GRAND RAPIDS - A classic e-mail virus is on the loose and is posed to delete crucial files on the third day of each month. MyWife (W32.MyWife@mm) (aliases include CME-24 (US-CERT), Tearec (Panda), Nyxem (Sophos), Blackmal (Symantec, Computer Associates, Vet), and GREW (Trend)) lures potential victims with a promise of sexual content. There are several
REDMOND, wa. - If new features won't get you to upgrade to Microsoft's newest operating system, called Vista, security enhancements should, Windows chief Jim Allchin said Friday. Microsoft has already touted the bells and whistles it is putting into Windows Vista, the operating system successor to XP that's due out by the end of the
SAN FRANCISCO - A California man who allegedly duped America Online customers into disclosing their credit card information over the Web was arrested on wire fraud and other charges. Jeffrey Brett Goodin of Azusa, CA., used the fraudulently obtained information to make unauthorized charges using the credit and debit cards of his victims, CNET's News.Com
SOUTHFIELD - Integration is one of the most over-used terms in IT, yet, for the most part, the value that integration provides to the business is often overlooked. This article describes seven points of integration achievable by businesses today, and the corresponding value those integration points deliver. In the past, integration was event-driven and piecemeal.
SOUTHFIELD ? Brian Gawne of Olympus Security is the new president of the Motor City Chapter of ISSA, which also elected a new board. Besides Gawne, the new board members include Vice President C.J. Cui of Deloitte, Secretary Alex Goldstein of Incat and Treasurer Don Ledwith of Cinbrich, Mahlak and Co. ?Our agenda for the
SOUTHFIELD ? CA has introduced a program that enables partners to resell, and certified partners to deliver, CA-authorized training courses as part of a complete business solution for their customers. The Vendor of Education and Training program is designed to provide partners with the opportunity for increased revenue, while helping to ensure that customers reap
TROY - Walsh College will be offering CISSP exam preparation courses for the information security industry standards of excellence four times in 2006, starting in March. The week-long review seminar is $2,495. Call Walsh Professor Nan Poulios at 248-823-1369 or (ISC)2 at 1-866-GO-CISSP for more information. The first course will be held at the Troy
FARMINGTON HILLS - Pornography has traditionally been used as a weapon by mass mailers to spread deadly infections over the internet. Exploiting the human vulnerability for sex related content, this method has proved to be highly effective in malice proliferation. The unsuspecting user is lured to open an attachment which promises to be some thing
DEARBORN - CA and CMP Media are co hosting a breakfast seminar in February aimed at helping Michigan CIOs, Directors, Vice Presidents and Information Technology decision makers to learn more about best practices for deploying IT service management. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with CA experts, and a highly experienced senior consultant from
DETROIT - The Detroit Regional Chamber is currently proposing that the federal government adopt the drivers license as the citizenship ID of choice for NAFTA border crossings by consolidating the approach to two separate, but closely related security initiatives that stand to impact not only the Detroit Region, but all US border crossings between Canada