SAN FRANCISCO - A new species of malware that shows fullscreen ads is flourishing on Apple devices in China and Taiwan. The development follows reports last month that apps loaded with malware had to be purged from the company's App Store. The malicious software, dubbed YiSpecter, is reportedly able to "install and launch arbitrary iOS
SAN FRANCISCO - Two major vulnerabilities have been discovered in Google's Android mobile software by the same security company that found a whole series of dangerous bugs earlier this year. Several of the bugs discovered by the security researchers pose a danger to every active Android device out there. The two new bugs, which can
DETROIT - The North American International Cyber Summit 2015, scheduled for Oct. 26 at Cobo Center, is offering new pricing as well as discounts for security groups. The cost is $79 to attend. There is also a discount price of $59 for students or members of the following organizations: ISSA, InfraGard, West Michigan Cyber Security
TROY – The ISACA Detroit Chapter Meeting on Oct. 21 will feature two presentations: Pre-Dinner Topic: GRC Within a System Implementation Pre-Dinner Speakers: Chris McGee and Sarah Eilerman After-Dinner Topic: Audit Analytics After-Dinner Speakers: Libby Roop, CFE Peter Baciorowski, CISA. Registration and Networking begin at 4:30 pm at the Michigan State University Management Education
DALLAS - Businesses suffered nearly 43 million known security incidents in 2014, an increase of 48 percent compared with 2013, and equals some 117,000 attacks daily. Yet, many boards and executives don’t have the information and resources they need to make effective business decisions on cybersecurity, contends a new report from AT&T. Drawing upon decades
CUPERTINO, Ca. - A top Apple executive said Tuesday that measures have now been taken to prevent any more malicious apps to be found in the App Store, like the dozens reported last week. Phil Schiller, the company's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said the source of the tainted apps was a program called
SAN FRANCISCO – Because of so many data breeches in the past year, the price for personally identifiable information – what the bad guys need to steal a person’s identity, has fallen from $4 to just a buck, a new report contends. In Trend Micro's new report – Understand Data Breeches - the security company
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has discovered and removed from its iPhone and iPad App Store dozens of apps that were infected by malware. The tainted software made it into the App Store via a counterfeit version of Apple's Xcode program, which is used to create apps for the iOS and Mac system software, CNET.Com reported.
NEW YORK - Could cyberattacks one day be governed by treaties like those limiting the use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons? The US and China are reportedly taking a first step in that direction. The countries are discussing a mutual promise not to launch a first-strike attack with cyberweapons on the other country's critical
GLENVIEW, IL - A new survey says the majority of small business owners are concerned about breaches to their Internet and electronic security. As cyber security hacks have become an increasingly prevalent issue, 60 percent of small business owners said they are concerned enough that they are taking extra precautions including firewalls, offsite protected servers,
