ANN ARBOR- Merit Network announced the launch of Merit Michigan ID, a federated identity management service that enables participating organizations to provide access to shared resources, applications and content over Merit's network via a single sign-on account. "We are pleased to announce the launch of Merit Michigan ID," said Merit President and CEO, Don Welch.
OTTAWA - Cyber attacks pose a greater risk to Canada's economic prosperity than the government previously believed and the country lacks the tools to fight hackers, officials warn in internal documents obtained by Bloomberg News. ?All new knowledge obtained indicates the problem is more widespread than previously thought,? said a ?secret?-stamped memo to Public Safety
MONROE - ImageSoft is hosting a Lunch and Learn on July 18 to showcase its new electronic prosecution solution that lets prosecutors with an application to electronically manage and try a case via a laptop computer. ImageSoft said this eliminates the need for a physical case file. The discovery, subpoena and docketing processes are electronic
SAN FRANCISCO - Stuxnet showed us the potential for great damage in an attack on infrastructure. Now, a serious new piece of malware is stealing architectural and engineering plans for infrastructure. ?I think every public organization should be concerned about this,? said ESET security intelligence program manager Pierre-Marc Bureau in an interview with VentureBeat reported
SAN FRANCISCO - The infamous Flame virus can delete files from a computer and is likely the cause of a cyberattack against Iran in April, according to new findings. Flame was originally identified for its ability to steal data and capture information from keystrokes, PC displays, and audio conversations, CNET News.Com reported. But a new
SAN FRANCISCO - A hole in the Face.com mobile app KLIK has been closed after a researcher discovered that it could be used to hijack Facebook and Twitter accounts. KLIK lets people tag faces in photos using Facebook, which recently acquired Israel-based Face.com. But Ashkan Soltani, a privacy and security researcher, found that it also
SAN FRANCISCO - Credit card processor Global Payments said that in the course of investigating the theft of 1.5 million credit card numbers, it has discovered that hackers may also have stolen consumer data from servers. "Our ongoing investigation recently revealed potential unauthorized access to personal information collected from a subset of merchant applicants," the
SAN FRANCISCO - With names like "LulzSec Reborn," "MalSec," and "SpexSec," hacking groups are cropping up in the wake of LulzSec arrests and Anonymous dissatisfaction. "LulzSec Reborn" may be neither LulzSec nor reborn, experts say. It's been three months since the arrest of a handful of people accused of conducting denial-of-service and other attacks on
MOSCOW - Amid the exposure of Flame, its authors appear to be going to ground, using what control they have of the malware to force it to self-destruct and disappear (almost) without a trace. Earlier this week, Kaspersky Labs noted that in a matter of hours after researchers had announced the discovery of Flame, the
WALSH - IT students at Walsh College will showcase their knowledge and skill at the Walsh College Business Information Technology and Information Assurance Capstone Fair June 16 at the college's Troy campus. The fair is free and open to the public. The Capstone project demonstrates to faculty, family, peers and industry professionals that students have