WASHINGTON DC - FBI director James Comey acknowledged Thursday that the agency bought an unspecified tool from an outside private party after Apple refused to create new software to allow access to a terrorist’s iPhone 5C, CNN money reported. Apple had argued that a special-purpose version of iOS would not only offer access to the
DETROIT - On the Internet Advisor, Steven Fox, a Senior Cyber Security Officer, US Dept. of Treasury outlined changes that have occurred in exchanging security information with Europe since the Edward Snowden revelations. Safe Harbor originally allowed very liberal boundaries for exchanging data but the new regulations under Privacy Shield provide for very serious penalties for
WASHINGTON DC - In a court filing Monday, the US Department of Justice, with the help of a third party suspected to be an Israeli company, hacked the iPhone used by a terrorist in a December attack in California. Now the feds say they no longer need Apple’s help. The move Monday ends the legal
WASHINGTON DC - Cellebrite, a privately held Israeli company that specializes in transferring or extracting data from phones, is helping the FBI unlock the iPhone, according to a report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Wednesday. If its method is successful, the FBI will no longer need Apple's help with the iPhone, unnamed industry sources
WASHINGTON DC - If you're not already worried about your car being hacked, you really should be, the US government says. Connected cars are becoming "increasingly vulnerable" to cyberattack, according to an advisory issued Thursday by the FBI and the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. They are just two of the latest organizations to voice
DETROIT - What in the world is going on? Is Microsoft really forcing Windows 7 users to switch to Windows 10? We let our listeners call in to tell us about their experiences and got some confirmations. We also received information from one of our listeners on how to avoid the forced upgrade completely. Shane Hamelin
SAN FRANCISCO - Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest, gave this talk at the RSA Conference. He called it Myth Busting the Security Landscape and Development Cycle. Stiennon's point is myths abound in the security landscape, from what a vendor or product does to how to build security into software in the first place. While it
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2016. To mark the milestone, Merit has launched a dynamic new web site and will host a special celebration during its annual Merit Member Conference in May. Established in 1966, Merit has been at the forefront of networking technology throughout its history. Merit's engineers
FERNDALE - Cyber Security and Drones will be the focus on M2 (Squared) TechCast on Monday March 21 at 3 pm on the PodcastDetroit Network. Chinese hackers moving into ransomeware plus data breach digest from Verizon - both paint scary scenarios. At 3 pm Dronelaw pro Enrico Schaefer will discuss proposed legislation in the U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO - Hacktivist group Anonymous declared "total war" on Donald Trump, urging hackers to knock the billionaire's websites offline as it put the Republican front-runner in its sights for the second time. In a video posted Tuesday, a representative of the group called on hackers to attack Trump's websites and reveal any personal information
