week to ZDNet following news this week that the security software company cited potential legal risks associated with its use of open source in its most recent annual report and...

Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Risk, Open-source Software, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Mac hacked through QuickTime flaw

Mac hacked through QuickTime flaw"Macs are vulnerable by default" - what a great headlineI thought I'd never live to see someone actually say this.No fanboys here to dispute the story.But then there's no way to spin it to make it someone other than Apple's fault. Can't possibly blame...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Java, flaw, Microsoft Windows, Apple QuickTime

Discussion threads 2007-04-24

Safari vulnerability exposed in MacBook Pro hacking contest

If you bought a Mac because you thought that it was an impenetrable fortress immune from being hacked, you may want to think again.Hackers Dino Dai Zovi and Shane Macaulay were able to hijack a MacBook Pro as part of the "PWN to OWN" contest at the CanSecWest security conference...

Tags: Security, MacBook Pro, Hack

Blog posts 2007-04-23

JavaScript bug-hunting tool leaks out

The source code for Billy Hoffman's Jitko has leaked out onto the Internet.Hoffman was due to release the code for the JavaScript bug hunting tool at SchmooCon last month but after "higher-ups" and Spi Dynamics "change their minds," the tool was withheld from attendees.Now, Hoffman confirms that the code has...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Open source, Hackers, Google, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-04-02

Your face is the key to security

Will your face be your next password?Canadian company Bioscrypt claims an industry first with a desktop 3D face recognition camera. The goal: make your visage a fail-safe computer password. CNET News.com's Joris Evers takes a look.

Tags: security

Videos 2007-03-28

Why we banned Windows Vista

Why we banned Windows VistaIt's about time IMOMicrosoft has gotten off relatively lightly in the past.It's OS/software releases have normally been "oohed and aahed" over with little real scrutiny or criticism in the general press (and it's many legal problems usually ignored for the most part).That hasn't been the case...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, NIST, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-03-22

Quote of the week: Symantec CEO John Thompson

In an interview with news.coms Joris Evers, Symantec CEO John Thompson was asked if he subscribed to the Microsofts notion that buying Vista makes you much safer online than with XP: Consumers should not be confused. Vista is not a security solution. Vista is an operating system, and Vista provides...

Tags: Symantec, General, Security, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-02-16

Cisco confirms router 'pharming' exploits

The router hijack exploit scenario detailed by researchers at Symantec may affect Cisco routers that are marketed for the Small Office/Home Office SOHO, Remote Office/Branch Office ROBO and teleworker business segments, according to a notice from Cisco's incident response team.The background: Symantec's paper PDF. Coverage by Joris Evers and Brian...

Tags: Browsers, Cisco, Exploit code, Hackers, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-02-16

Symantec CEO: 'Vista not a security solution'

John Thompson on the new operating systemSpeaking with CNET News.com's Joris Evers at the 2007 RSA convention in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson explains why he's in no rush to upgrade to Vista.

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), security, John Thompson, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Videos 2007-02-13

Symantec holding off on identity management

Security giant elaborates on new business strategySymantec CEO John Thompson explains why his company isn't going to buy its way into the identity management arena. CNET News.com's Joris Evers reports from the 2007 RSA conference in San Francisco.

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, SECURITY, identity management, Symantec Corp.

Videos 2007-02-13

More than geeks on RSA show floor

2007's RSA steps it up a notchFrom Alexis Skye--the self-proclaimed "world's tallest bikini model"--to hackers straight from Hackistan, RSA Conference 2007 had more than security to offer. CNET Networks' Joris Evers and Robert Vamosi report from the show.

Tags: RSA Security Inc.

Videos 2007-02-09

How cybercrooks hack Web sites

New worries in online securityWant to see what cybercriminals are up to and what the latest trends are in malicious software? CNET News.com's Joris Evers looks at what they're doing to run code off Web sites, how the threat appears to the user and what you can do about it.

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web site, Web

Videos 2007-02-07

At RSA 2007, the latest in network security

CNET News.com's Joris Evers talks with RSA President Art CoviellCNET News.com's Joris Evers talks with RSA President Art CovielloWhere are all the tokens? RSA used to envision a mass market for devices like its key fobs, which generate one-time passwords. Coviello still believes such passwords will go mainstream, but not...

Tags: RSA Security Inc.

Videos 2007-02-06

Security rights and wrongs at RSA 2007, San Francisco

RSA President Art Coviello gives the lowdown to CNET News.comReporter Joris Evers pops the big question: Is security boring? We get an artful answer.

Tags: RSA Security Inc., security

Videos 2007-02-06