SAN FRANCISCO - Symantec has seized part of the 1.9 million-computer strong ZeroAccess, one of the largest botnets in existence. In a blog post Monday, the security firm said the ZeroAccess botnet is primarily used to deliver payloads to infected computers, which is aimed at two illegal, revenue-generating activities: click fraud and bitcoin mining, CNET
OTTAWA, Ontario ? Shopify, in partnership with The Huffington Post, announced the launch of its fourth annual Build A Business Competition with some of the industry's most successful entrepreneurs to help new and emerging stores grow their business. To participate, entrepreneurs must open an online store and start selling products using Shopify. At the end
NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. said its ITCTransmission subsidiary had placed in service Phase 1 of its 140-mile Thumb Loop high voltage transmission line, capable of supporting a maximum capacity of about 5,000 megawatts. Phase I is 62 miles of double-circuit, 345,000-volt lines from the new Bauer substation in Tuscola County to the new Rapson
LANSING ? The Michigan Film Office announced the project, Blue Goji Mobile Arcade Game, has been approved for a digital media incentive from the state. The mobile game is a follow-up to the Blue Goji interactive boxing game developed and produced by PIXO Entertainment in Southfield, Michigan. ?The digital media and video game development industry
SAN FRANCISCO - John McAfee has unveiled plans for a new product, called the D-Central, that he promises will keep users safe from the prying eyes of government. The D-Central will be a hardware product that will cost less than $100, McAfee said in an interview with CNET News.Com at the San Jose McEnery Convention
LONDON - The UK government is planning to recruit hundreds of computer specialists to defend core infrastructure against cyberthreats, Conservative Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced. Speaking at the annual Conservative party conference, Hammond said the United Kingdom was dedicating additional resources and funds to building a strong cyber intelligence and surveillance network, according to Reuters.
SAN FRANCISCO - Teenagers in California worried that their online posts might jeopardize their future opportunities have gained a measure of recourse in the form of an online "eraser button." Legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown will require Web sites, apps, and online services geared toward minors to offer, by 2015, the option of
SAN FRANCISCO - An illegal service that sells personal data on any U.S. resident, which can then be used for identity theft, hacked into servers at several major data aggregators including LexisNexis and Dun & Bradstreet, according to a report. The service's customers have, the report said, "spent hundreds of thousands of dollars looking up
DETROIT - Covisint Corp. began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Thursday, opening at $12.77 a share, before closing at $12.31 ? the first initial public offering of a Detroit tech company since Syntel went public in 1997. The former Compuware Corp. subsidiary?s stock put up for sale represented 17.6 percent of the
TROY - Billhighway, developer of cloud-based automation software that simplifies finance and fundraising for nonprofits, has added a new client, the Boys & Girls Club of Troy. The Club provides a platform for young people in the tri-county metropolitan Detroit area that allows them to develop into self-reliant, responsible, contributing members of the community. ?One