Cyber Defense

Annual Cybercrime Cost To Jump By 70 Percent To Top $13.8 Trillion By 2028

NEW YORK - The global cybercrime cost has snowballed over the years, with companies and organizations worldwide losing head-spinning figures in cyber attacks. According to data presented by Stocklytics.com, the annual cost of cybercrime will hit $9.2 trillion in 2024, one trillion more than last year. This figure is expected to jump by a further

By |2024-03-15T11:18:02-04:00March 15th, 2024|Cyber Defense|

MiTM Phishing Attack Lets Attackers Unlock And Steal A Tesla

NEW YORK - Researchers demonstrated how they could conduct a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) phishing attack to compromise Tesla accounts, unlocking cars, and starting them. The attack works on the latest Tesla app, version 4.30.6, and Tesla software version 11.1 2024.2.7.Ph As part of this attack, security researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk register a new 'Phone key' that could

By |2024-03-11T09:23:39-04:00March 11th, 2024|Cyber Defense|

ISSA Motor City Chapter Meeting Unveiling The Power Of Compliance

SOUTHFIELD - Chahak Mittal is the featured speaker March 21 at the ISSA Motor City Chapter Meeting. Her topic is Unveiling The Power of Compliance. She is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager at Universal Logistics. Chahak is deeply committed to knowledge sharing and community engagement. She

By |2024-03-09T17:24:52-05:00March 9th, 2024|Cyber Defense|

US Federal Cybersecurity Agency Hacked – China Suspected

WASHINGTON DC - A federal agency in charge of cybersecurity discovered it was hacked last month and was forced to take two key computer systems offline, an agency spokesperson and US officials familiar with the incident told CNN. One of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s affected systems runs a program that allows federal,

By |2024-03-09T17:24:53-05:00March 9th, 2024|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Michigan Cyberpatriot Sends Team To National Finals, Seeks Donations

DEARBORN - Michigan Cyber Patriot is a decade-long program founded by cybersecurity professional Tamara Shoemaker that teaches grade-school students the basics of how to stay safe on the Internet. Another element of the program does the same for senior citizens. Part of MICyberPatriot is a competition among participants along the lines of capture the flag.

By |2024-03-05T14:22:15-05:00March 5th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Chinese Hackers In US Electrical Grid, Water Treatment Plants, Infrastructure

BIRMINGHAM - News came out last week that Chinese hackers have been in the US infrastructure (Including electrical grids, water treatment plants) for five years. Cybersecurity professional Richard Stiennon joins MITechTV to provide analysis. Stiennon said US cyber experts were aware of the Chinese presence and watched them to see what they would do. He

By |2024-02-20T11:03:10-05:00February 20th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

PSN Technology Survey Seeks Cybersecurity Responses

DEARBORN - Phillipp Emma, CEO of PSN Technology, shares details on a survey he is asking companies to complete that looks at their cybersecurity infrastructure and needs. PSN Technology is a Michigan-based phone, internet, and IT services provider with a staff of technology and business professionals whom pride themselves on customer service, exceeding industry standards,

By |2024-02-22T15:24:43-05:00February 20th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

MICyberPatriot Program Gets Team Into National Finals

DETROIT - The Michigan Cyber Patriot program, that works with grade school students to make the cyber security savvy, has placed a team in the national finals, where they will compete against 11 other teams from around the country. Michigan Cyber Patriot Founder Tamars Shoemaker joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on MITech TV to

By |2024-02-25T13:07:59-05:00February 17th, 2024|Cyber Defense|

Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes In Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks

BEIJING - A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that's capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS. "The GoldPickaxe family is available for both iOS and Android platforms," Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said in an extensive report shared with

By |2024-02-18T19:15:56-05:00February 16th, 2024|Cyber Defense|

FBI Takes Down Moobot Botnet Used By Russian Military Hackers To Target US Government

WASHINGTON DC - The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United States and its allies in spearphishing and credential theft attacks. This network of hundreds of Ubiquiti Edge OS routers infected with Moobot

By |2024-02-16T16:16:39-05:00February 16th, 2024|Cyber Defense, Featured|