ROCHESTER HILLS - According to the National Cyber Security Alliance, one out of every five small-and-medium sized businesses is hit by cybercrime each year. Roughly 60% of these SMBs are out of business within six months of an attack. Today's cybercriminal doesn't discriminate by business type or size. They look for exposed security cracks and
SAN FRANCISCO - Security firm McAfee discovered the latest attack, called LeakerLocker, which affects Android phones through apps downloaded from the Google Play store. Most ransomware locks up your files or hard drive, but LeakerLocker takes your private data and browsing history and threatens to share it with the friends and family on your contact
SAN FRANCISCO - More than 14 million records of Verizon subscribers who called the phone giant's customer services in the past six months were found on an unprotected Amazon storage server controlled by an employee of Nice Systems, a Ra'anana, Israel-based tech company. Verizon has a base of 113.9 million total customers. The data was
MANKATO, MN. - How does a small country — with about the same population count as Switzerland — position itself to compete in the fast-pace cybersecurity global marketplace? In this article, we’ll explore the factors that have enabled Israel to position itself as a key future player in cybersecurity. In a follow-up article, we’ll look
MANKATO, MN. - This article explores what the former head of Shin-Bet, Israel's internal security service (equivalent to Britain’s MI5 or the FBI in the US), thinks of the current state of cybersecurity in the world today, and what can we learn from his warnings? In June 2017, I (Chris Veltsos, a Cybersecurity professor at
NEW YORK - A United Nations survey released Wednesday shows major gaps in the security among the world's most powerful countries, with the United States coming in second on the “most committed” list. The Global Cybersecurity Index (PDF) takes a look at defense capabilities in 134 countries, focusing on five factors: technical, organizational, legal, cooperation
SAN FRANCISCO - A new strain of a malware called CopyCat has infected more than 14 million Android devices around the world, rooting phones and hijacking apps to make millions in fraudulent ad revenue, researchers at Check Point said Thursday. While the majority of victims are in Asia, more than 280,000 Android devices in the US were
HADERA, Israel - A collection of small stone houses that once sheltered seasonal orange pickers now serves as a real-world training ground for cyber defenders to learn what it takes to keep a growing army of hackers out of networks operated by multinational corporations, government and security organizations worldwide. CyberGym, created in 2013, is not
ROYAL OAK - Red Level Microsoft Solutions Manager Justin Coffey explains the upside and downside of anywhere access. Business professionals are working remotely from the road or home, which then makes the business network vulnerable to cyberattack. The ways to do remote work safely includes: OneDrive for Business: Access to your files in the cloud
ROYAL OAK - M2 TechCast co-host Mike Brennan calls in from Israel where he was on a press tour covering Cyber Week 2017 at Tel Aviv University. Most of the emphasis at the conference and during the press briefings that followed was on cybersecurity. While experts differ on how many Israeli cybersecurity companies are based
