NEW YORK - NASA's revelation this week that a computer virus had infected the International Space Station brought to mind images of cybercriminals sending astronauts plummeting toward a major U.S. city, Forbes magazine reported. Instead, the rogue software on the station's computer turned out to be doing something stranger: looking for passwords to the multiplayer
YPSILANTI - Have you thought about a future with Defense Intelligence Agency, Homeland Security, or the National Security Agency. Then you must act now and enroll in an undergraduate, graduate, or PHD Program in Information Assurance at Eastern Michigan University. IAC Director Skip Lawver said he has placed two recent graduates at NSA and one
DETROIT - So who has not been watching the Olympics? As a security professional, is there something that you notice conspicuously missing? Well? That's right, a significant lack of news related to any type of incidents arising from terrorism, or other endangerment to either participants or attendees. This is a very good thing. Usually security
REDMOND, Wa. - For many, privacy on the Web is a concern. And for Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, privacy is a feature. In a meeting with reporters, Satya Nadella, senior vice president of Microsoft's search, portal and advertising platform group, said the company's browser will come with a private browsing mode. And Long Zheng of
ASPEN, Colo.- Recording industry and motion picture lobbyists are renewing their push to convince broadband providers to monitor customers and detect copyright infringements, claiming the concept is working abroad and should be adopted in the United States. A representative of the recording industry said this week that her companies would prefer to enter into voluntary
PALO ALTO, Ca. - Voltage Security continues to ramp up its channel program and recruit partners. Since launching the Entourage Partner Program in November 2007, Voltage has recruited 27 partners, and its most recent version of SecureMail Server was designed to make it easier for those partners to install it. As a provider of encryption
CUPERTINO, Ca. - According to Zero Day Initiative security vulnerability analyst Cameron Hotchkies, hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as these Apple devices gain popularity and market share worldwide. ZDI is an organization devoted to scrutinizing programming holes and crafting "patches" to prevent hackers from exploiting weaknesses. "We are seeing an
WASHINGTON DC - According to a new report released by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, U.S. organizations lose an estimated seven percent of their annual revenues to fraud - but the damage is the worst among small businesses. Among the fraud cases detailed for the survey, the median loss suffered by organizations with fewer
LANSING - The Michigan House Office Building has gone through some technology upgrades over the past couple years, including adding laptops to committee rooms, providing a screen in the elevators to show which floor houses which offices and installing a flat screen television in the lobby to show visitors which committees are meeting. But in
ANN ARBOR - Antivirus software on your personal computer could become a thing of the past thanks to a new "cloud computing" approach to malicious software detection developed at the University of Michigan. Cloud computing refers to applications and services provided seamlessly on the Internet. Traditional antivirus software is installed on millions of individual computers