Ad: Manage updates with the Download App
  • CNET
  • All threat posts

threat

Antivirus is dead?

I often joke about the reputation we analysts have for wild hyperbole and speculation but I also realize that some of this well deserved. For example, one frequent analyst diatribe is the "technology X is dead" rap. Point to some technology and become the industry beacon who foretells its demise. Someone resurrects this tired strategy every few years.

The latest version of this old analyst song is that "antivirus is dead." The theory states that new threats are simply too fast, stealthy, and targeted for tried-and-true antivirus software from vendors like McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro. … Read more

Blogosphere amplifies the bad (and good) parts of humanity

Tech bloggers are outraged tonight over the taunting and death threats that one of our own, Kathy Sierra, received on her blog and elsewhere (see News.com blog post). In reaction to these threats, Sierra has canceled a trip to the ETech conference that's on now, and called off a presentation she was scheduled to give.

Is the blogosphere unsafe? Is it hostile to women? As Chris Pirillo writes, "The problem isn't with the blogosphere. It's with the human race." That's indeed the core problem. But the Internet amplifies human behavior. With it, bullies … Read more