NEW YORK - After a two-year slowdown, cybersecurity funding is making a strong comeback. The amount of capital cybersecurity companies and startups raised in Q1 shows renewed investor confidence as cyber threats keep rising. According to data from Stocklytics.com, venture capital investments in cybersecurity soared to an impressive $7.7 billion in Q1, the highest quarterly
DEARBORN - In this video interview, Tamara Shoemaker, founder of the Michigan CyberPatriot program, said her organization will be hosting from July 7-11th two Cybersecurity Summer Camps at Battle Creek ANG Base and one in the metro-Detroit area. They are also looking for a metro-Detroit area venue for the one of the camp locations. If
ANN ARBOR - Signal is a messaging app that claims to be secure from hackers. But is it? Signal is in the news because it was used by Republican-appointed cabinet members to discuss a pending military attack on Yemen, targeting Houthi rebels. The recent chat group reported exchange involved the adminstration’s most senior national security
ANN ARBOR - The greatest external threat to organizations today is cybersecurity attacks and Small to Medium Organizations (SMOs) are becoming more frequent targets each and every day. Large companies have the financial and personnel resources to manage cybersecurity issues. Smaller to Medium-Sized businesses do not have that luxury. Until now. Meet Frank Sadgehi, president
NEW YORK - Hundreds of thousands of Android users, as well as several thousand iPhone users, have had their sensitive data compromised by a spouseware app, called Spyzie. The apps were found leaking email addresses, text messages, call logs, photographs, and other sensitive data, belonging to millions of people who, without their knowledge or consent,
DEARBORN - CyberPatriot is a program aimed at grade school students that teaches them the basics of cybersecurity. Joining Matt and Mike on MITech TV is Tamara Shoemaker, who founded the program in Michigan, and hopes to develop summer camps for students to get even more hands on experience. In this video interview, she discusses
DETROIT—The cost of cybercrime is expected to reach epic proportions in 2025 to the tune of $10.5 trillion globally, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, the world’s leading researcher and publisher covering the global cyber economy. This is a significant increase from a decade ago, when that figure was estimated at about $3 trillion. Skilled information security
ANN ARBOR - Dan Lohrmann, former Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at the State of Michigan, returns to talk about the latest cyberthreats. Those include a new Chinese Generative Artificial Intelligence tool called DeepSeek and what impact Trump's mass firings of federal employees in Washington DC may impact the United States ability
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI is warning iPhone and Android users about a string of new scams that could put bank accounts and personal data at risk. Federal officials say smartphone users should hang up immediately if they receive this specific type of call, in which the scammer is pretending to be someone they're not. The new scheme is more
SAN FRANCISCO - Scammers continuously create new tactics to extract money from unsuspecting individuals. As awareness grows around phone call scams, they've resorted to new messaging scams. Personal data security company Zimperium has discovered that a new attack "exclusively targeting mobile devices" has been caught "stealing credentials and sensitive data," MSN reported. Phone scams can
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