DETROIT - A new survey shows 79 percent of companies have increased their adoption of advanced security technologies to combat the increase in cyber attacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis of the cyberthreat landscape by Atlas VPN reveals that in the first half of 2021 revealed that both the volume of cyber attacks
ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity experts Dan Lohrmann, former CISO for the State Of Michigan, and Richard Stiennon, founder of Birmingham-based IT-Harvest provide their monthly cybersecurity tips. On Oct. 25 they explained how anyone can safely buy Holiday gifts online without hackers stealing their money. If you're thinking about buying your Holiday presents online, you need
GRAND RAPIDS - Manufacturers that supply the defense industry will need to adhere to a new set of uniform cybersecurity standards in order to bid on contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense. Despite how profoundly this measure could potentially affect their operations, a large majority of West Michigan manufacturers remain indifferent to the matter,
LANSING—Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and officials of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced that the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded the MEDC’s Michigan Defense Center a $2.4 million grant to assist Michigan defense suppliers with cybersecurity efforts. The defense center will use the grant to enhance its Michigan Defense CyberSmart program, a one-stop shop to assist small-
SAN FRANCISCO - Why the Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus outage knocked every corner of Mark Zuckerberg’s empire offline on Monday. It’s a social media blackout that can most charitably be described as “thorough” and seems likely to prove particularly tough to fix. Facebook itself has not confirmed the root cause of its woes, but
ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker, who leads the Michigan Cyber Patriot program, joins MITech TV co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to update the Cyber Patriot program, talk about her new join leading the cybersecurity team at Auto-ISAC, and an auto cyber training program in mid October. Cyber Patriot's Mission is to increase the number
ANN ARBOR - Michigan Chief Security Officer Laura Clark provides details on the Michigan Virtual Cyber Summit scheduled for Oct. 21. COVID-19 has again forced Gov. Whitmer to cancel plans for hundreds of cyber professionals to meet at the TCF Center in Detroit. But the upside is much of the program will be available on-demand
ANN ARBOR - The latest hack making the rounds is one where the attacker sends a text message to your iPhone or Android, click on the message and malware is downloaded giving the bad guys full control of your mobile device. You should depend on trusted partners like Phone Repair Depot. Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon
LANSING - The 2021 Michigan Cyber Summit (formerly the North American International Cyber Summit) is scheduled for Oct. 21. The full-day virtual conference is not only free to attend, but also virtual. This event, now in its tenth year, will bring together experts to provide timely content and address a variety of cybersecurity issues impacting
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has released security updates for a zero-day vulnerability that affects every iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Citizen Lab, which discovered the vulnerability and was credited with the find, urges users to immediately update their devices. The technology giant said iOS 14.8 for iPhones and iPads, as well as new updates for
