Cyber Defense

Flash Drive Theft Potentially Exposes Information For 2,600

LANSING - The Department of Community Health announced Thursday that a flash drive containing health information on 2,595 clients of the Long Term Care Ombudsman's Office had been stolen, potentially compromising the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of some of those people. The drive and a laptop were stolen from an employee of the

By |2014-04-03T00:00:00-04:00April 3rd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Duo Security, LastPass Create Credential Security Partnership

ANN ARBOR - Duo Security and LastPass announced a new partnership, integrating Duo's mobile-based two-factor authentication solution to the LastPass password management platform to provide an additional layer of credential security, protecting both personal and enterprise users. Duo is now available?and free for up to 10 users?for LastPass Free, Premium and Enterprise customers. The LastPass

By |2014-04-02T00:00:00-04:00April 2nd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Trivalent Co-Hosts Security Event That Asks Are You The Next Target?

GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group, the Better Business Bureau serving Western Michigan, Fishnet Security, and West Michigan Cyber Security Consortium are sponsoring a no-cost cyber security conference that will explore the question Are You the Next Target. The conference is open to the public and will cover topics pertaining to information security for business owners and

By |2014-04-01T00:00:00-04:00April 1st, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Two Banks File Lawsuit Against Trustwave Over Target Data Breach

SAN FRANCISCO - Customers aren't the only ones still dealing with fallout from the Target hack. Two banks have reportedly filed a lawsuit against Trustwave, claiming the security firm didn't do enough to stop the Target data breach. Trustmark National Bank and Green Bank N.A. have sued Trustwave, arguing that the company, which provides security

By |2014-03-27T00:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Snowden Calls Plan To Rein In NSA Bulk Record Collection Turning Point

WASHINGTON DC - The person who triggered the furor over the National Security Agency's spying activities has given a tentative thumb's up to plans to change some of the agency's controversial methods. In a statement released Wednesday through the American Civil Liberties Union, Edward Snowden called plans to rein in the National Security Agency's bulk

By |2014-03-27T00:00:00-04:00March 27th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Vietmanese National Dupes Experian Out Millions Of Customer Records

SAN FRANCISCO - An ongoing investigation has revealed that a Vietnamese man posing as a private investigator was able to dupe Experian in to compromising data which could equate to millions of customer records. Last year, Krebs on Security published a story documenting the tale of 24-year-old Vietnamese national Hieu Minh Ngo, the founder of

By |2014-03-11T00:00:00-04:00March 11th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Report: Russian Government Behind Malware Uroburos

SAN FRANCISCO - The German computer security and antivirus detection company G Data Security has alleged that the Russian government is behind the newly detected malware known as "Uroburos." G Data bases its case for Russian government involvement on the complexity of the malware and the presence of Cyrillic words in the malware sample. G

By |2014-03-10T00:00:00-04:00March 10th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

2014 Michigan Cyber Luncheon Series April 9 At Northern Michigan University

MARQUETTE - The Michigan Cyber Awareness Luncheon Series 2014 will serve as a follow up to the SOLD OUT Michigan Cyber Summit 2013 hosted last fall by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. This series will provide updates to the Michigan Cyber Initiative designed for Michigan citizens, education, business and industry. Presentations will focus on a comprehensive,

By |2014-03-10T00:00:00-04:00March 10th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|