SAN FRANCISCO - With 2010 in its' last third, PandaLabs, Panda Security's anti-malware laboratory, has released a ranking of the most widespread scams on the Web from the past 10 years. These include the infamous Nigerian scam, ploys involving beautiful foreign women and money mule schemes based on too-good-to-be-true job offers. "As with all the
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers at Norwegian and German institutes claim to have successfully cracked the quantum cryptography equipment used to cloak highly sensitive communications by banks and defense agencies. The researchers said they had remotely controlled the photon detectors used in commercially available photodiode quantum cryptography systems. This allowed them to eavesdrop on communications, the
DETROIT - That nice, new computerized car you just bought could be hackable. Of course, your car is probably not a high-priority target for most malicious hackers. But security experts tell CNET that car hacking is starting to move from the realm of the theoretical to reality, thanks to new wireless technologies and evermore dependence
LANSING - Michigan government has been certified for the third straight year that it is compliant with the Payment Card Industry's strict standards for ensuring that cardholder information is protected and secure. The PCI Data Security Standards apply to financial institutions, Internet vendors and retail merchants and detail the security measures and auditing procedures required
ANN ARBOR - Registration has opened for the 2010 IEEE Great Lakes Technology Symposium Sept. 16-17 at the University of Michigan. Zachary Lemnios, Chief Technology Officer for the Department of Defense, is the keynote speaker. The inaugural 2010 IEEE GLTS is organized by the Trident Chapter (Chapter IV) of IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section, which represents
BIRMINGHAM ? Cyber Defense Weekly, published by Richard Stiennon's IT-Harvest group, has partnered with Infosec Island, a member-driven community of information security professionals, to create a strategic partnership that will bring readers the latest in information security news and best practices. Stiennon is a content partner with MITechNews.Com, which will also expand its Cyber Security
ST. PAUL - 3M has signed a deal to acquire biometric security firm Cogent Systems for $943 million, the companies announced Monday. According to 3M, it will pay $10.50 per share for Cogent, representing an 18 percent premium over the stock price at market close Friday. 3M will purchase all shares of Cogent "within 10
SAN JOSE - Accessing the Internet via an open Wi-Fi network is risky because you have no idea who is the hot spot provider or who is connected to it. At the airport it may seem more secure to use a terminal to check your e-mail or update your Facebook status; however, according to Symantec,
REDMOND, Wa. - A flaw in the way Windows handles DLL (dynamic-link library) and related files likely affects hundreds of applications and has already been used in malicious attacks in the wild, a security researcher said on Tuesday. Microsoft acknowledged in an advisory on Monday a type of attack mechanism known as DLL preloading, or
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Cybersecurity is an evolving creature. Ten years ago the vast majority of threats encountered by users online were motivated by fame and disruption. Today it is all about stealth and exploiting computer users to make a buck. Predicting future cybersecurity trends can be difficult. But by gathering data and analyzing developments