DETROIT ? The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority received $1.6 million from the Department of Homeland Security to continue development of a Risk Mitigation Plan for the Port of Detroit. The port, in three rounds of funding, has received $4.5 million from Homeland Security. Nationwide, Homeland Security has awarded $844 million in funding for fiscal year
WASHINGTON DC - A U.S. Senate panel has unanimously approved a bill that would encourage federal, state, and local police to use and create special software designed to nab child pornography swappers on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to send an amended version of the Combating Child Exploitation Act, chiefly
WASHINGTON - Politicians from states opposed to the U.S. government's Real ID plan had one message on Wednesday: It's not too late to turn this ship around. Mark Sanford, the Republican governor of South Carolina, and Jon Tester, a Democratic U.S. senator from Montana, on Wednesday delivered a now-familiar bruising to the controversial national driver's
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MOUNTAIN VIEW - You think your personal information is priceless. But everything has a price, even your stolen bank account information. McAfee Avert Labs has discovered a price list that criminals use to buy and sell credit card numbers, bank account log-ins, and other consumer data that have been filched from unsuspecting Web surfers. "Last
DETROIT - Being on an International border is always a hot topic when it comes to security. News this week concerns the precedent set by a search of electronic media on the US/Canada border that ended up overturning a child pornographers appeal to have evidence obtained on his return from the Philippines thrown out of
TROY �?? The Walsh College Information Assurance Center is hosting a barbecue May 30 for alumni, students, faculty and friends. Attendees also will be able to sign up for security events and training opportunities. If you�??re interested in attending this event, on May 30 from 4:30 to 7 pm at the Walsh College Troy Campus,
KALAMAZOO ? Faith Heikkila, a security practitioner who is working towards completing a PhD in Information Assurance at Nova Southeastern University, was awarded the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation graduate school scholarship. Heikkila, a member of IEEE, InfraGard, and ISSA also serves on the Grand Valley State University Hall of Fame Board, and
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Consumers are being warned that they may get an ad instead of a music or video file on several file-sharing sites in what security firm McAfee says is the most significant malware outbreak in three years. McAfee Avert Labs reported on Tuesday that more than 500,000 detections of a Trojan horse
ANN ARBOR - CrimeCog Technologies has relocated its corporate headquarters from Milford to Ann Arbor to give the growing security company access to more technical employees and business resources. The company, founded in 2003 by current chairman Tim Daley, is privately held and has additional offices and operations in Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Washington DC and