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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

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McKinsey on Corporate Philanthropy: Mind Your Own Business: McKinsey on Corporate Philanthropy: Mind Your Own BusinessInternational Longevity CentreJoris - keep trying, trends are moving your direction. You will get traction and maybe you need to reach beyond the traditional ommunity relations types. In fact CSR Europe is running a specifc effort on demographics which maybe of interest to...; Tags: Corporate Philanthropy, McKinsey & Co., Joris; Discussion threads 2008-02-29
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
NetBooks plugs a big gap: NetBooks, which has recently come out of private beta is filling the saas void in the 2-25 user market. According to an article in the North Bay Business Journal, that represents some 5.1 million US businesses. Founder Ridgley Evers is pitching the service at...; Tags: NetSuite Inc., Intuit QuickBooks, Small Business, NetBooks, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2007-11-30
NetBooks targeting small business with on demand suite: In his bio, Ridgely Evers notes that he has been the CEO of four Internet-related companies and that he conceived, designed, led the development, and drove the launch of Intuit's QuickBooks small business accounting program. He is parlaying that experience into a new company, NetBooks, which is described as an...; Tags: Web Technology, Salesforce.com, SaaS, NetSuite; Blog posts 2007-07-13
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