SOUTHFIELD - Half part pesky and half part sleazy. That's how you can describe this malware that takes over your browser and redirects it to pornography and diverts online searches to salacious websites or drug stores. Security experts at MicroWorld Technologies caution computer users against probable infection of a Trojan named "Win32.StartPage.jo" while visiting dubious
DETROIT ? The December meeting of Michigan InfraGard, hosted by General Motors, will feature a tour of the GM Crisis Management Center and Local Response Centers. The agenda for the Dec. 7 meeting ? from 9 am to noon- at GM World Headquarters at the Ren Cen also includes: Welcome by Rod Kinghorn FBI Citizens
STERLING HEIGHTS ? The newly formed Michigan Chapter of Women In Defense will hold its first membership meeting on Nov. 27 at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy. The Michigan chapter is the tenth and boosts national membership to more than 1,400. WID supports advancement of Michigan women in all defense and technology industrial
HOWELL - The Michigan Homeland Security Consortium announced Friday that former Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos will be the keynote speaker for the security group's Second Annual Venture & Angel Capital Symposium on Dec. 4 at Cleary University. DeVos, son of Amway cofounder Richard DeVos, is president of The Windquest Group. In addition, MIHSC will
MILFORD - CrimeCog Technologies has hired Joe McKeown, former president of EventMeasures, has its new Chief Operating Officer. He reports to CrimeCog CEO Tim Daley. ?Joe brings us a tremendous combination of experience from his work in the Fortune 500 and then starting and growing his own businesses,? Daley said. ?We are poised for tremendous
WASHINGTON DC ? Thousands of people attended Computer Security Institute 2007 this week in the nation?s capital where more than 100 educational sessions and seminars on such topics as Risks & Metrics, Rising Threats on the Web, and Incident Response were explored. Walsh College IAC Director Nan Poulios, who attended the event, said she presented
GRAND RAPIDS - James Placer CCSE, CCSP, will examine the true cost of a data breach Nov. 16 at the next meeting of The Right Place Program's Fourth Friday networking event. The recent changes in state and federal legislation have pushed the data retention and notification requirements to all companies and individuals with significant punitive
TROY - Under the new leadership of Jennifer Bowden, the Southeast Michigan Information Security Regional Skills Alliance is gearing up with several new initiatives to ensure that Southeast Michigan has a trained workforce in information security. A major component of the MiRSA will now be to examine information security and how it affects the everyday
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. - If Mac users thought the Trojan discovered last week was a one-off, they'll need to think again. Security firm F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of it, but claims about its powers have been wildly overstated, according to experts. "Looks like the Mac Trojan we posted about last week was not an
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Research sponsored by Symantec has found that while 91 percent of IT organizations carry out full testing of their disaster recovery plans, almost half of those tests fail. The "Symantec Disaster Recovery Research 2007" report was based on a survey of 1,088 IT professionals in large organizations, conducted by Dynamic Markets