DETROIT - Ransomware and phishing were the top cybersecurity issues for businesses in 2021, according to IBM Security’s annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. The report maps the trends and patterns observed by X-Force, IBM’s threat intelligence sharing platform, covering key data points including network and endpoint detection devices, and incident response (IR) engagements. The report, which covers 2021,
DETROIT - Every year brings new data breach victims. According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, based on Identity Theft Resource Center research, the volume of publicly reported data compromises in the United States reached a record-high of 1,862, affecting 293.9 million victims. While the number of compromises soared by 68 percent
ANN ARBOR - If the Russians invade Ukraine this month, and the United States unleashes crippling sanctions on Russia, will Putin retaliate against the US by unshackling his black hat hackers and GRU state hackers on the US? Cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann explore that questions on MITech TV. Richard wrote There Will
LANSING - Warnings are pouring in from all over the world about the U.S. and U.K. domestic impacts resulting from a potential attack on Ukraine from Russia. Assuming the U.S. imposes sanctions or takes other retaliatory measures against Russia should an invasion occur, experts say that cyber attacks could be launched against U.S. and U.K.
DETROIT - Women in Defense Michigan established the Horizon Scholarship Program in 2009 to encourage women to pursue careers related to the national security and defense interests of the United States, and to provide development opportunities to women already working in these fields. From the program inception to date, more than $100,000 in scholarships have
SOUTHFIELD - Join Motor City ISSA for a discussion on Information Security with a Guest Speaker from New York State. Date: February 17 Time: 6 to 8 PM Location: Register to receive the meeting invite. Speaker and Topic Information Scott Aurnou, Esq., CISSP is an attorney and founder of The Security Advocate Teaching Cyber Security
DETROIT - There is no doubt that as technology advances, there are a lot more opportunities out there for businesses. That being said, with those opportunities also come potential threats as with this evolving technology, so too are there more ways for hackers to infiltrate a business and steal their private information. This article is
DETROIT - The year 2021 was record-breaking in terms of the sheer size of data breaches. According to the data collected and analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, 5.9 billion accounts were affected by data breaches throughout 2021. Atlas VPN has retrieved and calculated the numbers of breached accounts based on multiple publicly available sources.
ANN ARBOR - When Russia invades the Ukraine in the next week or so, according to US Intelligence Reports, will the US response provoke Russia into attacking the US power grid? Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest, and author of the Book, "There will be Cyberwar," weighs in on that question in this video interview. Already
DETROIT - Join MotorCity ISSA for a discussion on Information Security with guest speaker Brian Herr, Chief Security Officer of Coretek, who will discuss strategies to successfully integrate MSPs into your program. Date: January 20, 2022 Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM Location: Register to receive the meeting invite. Brian Herr is the Chief Security Officer of
