WASHINGTON DC - It was a bombshell. Operatives from two Russian spy agencies had infiltrated computers of the Democratic National Committee, months before the US national election. One agency -- nicknamed Cozy Bear by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike -- used a tool that was "ingenious in its simplicity and power" to insert malicious code into the
ANN ARBOR- A sweeping study of an internet communication mechanism common in mobile devices has revealed that so-called 'open ports' are much more vulnerable to security breaches than previously thought. The vulnerability the University of Michigan researchers highlighted is most pronounced in Android apps that let users share data across devices and connect to their
SOUTHFIELD – The Michigan Chapter of Women in Defense, an organization for women in the defense industry, announces applications are being accepted for the 2017 Women in Defense Horizons – Michigan Scholarship. The scholarship is available to women who are United States citizens, residents of Michigan, enrolled at an accredited Michigan college or university, have
ROYAL OAK - Mark Dreyer, a Senior Consultant at Red Level, just returned from a Microsoft security conference before he appeared April 17 on M2 TechCast providing him with a lot of information about ways in which businesses can keep the bad guys out of their networks. In this interview, Dryer answers the following questions:
NEW YORK – Phishing, hacking and malware incidents accounted for the plurality of cyber security incidents for the second year in a row, at 43 percent – a 12 percentage point jump from a year earlier, a report contends. In finance and insurance, employee action or mistakes were cited as the top reason for cyber
LANSING - ASK, an IT and security consulting company, and Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC, a Michigan law firm, announced this week they will hosting a complimentary cyber security breakfast seminar for clients and professionals May 3 at the James B. Henry Center. The event will feature Information Security Professionals from ASK and attorneys
EAST LANSING - No two people are believed to have identical fingerprints, but researchers from New York University and Michigan State University have found that partial similarities between prints are common enough that the fingerprint-based security systems used in mobile phones and other devices can be more vulnerable than previously thought. The vulnerability lies in
LANSING - Go Phish, as in Phishing attacks and how to thwart them, was live webinar that aired March 30 presented by NuWave Technology Partners. It is now available on-demand. To watch, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2784/Go-Phish.aspx
ANN ARBOR - Congress recently passed a law repealing a set of Internet privacy rules, in a move that’s taken the media by storm and for good reason. In the wake of this new legislation, there’s been a lot of confusion over what it means for the privacy of consumer Internet data. President Donald Trump
DETROIT - Caston Thomas, CEO of InterWorks Technology, thinks the whole hubbub in the press about Congress giving away our rights to online privacy is overblown. Plenty of other players than ISP’s have been gathering and selling our information to the highest bidder. That is just the price of being online. To listen, click on http://internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1712-Privacy-Debate.mp3
