ANN ARBOR - A team of 14 autonomous robots built by University of Michigan students has won an international competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and its Australian counterpart, officials announced in Brisbane. U-M's team of more than 20 students, mostly from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, won a $750,000 grant
WASHINGTON DC - The Stuxnet worm is a "wake-up call" because of its complexity and its aim at critical infrastructure systems, a Symantec director told a U.S. congressional committee Thursday. The malware is a milestone in many ways, Dean Turner, director of Symantec Security Response's Global Intelligence Network, said in testimony before the U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON DC ? Henry Crumpton, former Director of Counterterrorism at the State Department, and Todd Keil, Assistant Secretary of Infrastructure Protection at the Department of Homeland Security, will keynote the Critical Infrastructure Protection Congress November 30 - December 2 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. More than 400 CIP security professionals representing all
DETROIT ? The University of Detroit-Mercy is hosting workshops on Saturday mornings for Southeast Michigan University students, out of work IT professionals, ICSEC Community College students, and high school students. Topics will range from how to use security software, how to use security hardware, nuts and bolts of wireless communications, how to create bootable USB
FARMINGTON HILLS ? The Motor City Chapter of ISSA Nov. 18 meeting is a presentation of key trends, issues and factors to consider for true Enterprise Cloud Security. Registration deadline is Nov. 15. The presentation will be presented by Glen Seimetz - SunGard Availability Consulting Services - Solution Architect. Sungard also will host the 6
REDMOND - Microsoft issued three security bulletins today fixing 11 holes, including one rated "critical" that could be used by an attacker to send a malicious e-mail that is previewed only or opened by default in Word. The priority update, MS10-087, resolves five issues affecting all currently supported Microsoft Office products, CNET News.Com reported. The
SAN FRANCISCO - The latest security fiasco on Facebook's application platform may involve business pages rather than personal accounts: Sendible, a company that makes software for businesses to manage accounts and presences on various social-media services, looked like it was hit by a virus or hacker on Tuesday afternoon: TechCrunch pointed out that Sendible-managed brand
SAN FRANCISCO - A new Web site could help turn security breach guesswork into science. Database breaches, social engineering attacks, and hacking incidents happen at companies every day, but very few end up being reported publicly. That's because organizations fear-and rightly so-damage to their reputation, public humiliation, and loss of customer confidence. But this silent
DETROIT - Fraudsters never stand still. Financial service customers have become conditioned to be wary of potential phishing emails following years of being inundated with phishing attacks and spam. This fact makes it harder for bilkers to lure victims with a artfully designed email and website, so they are experimenting with newer tactics now. Attackers
CUPERTINO - Apple has acknowledged a newly-discovered security flaw in the iPhone and is promising to offer a fix with next month's release of iOS 4.2. The new flaw allows someone to access the phone dialer on a locked iPhone by punching a certain sequence of buttons, thereby giving them the ability to make phone