DETROIT ? VisionIT has hired former Civil Air Patrol Commander Amy Courter as Chief Information Officer. Courter will lead the planning and implementation of enterprise information systems supporting both distributed and centralized business operations. ?We are thrilled to have Amy as an integral part of the VisionIT leadership andculture,? said David Segura, CEO of VisionIT.
SAN FRANCISCO - HTC is promising to plug a security hole in its Android phones that gives certain mobile apps access to a user's personal information. Recently discovered by a trio of researchers, the vulnerability can expose e-mail addresses, network and GPS locations, phone numbers, SMS data, and system logs to apps that connect to
SAN FRANCISCO - A virus that keeps a log of what people type has found a persistent foothold in the computers that pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada use to remotely control the U.S. military's unmanned drone aircraft, Wired reported. It's not clear whether the virus was deliberately aimed at the military computers
YPSILANTI ? Gov. Rick Snyder will announced the Michigan Cyber Initiative on Oct. 7 during the Michigan Cyber Summit, which also features Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The Summit is a day-long cyber security briefing at Eastern Michigan University. Also attending is White House Cybersecurity Coordinator and Special Assistant to the President Howard Schmidt, and
SAN FRANCISCO - McAfee announced plans Tuesday to acquire privately owned Nitro Security to create a new security-information and event-management division focusing on security analytics and log management. McAfee expects to combine the Nitro Security technology with its own security-management portfolio to provide organizations greater visibility into their endpoints, network infrastructure and threats targeting the
DEARBORN ? You can register online for the SecureWorld Expo at the Ford Convention Center in Dearborn Oct. 5-6 and get a $100 discount courtesy MITechNews.Com. Just use the code DTMITECH11 to qualify. The annual conference features keynotes from: Bill Muth, who will speak on, "Security in Moving to a Real-Time Business Model." Bill is
BOSTON - Most small businesses recognize the impact data loss could have on their business. But more than half (57 percent) do not have a disaster preparedness plan for business data, according to new research from Carbonite, which makes online backup solutions for both consumers and small to medium businesses. The Carbonite study is based
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft is hoping that federal agents will bring to justice one of the world's most notorious spammers, known to the company only as Cosma2k, the handle for the ringleader of the Rustock botnet, sending as many as 30 billion messages a day at its peak. In March, Microsoft worked with federal law
SAN FRANCISCO - Hacktivist group Anonymous is planning to hold a special "Day of Vengeance" in several US cities on Saturday, including New York. It was unknown if Detroit would be subject to cyberattack. Late last night, Anonymous--or at least people claiming to be from Anonymous--posted a press release on Pastebin, saying that Saturday will
SAN FRANCSICO - An Italian researcher has uncovered at least a dozen security flaws in software used in utilities and other critical infrastructure systems, prompting security advisories from the U.S. government. Luigi Auriemma released information about the previously unknown vulnerabilities and proof of concept exploit code earlier this week on his Web site, CNET News.Com