Cyber Defense

2024 Cybersecurity Recap, And Look Ahead At 2025

ANN ARBOR - As 2024 comes to an end, cybersecurity professionals Richard Stiennon from IT-Harvest and Dan Lohrmann from Presidio highlight the top stories, including the reelection of Donald Trunp as president and what they will mean for the cybersecurity picture. They also cover some of the latest randsomware attacks, hacks and other cybersecuyrity issues

By |2024-12-20T12:29:35-05:00December 20th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

2024 Cyber Review: Trump Re-Election Eclipses AI and Ransomware Stories

2024 was a year with growing ransomware attacks, accelerating use of artificial intelligence (for good and evil), more deepfakes in online fraud and election threats being overstated, but Donald Trump becoming president-elect (again) is the top 2024 cyber story. When we look back at this past year’s cybersecurity stories a decade from now, what will

By |2024-12-17T10:04:43-05:00December 16th, 2024|Cyber Defense, Drones, Featured, Guest Columns, Social Media|

FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Stop Sending Texts

WASHINGTON DC - Timing is everything. Just as Apple’s adoption of RCS had seemed to signal a return to text messaging versus the unstoppable growth of WhatsApp, then along comes a surprising new hurdle to stop that in its tracks. While messaging Android to Android or iPhone to iPhone is secure, messaging from one to the

By |2024-12-12T14:17:03-05:00December 12th, 2024|Cyber Defense, Featured|

US Telecom Companies, Dozens Of Nations Had Phones, Texts Hacked By China

WASHINGTON – A top White House official said at least eight U.S. telecom companies and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign. Deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger offered the new details about the breadth of the sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and

By |2024-12-10T16:13:33-05:00December 10th, 2024|Cyber Defense|

Michigan Cyber Patriot Seeks Donations To Fund Awards And Summer Camps

DEARBORN - The Michigan Cyber Patriot program teaches grade school students and senior citizens how to surf the Internet safely. Joining MITech TV is Founder Tamara Shoemaker who updates what's happening with the competition, summer camps and more. She also seeks donations from Michigan businesses to expand the program to more schools around the state.

By |2024-12-10T07:57:53-05:00December 9th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Executive Search Partners C-Level Job Openings Update

ANN ARBOR - Executive Search Partners specializes in placing Chief Information Officers and Chief Information Security Officers at companies throughout the United States. Managing Partner Gary Erickson joins MITech TV to update the C-Level employment picture. In this video interview, Erickson also shares tips and provides resources job seekers can use to improve their chances

By |2024-12-09T15:11:53-05:00December 9th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

FBI Seizes Websites North Koreans Used To Impersonate American Companies

WASHINGTON DC - The FBI has seized multiple websites that North Korean operatives used to impersonate legitimate US and Indian businesses in a likely effort to raise money for the nuclear armed-North Korean regime, according to statements on the websites and security researchers who investigated the activity. All four websites identified by cybersecurity firm SentinelOne as

By |2024-11-23T11:33:46-05:00November 23rd, 2024|Cyber Defense, News|

US Arrests Russian Hacker in Global Ransomware Gang

WASHINGTON DC – US Arrests Russian Hacker in Global Ransomware Gang. Recently, a Russian man, Evgenii Ptitsyn, was extradited from South Korea to the United States to face serious charges linked to a multimillion-dollar ransomware operation. Notably, this gang, known for its notorious Phobos ransomware, has allegedly extorted over $16 million from various victims worldwide,

By |2024-12-01T10:50:39-05:00November 23rd, 2024|Cyber Defense|

Russians Use “Nearest Neighbor Attack” To Spy On US, Other Adversaries

SAN FRANCISCO - For determined hackers, sitting in a car outside a target's building and using radio equipment to breach its Wi-Fi network has long been an effective but risky technique. These risks became all too clear when spies working for Russia's GRU military intelligence agency were caught red-handed on a city street in the Netherlands

By |2024-11-23T11:33:47-05:00November 23rd, 2024|Cyber Defense|

Latest Business Cyber Hacks With Richard Stiennon

BIRMINGHAM - Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon joins MITechTV to update all the cybersecurity threats, and hacks in the business world. Richard is the author of the Security Yearbook series published by Wiley that are sold on Amazon. In the interview, Richard discusses the following: Grocery giant Ahold Delhaize’s US operations disrupted by cyberattack https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/grocery-ahold-delhaize-cyberattack/732562/ City

By |2024-11-23T11:34:38-05:00November 22nd, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|