ANN ARBOR - Cryptocurrency is becoming a major new way of doing business around the world. But it also has become the target for hackers who have found a way to beat the cybersecurity protocols through a procedure called SIM swapping. Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann, a vice president at Security Mentor, explains how the hack
LANSING - A CNBC story last week led with this headline: “Coinbase slammed for what users say is terrible customer service after hackers drain their accounts.” Here’s an excerpt: “For Tanja Vidovic, it was a moment of panic: She had received a series of alerts about someone changing access to her cryptocurrency account. And she realized,
NEW YORK - For Tanja Vidovic, it was a moment of panic: She had received a series of alerts about someone changing access to her cryptocurrency account. And she realized, as she stared at her computer screen, that nearly all of her $168,000 in holdings was gone — vanished before her eyes. She was stunned.
WASHINGTON DC - The heads of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM are among the business leaders that met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss how the government and private sector can work together to improve the nation's cybersecurity, according to a senior administration official. "Most of our critical
DETROIT - Over the years, cyber attacks and data breaches became one of the biggest risks in the business sector, compromising sensitive data and causing a massive financial hit to companies and organizations worldwide. According to data presented by BuyShares.co.uk, more than 40 percent of companies feel threatened by cyber incidents and find it the
DETROIT - Modern cars are computers on wheels, meaning hostile hackers can violate your car's software and do what they want to it a lot easier than you might think. Moshe Shlisel knows exactly how someone can hack your car. Fortunately, he's one of the good guys. His company specializes in cybersecurity. His team looks for vulnerabilities in cars to pinpoint the risks and then help
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Cyber Patriot program works with middle and high school students to introduce them to careers as cyber professionals. The virtual program is lead by Tamara Shoemaker, who for 17 years has worked at the University of Detroit-Mercy in its cybersecurity program. Tamara announced on the show she is taking a
ANN ARBOR - Doug Miller, Executive Director of The Upper Peninsula Cybersecurity Institute at Northern Michigan University, explains how his program helps train cybersecurity professionals either in-class or remotely. Most of his students hail from the UP, but some come from the lower peninsula. To learn more, click on https://nmu.edu/UPcyber https://youtu.be/OBIptQMliTw
ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest, provides details on Apple's plans to search iPhones for pictures of child abuse and if found report them to authorities. Privacy advocates are up in arms even as Apple assured them this week that police authorities would not be given access to iPhone. Richard also
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple last week said it will refuse any government demands to expand its new photo-scanning technology beyond the current plan of using it only to detect CSAM (child sexual abuse material). Apple has faced days of criticism from security experts, privacy advocates, and privacy-minded users over the plan it announced Thursday, in
