SAN FRANCISCO - CloudPets maker Spiral Toys left 2.2 million children's voice recordings and account info exposed, reports say, and it appears hackers stole and ransomed user data. This is bad news for parents and kids who sent each other voice messages through internet-connected stuffed animals called CloudPets: Their account information and voice recordings
SAN FRANCISCO - Usernames and passwords leaked onto the open internet earlier this month because of a security bug that affected 3,400 websites, including popular services like Uber, Fitbit and OkCupid. You wouldn't mind if someone could break into the personal accounts you use to track your movements, your fitness and your love life, would
ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann from Security Mentor talks about a column he wrote on fake news and fake apps, a huge issue that made big headlines during the 2016 Presidential election. Facebook and other social media sites are now flagging fake news sites to make sure you don’t click on them, many
GRAND LEDGE - Over the past several months, alarm bells have been going off regarding potential attacks against the U.S. electrical grid. Consider these recent media headlines: The Wall Street Journal: Cyberattacks Raise Alarm for U.S. Power Grid — Excerpt: “Cyberattacks that have knocked out electric utilities in Ukraine, including one suspected hack earlier this
SUNNYVALE, Ca. - Malicious hackers are breaking into poorly-protected websites, according to research by the security firm Proofpoint, and inserting JavaScript that waits for Chrome browsers to be referred to the sites via search engines. The script then inserts unrecognized characters that break the font rendering on the webpage, making all text unreadable. At that
GRAND LEDGE - As the 2017 RSA Security Conference kicked off in San Francisco, Intel Security released the results of its second annual survey on cloud security practices. The report outlines the current state of cloud adoption, the primary concerns with private and public cloud services, security implications, and the evolving impact of shadow IT
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo users found out Wednesday that hackers used a technical trick with cookies to log into their accounts without passwords. "Based on the ongoing investigation, we believe a forged cookie may have been used in 2015 or 2016 to access your account," Yahoo users were told in an email. Yahoo revealed the
ANN ARBOR - Most Americans have some concerns that self-driving cars can be hacked to cause crashes, disable the vehicle in some way or even be used as weapons by terrorists, according to researchers at the University of Michigan. Large percentages of people are at least slightly concerned that these kinds of vehicles can be
TROY - Registration closes today for the Feb. 15 ISACA Chapter Meeting that features discussions on preparing your leadership, and security the connected vehicle. The meeting will be held at the Michigan State University Management Education Center in Troy, starting at 4:30 pm. Pre Dinner Topic: Preparing Your Leadership Pre Dinner Speakers: Matt Kipp CISA,
WASHINGTON DC - The chief information security officer for the White House's Executive Office of the President has been removed from his position, sources have confirmed. Cory Louie was appointed to the position by former President Obama in 2015, charged with keeping safe the staff closest to the president -- including the president himself --
