they did was bought an existing piece of malware. it's a good piece of malware to begin with. but then they customized it. they made it harder to find. then they figured out the scheme to get into target's computers and stuck it on the system. the same gang or a group of different hackers using the same malware are targeting other retailers, so we haven't seen the end of this. >> soak kay. so what are they doing with the information once they have it? is it sold on the black market? >> yeah. there's an incredibly efficient supply stream that goes from, you know, the -- the theft to the actual sale. so a lot of these are sold in what's called forums. these are websites that you can get on and buy cards in bulk. but it's a pretty sophisticated system so you can actually buy cards based on the country of origin. you can buy cards based on the credit limit you want. in many cases the carder forums will guarantee they haven't been cancelled when you buy them. if you find out they have been cancelled they give you your money back. >> what'

released a set of technical instructions alerting the nation's retailers how to detect and stop this malware. but, scott, officials are concerned that some retail chains are still under attack and don't know. >> pelley: wyatt, thank you. late today the senate gave final congressional approval to that compromise $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the government running past a midnight saturday night deadline. the measure now goes to the president for his signature. baseball star alex rodriguez has spoken publicly for the first time since an arbitrator upheld his season-long suspension for doping. in mexico last night, rodriguez said, in spanish: last sunday, clinic owner tony bosch told "60 minutes" he supplied the new york yankee third baseman with banned drugs for two years. rodriguez is suing to overturn the suspension. tonight, a diplomatic source is telling us that the united states is rushing small arms to iraq to be used in the battle for anbar province west of baghdad. u.s. forces paid dearly for this territory and now a religious war is being fought there between the two main factio

well you mentioned selling stuff and of course this comes to this headline here yahoo malware turned european computers into bitcoin slaves search firm remain silent on how its ad servers infected windows p.c.'s of visitors to home page so windows p.c.'s are the ones targeted in this because of course they are vulnerable they have many back doors bill gates has left so many back doors and all of his products and all of these windows manufacturers of computers have left many back doors they each have their own back door so there's multiple back doors open this malware that . targeted ads towards their consumers in europe not in america so it could be the n.s.a. who is turning the computers in europe into bitcoin slaves well but point is the bill gates layer going is the n.s.a. slayer bitcoin is the janet yellen of the federal reserve banks later and yes of course the pursuit of happiness will out and it will invade the faulty buggy back doors of yahoo and other internet giants to create that coin mining operations to empower the people to resist big cooling that is the currency of res

but their methods of being able tto insert malware on computers x. being able to see every keystroke. >> laptops ordered online, is that right? >> and they did that by intercepting laptops ordered online to signal that malware, is that correct? >> yes, there are different methods that they have, they can signal remotely if you click on a listening, and they can interdict products before they get to them, and they can signal and own your computer. doesn't matter what passwords you use, or encryption, they can see all of the activity inside of your commuter the minute that malware gets online. they got human amounts of data from israel and canada and the uk, surveillance and information they get from there. so really being anything that you do that's electronic in nature, online or by telephone, is susceptible to nsa monitoring and analyzing. and that's the true nature. >> our community has been really disturbed by many of these revelations: i want to go to our gobble hang out. and we have julie here, a political analyst with freedom works, and i know

that quote at this point yahoo hasn't addressed any of the details such as how the malware exploit got into its web pages how many users are impacted and what victims of the attacks to do the company may still be gathering data and you may still be bitcoin slaves now this is the whole thing that as we've all become slaves because of the n.s.a. and all these exploits and back doors well you said something the very interesting is that the c.e.o. of yahoo. mayor mayor silent now that her product and her company's been violated because she left the back door open for the n.s.a. which she claims was an act of patriotism when any reading of any document such as the u.s. constitution what identify this woman by leaving the back door open to the n.s.a. as treasonous number one so she's a traitor and of course right across the way there is the traitors gate to the tower of london that's where if we were any any justice were to prevail she'd be carted up the frog marched through those steps right now because she is a traitor and the only issue traitor but she's a stupid idiot because now we're t

it's basically the size of a briefcase that would pick up the data and also allow the nsa to insert malware as they did in the iranian case. >> physically insert, presumably in the production process or at some point like that. >> in the production process or maybe in the shipping

the malware created by a 17-year-old who sold the program to cyber criminals. used in neiman marcus the retailer reported a similar attack. saying reports show malware used more than once. >> and able to put it on the internet and they can use it for malicious arm. >> intel crawler suggests six more retailers have yet to tell customers they have been breeched as well. u.s. postal service operates small offices inside dozens of stores including stores in the bay area. unions worry they're expanding reach just as plans are being developed foreclosure of hundreds of post offices nationwide. post offices are staffed with union workers and stores are not. the postal service says stores nor different from 65,000 other naerts found in supermarkets and stores around country. >> z.finally here is why you would be better off to do taxes now. there are new concerns tonight about taxes and identity thaechlt cording to irs one and a half million americans had tax refunds stolen in just the first half of 2013. fake returns are often to blame. thieves have money sent to a gna

the first version of the malware was created back in march. what is that? almost a year ago.been sold around the world. we are told that once this appears online, hackers can use it as they please. even when companies do try and protect themselves, packers can create various mutations of it. it may not just be target and neiman marcus. other retailers may have been impacted in this breach as well. other retailers could be affected by this too. what can consumers do to protect theflselves? >> i have been speaking to a few good guy hackers this morning. what can companies really do. they need to invest in stronger end point security systems, better anti-virus on point of sales systems. better intrusion prevention on the point of sales systems as well. here is an interesting point. there needs to be better information sharing between retailers. if target comes out and says, we were hacked. this is the piece of malicious code that was used to hack us so they can protect themselves and others as well. retailers are going to be very hesitant to come forward this this situation. why

. >>> yahoo users may have been targeted in a malware attack. thousands of users who go to yahoo.com were infected with malware through the advertising service. it could leave your computer vulnerable to hackers. they are blocking the infected advertisements. most of the attacks were limited to europe. >>> target is hosting job fairs this week as it looks to hire hundreds of people for a store in south san jose. the store opens in march. the goal is to hire 300 people. job fairs will be held on thursday and friday. and then on saturday, at the work to future building in san jose. >>> on wall street today the dow, s&p and nasdaq all closed lower. the dow is down 44 to 16,425., the s&p is down 4 to 1,826. the nasdaq is down 18 at 4,113. experts say the mood among investors could continue till friday. >>> several groups gathered today calling for better labeling of foods that contain genetically modified organizisms. -- organisms. opponents of gmo products say they are not natural. in 2012 proposition 37s was the first attempt to label -- 37 was th

they are working with other firms and looking to characterise malware asserted with point of sale datareaches. they put out a report to retailers on how better to defend themselves. the ceo of the cyber security firm expects more attacks to be launched, suggesting copy cats will use similar software to steal from customers. >>> 20 years ago californians were jolted by a deadly quake, 50,000 died in the northridge quake and thousands injured. a lot has changed, including new technology that could give a warning. jennifer london explains. >> when the earthquake hit at 4:41, we were sound asleep. the thing that woke me up was my wife screaming. the volume of the quake was horrendous and then it stopped. it was like there was a death silence for about a second, and then you could start to hear everyone screaming in the complex >> 20 years ago robin done woke up at the northbridge epicentre, his three-storey building pancaked on top of him. >> it looked like a two-storey building. the fire department thought, "this is a two-storey building" and kept growing. >> it shifted eight feet and dro

malware participating in botnet.vity in the november/december period leading up to the disclosure for the breach. gerri: that helps. >> yeah gerri: that helps me -- >> we don't know what we saw. gerri: go ahead. >> we don't know what we saw, what we don't know what we saw is actually the cause of the data breech. the data loss. it's under investigation. we see that the retail sector over the same period had a drop where neiman-marcus and target were not nearly at the bottom. gerri: stop there for a second. that's what we need to hear. it's critical information for consumers. so you see the individual companies. we can show a picture of security ratings. it doesn't name anybody. there are no companies name. it gives you an idea of what going on. take a look at that. so i think it's companies that are in the red part of that graphic that are in trouble. the ones in the blue that are okay. you say there are companies that had worse ratings according to your own research than target, than neiman-marcus. does it mean more

. >> a security firm believes a teenager in russia is responsible for a malware used in an attack att. the security firm claims the malware was written by a 17 year old and more than 40 versions have been sold around the world. experts warn that the malware may have infected more retailers. >> scientist are baffled by something that just showed up on the surface of mars. one minute there was nothing there and then boom a big rock appeared. scientist have no explanation for it. the rover is trying to figure out what the big rock came from and what it's made of. >> we know which teams will be heading to new jersey. the seattle seahawks used three turn overs including this sad interception in the final minutes to beat the 49ers 23- 17. >> reporter: so heart breaking. i'm live at the headquarters where the team will be speaking today and they will be met with fans letting them know they still love them. despite the heart breaking loss, fans were still here covered in pink colors waiting for their boys to come home. just to show their support there was certainly a dose of disappointment b

the sophisticated malware appears to have been written in russia. what do we know?ris. signer forensic -- cyber forensic experts sifting through these includes. we know that this is not an isolated event. an international and undetectiveble malware may have corrupted point of sale systems of multiple retailers. it suggests the shocking holiday breach affecting target stores across the country has potentially affected a large number of retail

. >>> the malware that stole personal information from 100 million people was partly written in russian. it also is based on another program that was developed by a russian cyber crime master but investigators say that does not mean the attacks came from russia. they add the base malware has been available online for $1,000. >>> a bill to fund the government through september is now on president obama's desk. the senate approved the $1 trillion spending bill yesterday. it already passed the house. the white house said president obama will sign the measure before the current stopgap funding expires tomorrow at midnight. upon is making a much anticipated speech about the national security agencies controversial surveillance program. he all seek a middle ground between privacy concerns and security measures needed to keep the country safe. the president is scheduled to speak at 8:00 this morning and we will have coverage on it during mornings on 2. >>> right now 4:4. we want to check in with sal for a look at traffic. nice to have allie rasmus here. >> yes. look at ally getting up early. >

. >>> hackers behind the massive target breech pulled it off with malware purchased online.he software can be bought for $1800. it was secretly installed at point of sale terminals in all of target u.s. stores. 110 million credit and debit accounts were compromised. julie watts reports one security move is raising questions. >> it will appear to come from target. it will have the target logo. it will have probably language taken from their own website or communications. >> reporter: he isn't talking about female target sent to millions security breech victims offering free credit monitoring for a year. he is describing an e-mail scam intended to make you think it is from target. >> it will be difficult for recipients of the e-mail to tell the difference between a scammer and target. they have the same information now. >> reporter: he warns scammers will use what they have to get more. they'll pose as target, maybe a class-action lawsuit against target or even other retailers hoping you'll click a link or type in the url of a malicious target look-alike site and give up more

we don't know the full extent of what transpired but what we do know was there with malware installed hundred point scale registers that much we've established. we were moved at nowhere so that we can provide safe and secure shopping and bio the us congress has called for an inquiry filmmakers want to know if target was ill prepared for such an attack and was eighteen eighteen and to find customers the man of all that on his battle to mobilize support is if these controversial sacking is confirmed. a little less days to install the patch through cold all the crowds gathered outside city hall to occupy squares in the largest protest at the scene in bogota. drew was ousted by colombia's leading prosecutor over the alleged mismanagement of the city's refuse collection the inspector general of a condo or demand said the man had violated the constitution improved environmental regulations when he ruled that the city should take control of rubbish collection in two thousand and twelve them that claims the decision was taken to st paul that our money. so speaks i expect show is being banned

the last few days, the site had been distributing malware, the site's advertising server sent out malwareds of thousands of visitors. it appears to be the work of hackers. two internet security firms say -- yahoo! tells the post it identified the problem and removed it from the site. >>> virginia is trying to protect people from mass data breach, deactivated thousands of benefit cards used at target by families who need temporary child support or assistance. target announced last month about 40 million credit and debit card accounts were compromised in a data breach. >>> part of a cliff collapses in southern england, caught on video. take a look at this. >> oh, my god! jesus! >> a tourist was filming the scenic overlook when the cliff began to collapse right into the ocean. no word on what caused that collapse. heavy rain and high tides have battered the coastline for weeks there. >>> file thund the cutest individuvideo of the week. panda cub in taiwan made his media debut yesterday. the cub just walked around and played while journalists snapped pictures. the national zoo's panda cub wil

they say the trojan malware was one of a percent not detectable by a nt software.y created something that was impenetrable. it got into this system at point of service. gerri: i don't accept the idea we can figure this out. we need to protect consumers >> talk about chip and pin that came out in the early '90s. it is well beyond but who will pay for it? merchants and banks say it will cost too much to roll it out. looking from another perspective lee b. make sure consumers are protected overall. but at the end of the day this seems the could guys are not as smart. gerri: radiated to hire that bad guys. but we thought we would develop this graphic with 12 times your information flows those a all information but those that targets said we will make sure you are safe but the reality is the does not sit well. >> especially in with the credit monitoring i equated to go to a restaurant if you get food poisoning the would give to the free checkup. we want to make sure you don't get it in the first place. if is a shoe $15 per month but then with this information is your pe

we removed that malware so we could provide a safe and secure shopping environment. this investigation is ongoing. and it's going to take some time before we really understand the full extent of what's happened. >> well, now we do know at least a little bit more. in a 16-page report prepared by the government and sent to target and other retailers, it described the malware hackers used to get ahold of customer data. according to security intelligence firm eyesight which helped to document, the code enabling the breach was written in russian. but that does not mean it necessarily originated there or was deployed by russian nationals. the report also said it was a fairly widespread targeting of retailers that use those point of sale systems. but as of now, we don't know whether other retailers were similarly breached. >>> a court ruling today could mean another big financial blow for the bankrupt city of detroit. a federal judge rejected a deal to get the city out of a financially disastrous agreement thought made with two banks back in 2009 in order to pay some pensio

the sophisticated malware appears to have been written in russia. what do we know? >> we know it's being kept under wraps, chris. signer forensic -- cyber forensic experts sifting through these includes. we know that this is not an isolated event. an international and undetectiveble malware may have corrupted point of sale systems of multiple retailers. it suggests the shocking holiday breach affecting target stores across the country has potentially affected a large number of retail operations. a cyber attack that has already compromised 40 million target customers and the information of up to 70 million more. >> many other retailers could have potentially been breached, that number could double in the next couple weeks. >> according to a security firm, many retail organizations may not know that they've been infected. this software contains a new kind of attack method that is able to covertly subvert network controls concealing all data transfers. >> it's an unknown exploit. >> they called the code, kaptoxa. according to the wall street journal, parts of the progr

how the malware used to gather information went unnoticed for so long. today... president obama is set to lay out his new bluet for the national security agency. the president promid to tak n-s-a... after d >>> happening today, president obama is set to lay out his new blueprint fortunate security agency. the president promised to take a closer look at the nsa after details were unveiled showing how the spy agency works. more now from cbs news reporter susan mcginnis in washington. >> reporter: cbs news has learned president obama plans to keep most existing surveillance programs in place when he outlines his new vision for the national security agency. >> he will want to demonstrate that there's oversight of that, that there is transparency in how this is done and that it cannot be abused. >> reporter: white house sources say the president will allow the nsa to keep data it collects even though a review panel recommended it be stored with private companies. >> and the question is how to avoid that potential abuse. and one of the ways we decided it makes sense to

youngster, dan, i notice some of your reports suggested a 17-year-old had not only developed this malware but also apparently is selling it. if you're a criminal underworld businessman, i guess, you can buy this software. >> well, yeah, we believe that a 17-year-old was the original author of the malware, but his deal was to allow you to download the software and then if you got any credit cards, he would share the profits with you. >> when did you first find out about this? you said a moment ago, a year ago. does that mean you knew about this a year ago but didn't flag it, or this has been going on since a year ago? >> well, we saw the vulnerability about a year ago and we have been tracking a lot of the bad actors that have been doing this particular cybercrime so we knew about it a year ago. we have alerted law enforcement and some of the card associations. but you know, there's a lot of bad actors out there trying to get credit cards. >> amazing that this hasn't come to light yet. who exactly when you say these six retailers, who are they? >> well, we don't know exactly who they are b

since then more than 40 versions of the malware has been sold all around the world.r the holiday. >> traders will have plenty of reports to react to when the stock market reopens tuesday. expect earnings this week from companies including delta, ibm, net flix and proctor and gamble. we'll get the latest on unemployment claims and home prices. on wall street stocks are mixed friday. the dow rose 41 points but the nasdaq fell 21. the world economic forum released a report saying the growing gap between the rich and the poor is most likely the biggest threat to the growing economy. funding for u.s. start ups increase 20 percent in the fourth quarter. software companies receive the most money with bio tech. that's your money watch. for the latest business news, follow me on twitter at alexiscbsnews. >> it's 5:40 right now. coming up, a bad habit. obama's comments. ,,,,,,,, ,,,, it's time to change the way we clean. and free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. the secret is the hydrogen peroxide formula

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why is malware being so difficult to detect early on. detection of the malware issue. why is it taking so long for those to come to light? >> sharon fast forward over what's happened in the past few years, malware is being produced at a slower rate and anti-virus systems were able to keep up. now it's happening at such a prolific speed and also relative to the sophistication of it. av systems, firewalls, and perimeter defense systems aren't able to keep up with it. as a matter of fact, some of the malware still hasn't been signaturized across the board. >> simon hobbs over the weekend was talking about options to basically cut off your credit card if you want to keep any information. but it's difficult. >> are we going to go back to carrying around a money clip with a wad of bills or will we see -- seriously, universal security quality ratings for retailers? what's next for consumers? >> what's really scary is what we talk about on this panel every week seems to be the smart home and how everything is going to be connected and it's alrea

the company explained malware expects point of sale term unanimous. it sends out the stolen information and deletes the files. the firm won't say if the software affected target's nooemans or other retailers. the department of homeland security said they are looking to characterise a new identified malware associated with point of sale data breach investigations. they put out a report to retailers on how to better defend themselves. the ceo expects more attacks. suggesting copycats will use similar software to steal from customers. >> let's take a look at other cyber attacks from last year. the federal reserve's internal reserves was hacked. hackers got hold of 160,000 social security numbers at the washington state court's office. a million users were compromised. the two biggest cyber attacks was 50 million users breached at note-taking website ever note. hackers sold information for 50 million users. >> one of the key players lane closure scandal is willing to talk, only if granted immunity. former aid to goughor chris christie helped to carry out

the malware called kaptoxa captures credit card information as customers swipe a card. a new report on kaptoxa from i opinion site doesn't mention target, but law enforcement sources say the massive data theft helped investigators identify the malicious software code. a source close to the investigation confirms to cbs news that at least a portion of the code was written in russian, although that is not necessarily mean it originated in russia. kaptoxa is sophisticated, designed to cover its tracks. to help companies combat hacker, the department of homeland security has release add set of highly technical instructions telling the nation's retailers how to find the code and stop it. in light of the data hacks at target, as well as upscale retailer neiman marcus cyber security exhibits were among the most popular at this week's national retail federation's annual expo. >> the bad guys are working to gather security -- >> reporter: tom patterson is with cse, security firm. >> they've seen what can happen if you don't take security seriously. it's more than an acceptable l

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once inside installed malware and hijacked your information.ry time you went to target and swiped your card at the checkout. hackers picked up 40 million debit and credit card numbers and other personal information during the heart of the holiday season from november 27th to december 15th. fbi pinpointing similar cyber attacks and warning they are not likely to end any time soon. secret service heading investigation and they have been noticeably silent throughout the whole thing. joining me now with the latest, a lot of information there, but basic thing today, how they actually broke in the system, right? >> that's right. in other words, the electronic sign-in credentials it got. essentially what security and law enforcement was saying, cyber possibly hijacked one of targeted servers to download credit cards at the point of swipe. what we're also hearing, there's deep concern the breaches could occur at major grocery chains the software ntry. that's used inside these retail companies are not strong enough that the fire walls are easily breache

malware use in target breachedes written partly in russian have been discovered according to a reportrepared for government on the malicious code issue that was used in target's problem. as you know this was a situation where we have target saying some 140 million different cards were compromised. and struggled since the start of the year since halfway through last year down 10% at the moment but it appears hackers by the target breach targeted numerous unnamed retailers, the malware that has been discovered and used in the target situation is in russian. make your own distinctions about that. we are 35 minutes from the closing bell, back to new skin looking -- in the wake of the fact the stock is getting crushed as well. is short seller bill axman who hate to herbal life famously bet against it? turns out to be vindicated? or is this just a blip? charlie gasparino with the latest. key jumping like you have never seen before. up close and personal thanks to a tech innovator that could ipos this year. we are telling you what about the company and its remarkable technology in a few minu

hackers putting malware on the ads you click on. will it affect the stock?st a moment. going to chicago, all right, tray, let's hear it. futures pointing higher than now. will we hit 17k on the dow jones industrial this month? >> this years of may seems likely. we are in a bull market. however i've said before, i will say it again, it will do it without me. i will not be long in a global growth environment that just is not there. the german stock market has doubled in the last four years, their gdp growth is like wishing around .7%. why would i want to be long equities in that environment which mark all you have to do is watch bonds, there is a lot of overvalued financial instruments, but none more overvalued than the bond market. if you see bond slipped and interest rates go up, stay away from equities, period. stuart: very nice. i noticed not many people behind you on the trading floor there. could be the wind chill is getting to you guys. all right, trey, thank you very much indeed. the first full week of trading at the stock market. we are a little highe

even before opening e-mail the malware can store itself on your computer.ckers are so sophisticated now as we've discovered through this cyber attack on target and neiman marcus, go to the website. normally companies will put an alert on the website as well. real quick i do want to say as far as this target store goes on, phone numbers are compromised. if you're getting a phone call from someone saying i'm from your bank and we're going to help you with the credit line, don't talk to them. >> so pervasive, go to creditmonitoring.target.com to find out everything in the e-mail. you don't even have to open it at all. >> it's fright think to open up any e-mails, especially those if they are bad news from your kids. >>> all right. we trust each other. >> thanks, cheryl. before you check your e-mail, watch this. security experts realing top 25 worst passwords to v we'll tell you the most common ones. >>> a case of youtube justice, a woman accusing her teacher of sexually abusing her years ago. she's now confronting her publicly. >> she threatened me with my life

there was malware installed on the point of sale measures. we removed the malware to provide a safe and secure shopping environment. it will take time before we understand the full extent of what happened. >> we follow the issue of retail security breaches. >> lawmakers are expected to participate in a vote on the senate democrats bill to extend unemployment benefits, with more than 1.3 million americans out of works, the jobs report could give the democrats a boost that it needs. $18 million will extend benefits through this year. republicans object saying government interveption is harmful to the job market and seekers. across the country, people that use food stamps had to rely on less since the end of last year. the program known as snapreturned to recession levels. it's about to face for cuts, and that has businesses worried. >> david opened up his grocery store on the south side neighbour hood 15 years ago part of moving from jerusalem. he is considering closing for good, a move putting him and his four employees out of work. >> maybe i

morgan price says all the easier for this malware maestros to take down.amazing to me, you told me this again and again -- that any tech savvied can do this. i thought, maybe, but you're taking down whole flocks of industry, but they are. it can't be that easy. >> i was fortunate enough to lead a team of people back in february of 2000. we investigated before they were even -- a launch that was the original denial of service attacks. we identified the software. that was done by a kid out of canada. this kid in 2000 took down yahoo and amazon. we have back very tech savvy. life, and people are not out there playing outside, they're hacking on their commuter, so doesn't surprise me a 17-year-old is behind this. >> can we glean anything more from the fact he is from russia he did this, that there might be others involve or more than just an attempt to disrupt things? >> hard to tell at this point. it appears once the software is created we're seeing smart people build things and then sell it so organized crime or other folks who aren't as smart to build those

the teen thought to have shared the malware with other hackers. >> a salmonella outbreak now appears to be under control. officials say no deaths has been reported but 38% of the people who were sickened were hospitalized. the cdc said the company has taken effective measures to clean up its operation. foster farms did not recall any chicken. but back in october a costco store back in san francisco voluntarily recalled chicken. >>> it was unusually warm january day. we set some records today. looks like we're gong to set some more tomorrow. let's take a look at temperatures this evening. going to be in the upper 50s and low 60 and then plummet overnight again. we'll see low 40s everywhere. into the afternoon, more upper 60s and low 70s. let's get a look at the numbers, 34 out of door tomorrow morning in livermore. freeding in napa and vallejo. 34 also in santa rosa. by the afternoon, we'll see more 70s. we'll see some 70s in the east bay as well for your tuesday afternoon, 70 in vallejo and 71 for livermore. 67 in san francisco and upper of 60s to the north bay as well. it looks we c

you're talking about malware that can actually cause physical distraction.ecause the virus was intended to wipe out the iranian centrifuges. since then, there has been a lot of concern obviously inside the u.s. government about the capabilities of adversaries to kind of bring that back to the u.s.. >> is this all way too much information? john, could we say that, edward stoneman, you may have cracked something, but something we didn't need to know? >> we may not need to know everything. but it is one of the rare examples in government in our democratic system which you know is messy and sometimes inefficient, but sometimes it works pragmatically. my guess is that it may take a few years. but as a bipartisan effort, our government will figure this thing out. and we will come up with rules that we can live with. at the same time, it won't eliminate our ability to be able to track the things we really need to track. so it's not going away. it may go away from the headlines in the news, but it will go away in terms of its use by the nsa. we had an 18-tweet serie

investigators say the base malware has been available online for $1,000. >>> time is 5:48.heck in with sal. gravel on the road? you can't use that tone with me. [ laughter ] >> that is a good one. i like that. yeah, there is gravel on the road unfortunately. southbound 680. let me put it on the maps for you. southbound 680 and westbound 580 by the way is also effected by this because the truck that was carrying the gravel apparently took the ramp from here and headed down here and lost gravel along the way. so there is a wide stretch where there is gravel and some cars have reported damage. this is the thing that might infuriate you if you have a new paint job. they called for a sweeper on expedite. this is 580 and 680. primarily 680 near pleasanton. we will keep an eye on the situation. the slowest traffic son 580 approaching the 680 interchange. if you are taking that ramp, you should be careful. if you is a new car, i would avoid it. i would take an alternate route so that. let's move on to live pictures. 880 north and southbound the traffic moves along pretty well. this

the security companies say a malware attack they found linked to yahoo!'s advertising servers. thousands of computers were exposed or infected in several different countries. malware can leave your computer vulnerable to hackers. yahoo! announced it is aware of the attack. and they note they get a billion and a half visitors everyday. >>> road warriors can share their asphalt adventures through dash cam video. chevy is showing its corvette sting ray. they can show up to 13 hours of your road trip in all its glory. it shows what gear the car was in, gps information and other information that is down right interesting to your local law enforcement. >>> another great premier this week. examining the lives of those who have survived air disasters. in fact, the film focuses solely on people who were the only survivor of a crash. george lambson junior, the sole survivor in a plane crash that killed 75 people, including his father. in the film, he talks through an interpreter through a french school girl who survived a crash in the indian ocean that killed 152 people. >> do you have a

that is after 20 other hacking cases that use the same kind of malware that effected target customersnk industry executives say they are increasingly concerned about the security of payment systems. the fbi says most malware cases it investigates involve small to mid size businesses. >>> former defense secretary lee on panetta says cyber attacks are the most dangerous possible threat to the united states. panetta who is a former director of the cia was warning of a rippling cyber attack that could target the financial institutions, high-tech industries, government, and the infrastructure. he said back in 2009 he was told by a cia counterintelligence team that the agency faced as many as 100,000 cyber attacks every day. >>> a woman in her early 60s became the fourth person to die of the h1n1 virus. total number of flu related deaths in the bay area is now at 29. health officials continue to encourage people to get a flu shot. according to the centers for disease control, the peak month of flu activity is february. >>> u.s. attorney general eric holder says the obama administration is p

the malware at the center of the breach was partly written in russian and part of organized crime there. >>> they're celebrating their new promotions. this man was promoted to lieutenant. 25 officers were promoted to sergeants and two more were promoted to captain. it was a promotion ceremony for officers and their families. >> we're setting the next generation of leadership. everyone promoted today has been selected due to their integrity work ethic and dedication to public service. >> the chief said the department is working toward organizational excellence, innovative crime fighting and community collaborations. >>> it's the 29th anniversary for the sea lines pierce. tours began every hour, they should meet at the sea lion statute. it's managed by the aquarium at the bay. they can learn about the sea lyons who made their home at fear 39. >>> why residents call it a hazard and the city's excuse for not removing this p. >>> the weather, we'll have the forecast for your weekend at this hour growthed by a winter chill. we'll take a look at what's happening at your door this morning and w

now the russians, apparently some of this malware had russian letters?s after us too? >> well, when it comes to making money, i mean, if you're a criminal, you go where the money is. right now the money's online. so, absolutely, if you want to hack without that many risks or repercussions, you can do it from 5, 10,000 miles away from the victim organizations. hackers are brent at what they do. liz: do you do mobile payments? i'll do what you do. >> absolutely. i mean, when you look at it, almost even's credit card number in the united states is already compromised in some way, shape or form. there's so many places where we put this data. the upside is so many credit cards are compromised, it's hard for the bad guys to use them all. absolutely, i use the internet with confidence as a consumer. liz: i feel better, okay? because you're the one who thoughs. great to have you, thank you very much. kevin mandia, they're smart, and they realize he's the best at what he does. closing bell ringing in about 17 minutes. t-mobile's ceo john ledger, this guy's an ori