SEATTLE - As part of its ongoing reorganization, Microsoft moved more responsibility for its security efforts into its Windows unit. The software maker said it will merge its security response unit, its Trustworthy Computing effort, and an engineering excellence product in one group to be led by Scott Charney, CNET News.Com reported. That unit will
TROY - Automation Alley's Southeast Michigan Information Security Regional Skills Alliance is conducting a survey to determine the emerging needs of information security as it relates to Southeast Michigan businesses. The survey will be used to help address the critical need for accurate, efficient, and secure flow of information. This research initiative is part of
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers are trying harder to make their networks of hijacked computers go unnoticed. Cybercrooks are moving to new Web-based techniques to control the machines they have commandeered, popularly referred to as "zombies." Before, they used to send orders via Internet chat services, but with that method, they ran the risk of inadvertently
LANSING ? Michigan Homeland Security Consortium has added two new members to its Board of Directors, Andrew Dailey of GeoCritical LLC and Gayle Jacobs of Global PRC Associates. Both will join six other security industry professionals who currently sit on the MIHSC board. The six board officers include: MIHSC Chairman Keith Brophy of NuSoft Solutions
FARMINGTON HILLS - Your system is infected with spyware. Windows recommends that you use a spyware removal tool to prevent loss of data. Using this PC before having it cleaned of spyware threats is highly discouraged, or so the message goes. If you see this message on your computer screen, you could be infected with
YPSILANTI - From Strategy to Reality: Securing the Converged Enterprise is a security seminar series for IT executives that will be held October 31 - November 1 at Eastern Michigan University. Michigan INFRAGARD members are invited to attendis on a scholarship basis.($895 event for $100). IP3's educational programs are supported through sponsorships that allow them
NEW YORK - General Electric Co. said a company laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of 50,000 current and former employees was stolen in early September from a locked hotel room. The Fairfield, Conn.-based company began mailing letters this week to the people whose names and Social Security numbers were on the laptop
WASHINGTON DC - In response to the seemingly endless disappearances or thefts of laptops from government agencies, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has introduced a bill that would address the problem - or so it seems. The "Federal Agency Data Breach Protection Act," or H.R. 6163, as penned by Government Reform Committee chair Davis, would direct
SEATTLE - Windows Vista will have new antipiracy technology that locks people out their PCs if the operating system isn't activated within 30 days after installation. If Vista is not activated with a legitimate product registration key in time, the system will run in "reduced functionality mode" until it is activated, Thomas Lindeman, a senior
WASHINGTON, D.C. - It is not just young adults using social networking web sites, like MySpace.Com, but a growing number of older adults, with the growing potential to make a social network user a victim of cyber-crime. This information comes from a study just released by CA and the National Cyber Security Alliance that examined