SAN FRANCISCO - The latest security fiasco on Facebook's application platform may involve business pages rather than personal accounts: Sendible, a company that makes software for businesses to manage accounts and presences on various social-media services, looked like it was hit by a virus or hacker on Tuesday afternoon: TechCrunch pointed out that Sendible-managed brand
SAN FRANCISCO - A new Web site could help turn security breach guesswork into science. Database breaches, social engineering attacks, and hacking incidents happen at companies every day, but very few end up being reported publicly. That's because organizations fear-and rightly so-damage to their reputation, public humiliation, and loss of customer confidence. But this silent
DETROIT - Fraudsters never stand still. Financial service customers have become conditioned to be wary of potential phishing emails following years of being inundated with phishing attacks and spam. This fact makes it harder for bilkers to lure victims with a artfully designed email and website, so they are experimenting with newer tactics now. Attackers
SOUTHFIELD ? Two research arms of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have entered into an educational partnership agreement and memorandum of understanding with Lawrence Technological University that provide a framework to pursue future collaboration and potential joint projects. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss., and the Cold Regions Research
DETROIT ? $1 Million Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition Friday announced that it has chosen its 50 company semi-finalists that will compete for cash prizes and in-kind awards of services, staffing and software. The contest received nearly 600 entries, which were split evenly between the business and student portions of the competition. Entries were received from
LANSING - Breaking from its hard line against anything resembling a tax increase, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday approved bills that would allow voters in the Detroit area to decide whether to establish a new property tax to fund the Detroit Institute of Arts and increase the existing levy for the Detroit Zoo. The Senate's
WASHINGTON DC - The Obama administration is preparing a stepped-up approach to policing Internet privacy that calls for new laws and the creation of a new position to oversee the effort, according to people familiar with the situation. The strategy is expected to be unveiled in a report being issued by the U.S. Commerce Department
LANSING ? Governor-elect Rick Snyder Friday announced the appointment of William Rustem, owner of Public Sector Consultants, as Director of Strategy in his new administration. Snyder also appointed Ann Arbor SPARK CEO Michael Finney and Central Michigan University Trustee Stephanie Comai to his Transition team. Rustem will help the Snyder administration implement the policies and
GRAND RAPIDS ? Join The Right Place for a look into West Michigan's 2011 Economic Outlook Dec. 8 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel to hear George Erickcek, Senior Regional Analyst of the Upjohn Institute, provide insight into the region's current economic development conditions and activities. Also speaking will be Birgit Klohs, President and CEO
NEW YORK - The results of the world's largest website traffic survey have been published in a freely downloadable report, which reports some disappointing results about how effective different traffic-building techniques are for driving visitors to businesses' websites. The survey, conducted earlier this year by website software and training company Intellimon, in partnership with the