TROY ? Security Expert Richard Stiennon will be the speaker for the Dec. 17 meeting of Motor City ISSA at Walsh College in the new auditorium. RSVPs are required Friday to attend this event. His topic will be the Escalation - The Events of 2009 and Their Cyber Defense Implications. A ground breaking investigation from
SOUTHFIELD - Ballots have been sent for the 2010 Office Election to all members in good standing. The election is open from Sunday, December 6th through Sunday, December 13th. The ballot gives you the opportunity to vote for the nominated candidate or to submit a write-in vote for the member of your choice. Please ensure
SAN FRANCSICO - According to Sophos' Australian team, which conducted a study to see how likely Facebook users were to offer up personal information, 41 to 46 percent of the 100 people Sophos contacted "blindly accepted" friend requests from two fake Facebook users created by the security firm. After becoming friends with Sophos, the security
SAN FRANCSICO - With most computers threatened by attacks coming through Web applications, it's no surprise that security would be a key piece of Chrome OS, Google's browser-based operating system that stores data in the cloud. In this video, Google security engineer Will Drewry explains how Chrome OS separates user data from root or system
NEW YORK - IBM said Monday that it has acquired database security firm Guardium, a leading vendor in monitoring and protecting databases for large enterprises. Guardium's technology can automate certain tasks to assist businesses with regulatory compliance, IBM told CNET News.Com. Big Blue expects the acquisition to help its customers better shield their critical databases
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft has begun a campaign to actively urge users of its 8-year-old Internet Explorer 6 browser to upgrade. After launching IE 8 in March, Micosoft has concurred with critics that IE 6 is outdated. Many people have dropped the older browser, but the remaining users are often the tough cases-those who don't
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft on Monday said it is investigating a possible vulnerability in Internet Explorer after exploit code that allegedly can be used to take control of computers, if they visit a Web site hosting the code, was posted to a security mailing list. Microsoft confirmed that the exploit code affects IE 6 and
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network has chosen Greenview Data's award-winning SpamStopsHere anti-spam solution to provide an affordable and effective e-mail spam prevention option for its members. As a nonprofit organization, Merit provides more than 250,000 email boxes to colleges, universities and K-12 public and private school districts across the state of Michigan and the U.S.
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Retailers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holiday season. Criminals are also out in force to scam you with malware and fraud. To highlight the increased crime during the holidays, security company McAfee told CNET News.Com about its 12 Scams of Christmas ranging from bogus electronic greeting cards that deliver
LANSING - Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for safe Web browsing. The app, which will be available on Friday in the Apple iTunes store, provides information about new malware signatures, bulletins for how to mitigate against threats, ways