BEIJING - Police in the central Hubei province arrested three people suspected of running the Black Hawk Safety Net, state news agency Xinhua reported. The Black Hawk Safety Net disseminated hacking tools and Trojans to its members, said Xinhua. The group had collected seven million yuan (�650,000) in membership fees from 12,000 subscribers by the
YPSILANTI - "Ghostnet" and "Titan Rain" may sound like the next hot computer games involving foreign powers, international intrigue and high tech, but they are not. Eastern Michigan University Professor Gerald "Skip" Lawver knows that it is not a game and the occurrences of cyber attacks such as "Titan Rain" in 2003 and "Ghostnet" in
WASHINGTON-The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. FBI Director Robert Mueller supports storing Internet users' "origin and destination information," a bureau attorney said
BURLINGTON, Ma. - A report Monday from IT security and data protection firm Sophos has revealed an alarming rise in attacks on users of social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, by cybercriminals. Sophos's "Social Security" investigation reveals that criminals have increasingly focused attacks on social networking users in the last 12 months, with an
DAVOS, Switzerland - The world needs a treaty to prevent cyber attacks becoming an all-out war, the head of the main UN communications and technology agency warned Saturday. International Telcommunications Union secretary general Hamadoun Toure gave his warning at a World Economic Forum debate where experts said nations must now consider when a cyber attack
MINNEAPOLIS - Seventy-four percent of organizations experienced a data loss incident at their workplace in the last two years. This is one of the key findings of a new survey launched in North America today by Kroll Ontrack, a provider of data recovery and legal technologies products and services. The problem of data loss -
BIRMINGHAM ? Andy Ellis Senior Director of Information Security of Akamai talks about how content delivery networks can be used as a distributed denial of service defense in this inaugural edition of the Threatcast podcasting channel. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
GRAND RAPIDS and BIRMINGHAM - MITechNews.Com, an online technology news portal, announced a media partnership with IT-Harvest, a security news portal, that will include combined news, podcasting, live events and advertising to a nationwide audience of security professionals. MITechNews.Com includes a Security section that features news, information and events listings. That news is packaged every
BURLINGAME, Calif. - A start-up called Lookout is trying to make phones safer and views itself as the "Symantec or McAfee of the mobile space." In 2010, the company will offer software that can scan phones to determine which apps are safe and which are not. "Applying PC solutions to a mobile problem just won't
LANSING - The new automated security system for the Michigan Capital Complex buildings is live, but security guards will likely remain in the lobbies of those buildings for the next few months. The state is transitioning to a system where state workers will log into a website to provide the name and driver's license number