Cyber Defense

Americans Lost Record $68 Million To Job And Business Opportunities Scams In 2022 Q1

DETROIT - Data analyzed by Atlas VPN shows that US citizens lost over $68.3 million to various job and business offer scams in the first quarter of 2022. The business and job opportunities fraud category includes offers for work-at-home jobs, like stuffing envelopes or processing medical claims, multi-level marketing schemes, job scams, job listings, employment

By |2022-06-17T14:38:07-04:00June 17th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Feds Find Massive Chinese Cyber Spying Campaign

WASHINGTON DC - Much of the discussion surrounding cyberwarfare has centered around Russia and Ukraine, in recent months. While it may have been pushed into the background, however, China’s aggressive cyber activity continues apace, whether it rises to the level of warfare or not. Only a month ago, we covered news that Chinese state-sponsored hackers

By |2022-06-12T11:28:40-04:00June 12th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Cyber Patriot Program Trains Students To Become Cyber Professionals

ANN ARBOR - If you want your children to be safe when they surf the web, if your company wants motivate cybersecurity interns, you want to know more about Cyber Patriot. In this video interview, Tamara Shoemaker, the director of Michigan's Cyber Patriot training program, provides all the details. Our Mission is to increase the number

By |2022-06-06T18:32:56-04:00June 6th, 2022|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

ISSA Motor City Chapter Real-World Incident Response Readiness Simulation

SOUTHFIELD - If you are interested in learning and getting hands-on with how to handle security incidents, this is the only event you should attend this summer The One Security Event You Need to Attend this Summer This virtual event is a unique opportunity to participate in a two-day interactive simulated cyber security event. Day

By |2022-06-05T17:08:57-04:00June 5th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

VM Ware Threat Alert Issued – Richard Stiennon Explains

ANN ARBOR - The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a new emergency directive saying the vulnerabilities in VMware Workspace ONE Access (Access), VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), VMware vRealize Automation (vRA), VMware Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager put federal networks and systems at immediate risk. Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon explains what this means.

By |2022-05-27T11:15:38-04:00May 27th, 2022|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Phishing Attack Delivers 3 Forms Of Malware To Steal Your Data

SEATTLE, WA. - A phishing campaign targeting Microsoft Windows users delivers three different forms of malware, all designed to steal sensitive information from victims. Detailed by cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet, those who unintentionally run the malicious attachment sent in phishing emails fall victim to AveMariaRAT, BitRAT and PandoraHVNC trojan malware. The campaign allows cyber criminals to steal usernames, passwords

By |2022-05-26T12:32:00-04:00May 26th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Hackers Are Starting To Target EV Charging Stations

DETROIT - As the world rapidly shifts to EV transport, the automotive industry is experiencing some major teething issues. The global charging network is having to keep pace with more and more EVs on the road, and as manufacturers expand their networks, cracks are starting to appear in their grand schemes. We recently reported that a long

By |2022-05-26T09:37:47-04:00May 26th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

ISSA Motor City Chapter: Zero Trust for API Risk Management 

ISSA Motor City Chapter Meeting Meeting Information Join us at the Motor City ISSA for a discussion on Information Security. Date: May 19, 2022 Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM Location: Register to receive the meeting invite. Speaker and Topic Information Speaker: Dr. Baljeet Malhotra Title: Zero Trust for API Risk Management Abstract Web applications are prone

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 17th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Report: Use of Malware, Botnets and Exploits Expands In First Quarter 2022

COMMERCE – Nuspire’s latest Threat Report revealed a significant number of new vulnerabilities leading to increases in threat actor activity across all three of the threat classifications it studies: malware, botnets and exploits and the reemergence of several older botnets in Q1, including Mirai, STRRAT and Emotet. The data was contained in its Q1 2022

By |2022-05-10T08:40:44-04:00May 10th, 2022|Cyber Defense|