BEIJING - Huawei slammed the US for having "a loser's attitude" Friday as it reported revenues of over $100 billion for 2018. Rotating chairman Guo Ping made the comments, reported by CNBC, as the US pressures its allies to exclude the Chinese telecom from their 5G rollouts. "The US government has a loser's attitude," he told reporters. "They want
TROY – Rehmann announced Friday that they will host a Cyber Security Threats & Best Practices Forum at the Detroit Marriott Troy Hotel in Troy on May 9. The conference is presented in partnership with The Michigan Chamber of Commerce and WatchGuard Technologies. The forum will feature a live hacking demo and keynote presentation by
DETROIT - A hacker who was selling details of nearly 890 million online accounts stolen from 32 popular websites in three separate rounds has now put up a fourth batch of millions of records originating from 6 other sites for sale on the dark web. The Hacker News today received a new email from the Pakistani hacker,
ROYAL OAK - RSA’s Security Conference last week provided new cyber attack horror stories for Richard Stiennon to tell listeners of M2 Techcast. For instance, hackers gamed a blockchain contest and stole $10 million. Richard also is now a best selling author with his new book, Secure Cloud Transformation. Hear all about it on this
The National Security Agency develops advanced hacking tools in-house for both offense and defense—which you could probably guess even if some notable examples hadn't leaked in recent years. But on Tuesday at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, the agency demonstrated Ghidra, a refined internal tool that it has chosen to open source. And while NSA cybersecurity adviser
PHILADELPHIA - Comcast has acquired cybersecurity firm BluVector for an undisclosed amount. BluVector has developed an AI/machine learning-enabled cybersecurity detection, visibility, and containment system for network security applications. With the deal, CMCSA is not only acquiring security technology for its internal operations but also intends to support BluVector's continuing business offerings. Target Company Arlington, Virginia-based BluVector was
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - On Facebook two-factor authentication with phone numbers has a two-factored problem. First: The phone number you give to Facebook to help keep your account safe from potential hackers isn't just being used for security. A tweet thread from Jeremy Burge, founder of Emojipedia, on Friday showed that people can find your profile from
ROYAL OAK - Believe it or not, a lot of businesses and government entities are not taking cybersecurity seriously enough, says cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann of Security Mentor. While not a majority, these nay sayers are a large minority of the total business and government universe. What do these attitudes mean for your business and
ROYAL OAK – Rajiv Das, formerly the chief information security officer for the State of Michigan, in January joined accounting and consulting firm Plante Moran’s cybersecurity practice. He joins M2 Techcast to talk about what he will bring to the private sector from the public sector. Rajiv Das To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/mike-brennan-841872555/e159-rajiv-das-plante-moran You can
GRAND LEDGE - I hear it all the time. “My management just doesn’t ‘get’ security.” Or, “We tried those cyber actions a few years back, but now our execs are on to something else.” And all over the world, people say: “My management thinks that we’ve had no major data breaches, so we must be
