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Anonymous Claims To Have Breached NATO Security

WASHINGTON DC - Anonymous is claiming that it has hacked past NATO security and taken restricted documents maintained by the global organization. "Yes, #NATO was breached. And we have lots of restricted material. With some simple injection. In the next days, wait for interesting data :)," said Anonymous via its Twitter account around 5 a.m.

By |2011-07-21T00:00:00-04:00July 21st, 2011|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Michigan Ranks As No. 7 On Toxic 20 List Of Air Polluters From Power Plants

LANSING - The best thing Michigan can say about showing up on the Natural Resources Defense Council "Toxic 20" list of states with the most air pollution from power plants is, "We're not No. 1." That ignominious distinction goes to Ohio, which is followed by Pennsylvania, Florida, Kentucky and Maryland in the top five. However,

By |2011-07-21T00:00:00-04:00July 21st, 2011|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Realty Based Cyber Crime Novella Explores Aftermath Of Stuxnet Attack On Iran

GRAND RAPIDS ? Cyber Styletto is a new novella by a journalist, a writer, and a security expert who have pooled their talents to create an enthralling good read that is future forward and predictive. The facts are based on real vulnerabilities in the way the Internet is constructed. Recent cyber security attacks using sophisticated

By |2011-07-20T00:00:00-04:00July 20th, 2011|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Michigan Government Agencies Developing Layoff Plans

LANSING ? Michigan government agencies are developing contingency plans, in case the state employee unions decline to reopen their contracts for the coming fiscal year, which could involve layoffs, officials said Wednesday. It would take some 2,500 layoffs to reach the $265 million gross, $145 million general fund, which has been designated as cuts from

By |2011-07-20T00:00:00-04:00July 20th, 2011|Archive, Politics/Government|

AzulStar Gets Funding From Grand Angels, Blue Water Angels

GRAND HAVEN - Two Michigan angel groups have co-invested in the Grand Haven fixed WiMax owner and operator AzulStar, which teams with leading companies, governmental agencies and private investors to offer very-high bandwidth wireless data, voice and video services. The amount of funding was not disclosed. Grand Angels of Grand Rapids and Midland-based Blue Water

By |2011-07-19T00:00:00-04:00July 19th, 2011|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Intervention Insights Lands $7.2 Million Series B Financing Round

GRAND RAPIDS - Intervention Insights, a health care IT company that helps community oncologists develop individualized patient treatment plans, announced Tuesday the close of $7.2 million in Series B financing. The deal was co-led by Michigan venture investor Beringea and Louisville, Ky.-based Chrysalis Ventures. They were joined by Hopen Life Sciences, Michigan Accelerator Fund I

By |2011-07-19T00:00:00-04:00July 19th, 2011|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Apple’s iOS 4.3.4 Jailbroken

CUPERTINO - Apple released its latest iOS update to fix a security flaw exploited by a jailbreaking tool, but the new version--4.3.4--has itself already been jailbroken. Detailed by the folks at Redmond Pie, the custom PwnageTool now lets users jailbreak any iOS device running iOS 4.3.4 with the exception of the iPad 2, CNET News.Com

By |2011-07-19T00:00:00-04:00July 19th, 2011|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneur Bootcamp Set For Sept. 29-30

ANN ARBOR - Spend two full days in September learning how to identify critical issues for your business plan at Ann Arbor SPARK's Entrepreneur Boot Camp. Application deadline is Sept. 1. Entrepreneur Boot Camp is an intensive and instructive way to gain critical feedback and advice about your business model, management team, competitive positioning, market

By |2011-07-19T00:00:00-04:00July 19th, 2011|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|