GRAND RAPIDS ? The Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence's quarterly panel discussion on Jan. 20 will ask the question everyone using the Internet remains concerned about, How Secure Are You? Participants include: Richard Stiennon - Chief Research Analyst at I.T. Harvest, author of "Surviving Cyberwar." Edwin Alanouf, Systems Engineering Analyst, Symantec Corporation Brendan Newell,
WASHINGTON DC - An e-mail sent to an unknown number of government employees and contractors two days before Christmas appeared to be a holiday greeting from the White House but instead hid malware that stole data. The innocent-looking holiday e-greeting prompted recipients to click to view the card, but when the file was opened, malware
TROY - An informational meeting regarding the 2011-2012 U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance at Walsh College will be held Jan. 12 at the Troy campus. The deadline to apply is Feb. 18. Nan Poulios, director of the Walsh College Information Assurance Center and associate professor, will discuss the application
AUSTIN, Texas - Dell Tuesday beefed up its security efforts with the acquisition of SecureWorks, a company that provides information-security services. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. With the acquisition, Dell said in a statement that it would use SecureWorks' security-as-a-service applications-managed security, risk consulting and threat intelligence-to bolster its software lineup, CNET News.Com reported.
SAN FRANCISCO - Gerhard Eschelbeck, the chief technology officer at Webroot, pulled out his crystal ball to predict where the security industry seems to be heading in the coming year, and where we anticipate threats and targets. Mobile platforms: If you're reading this, there's a good chance you have either an iPhone, an Android phone,
CHICAGO - A data breach at e-mail database management firm Silverpop prompted McDonald's and at least one other Web site to warn subscribers, but it's unclear just how many companies are affected. McDonald's told customers this week that in addition to e-mail addresses, other information may have been exposed such as name, postal address, and
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft Sunday quietly released the latest version of its Security Essentials anti-malware software. Security Essentials 2.0 is available as a free download with several changes over its predecessor. Microsoft said the updated anti-malware engine makes the software faster and smarter at detecting security hazards. The software also now ties in with Windows
TROY ? Karen Duncanson, ISSA Motor City Communications Director, will be the featured speaker at the Dec. 16 dinner meeting for the security group. She will talk about anomaly detection, trending and traffic flow tracking techniques using the ACELive appliance tool. RSVP deadline is Dec. 13. The December Dinner Meeting will be held at Walsh
TORONTO, Can. - Research In Motion has been butting heads with foreign governments over its tight security, but its latest BlackBerry 6 OS has won approval from the U.S. government for those same standards. RIM announced today that its BlackBerry 6 operating system is now FIPS 140-2 certified. FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) is a
SAN FRANCISCO - Security research firm Sophos posted a memo about a rogue app that was spread on Facebook recently with messages like "OMG ... I can't believe this actually works! Now you really can see who viewed your profile!" The app is bogus. I've asked a Facebook representative about this before, and he told