SAN FRANCISCO - Miscreants are using an unpatched security bug in Internet Explorer to install malicious software from rigged Web sites, experts warned. The vulnerability lies in the way IE 6 handles certain graphics, CNET News. Com reported. Malicious software can be loaded, unbeknownst to the user, onto a vulnerable Windows PC when the user
SEATTLE - A trio of security flaws in Apple Computer software that runs wireless-networking hardware could allow Macs to be hijacked over Wi-Fi, Apple said Thursday. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company released security updates to repair the problems, which together affect the AirPort wireless driver in Mac OS X 10 Panther version 10.3.9 and Mac OS
AUSTIN - Dell and Symantec are teaming up to deliver protection for Microsoft Exchange-based e-mail systems, the companies announced Wednesday. The PC and software vendor are combining their products in an offering dubbed Secure Exchange, CNET News.Com reported. The product is designed to take time and complexity out of running a secure, reliable Microsoft Exchange
LONDON - Bob Gleichauf, the chief technology officer in Cisco Systems' security technology group, has raised concerns that integrating Vista into a complex IT infrastructure could present problems. "Parts of Vista scare me," Gleichauf said at the Gartner Security Summit here on Monday. "Anything with that level of systems complexity will have new threats, as
LANSING ? Lack of human intelligence in the Middle East is the reason why the United States hasn't caught al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy, told a special Sept. 11 meeting of the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium. Rogers, a Republican from Michigan?s 8th Congressional
DETROIT - Detroit SecureWorld kicks off September 19 at the Ford Conference and Event Center. This year's event leads with two nationally known keynote speakers, more than a dozen Industry Expert Panels, Vendor Presentations, Case Studies, and 50 Exhibits from security product and service providers, includig MITechNews.Com. Active InfraGard leader and cyber-crime specialist Gary Warner
DEARBORN ? The Nortel Users Association of Michigan is hosting a VoIP security seminar Sept. 28 in the city of Dearborn Council Chambers. The workshop will be presented by expert Gary Audin. Audin will ask how well your VoIP server and IP phones are protected? The security focus has been on the firewall and untrusted
ROCHESTER ? Antonio Robinson, CEO of Pioneer Technology, will talk about how to keep technology jobs in Michigan at the Sept. 14 meeting of the Great Lakes Software Process Improvement Network at Oakland University. Robinson, who also is vice president of Michigan InfraGard, will prevent his views on security and quality reviews of software, especially
SEATTLE - Microsoft plans to release a "critical" security update for Office on Tuesday, one of three bulletins it will distribute as part of its monthly patch cycle. The other two updates are for Windows and are rated as "important," its second-highest ranking, the software giant said in an advisory reported by CNET News.Com. The
LANSING ? Another security expert will speak next Monday at the Michigan State Capital Building to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Terrorist attacks of 9-11 ? Capt. Eddie Washington, State Deputy Director of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Washington is responsible for the statewide management and administration of emergency management and Homeland Security programs.