WASHINGTON DC - Russian-government hackers who reportedly breached the White House's computer systems late last year gained access to sensitive information, though US officials said at the time that they hadn't, according to a story published Tuesday by CNN. Officials had previously said the White House breach, in October, had affected only an unclassified network,
WASHINGTON DC - The National Security Agency reportedly contemplated curtailing its program to collect the phone records of America citizens even before whistleblower Edward Snowden spilled the beans. The NSA, which has been intensely criticized for its program of vacuuming up the phone call records of US citizens, has publicly defended the practice as a
WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama issued an executive order Wednesday authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State and Attorney General to impose sanctions on cyberattackers hacking into the networks of US companies or government agencies. "Effective incident response requires the ability to increase the costs and reduce the economic benefits from malicious
TROY - Brigadier General Michael A. Stone, assistant adjutant general ? Army, Michigan National Guard, a recognized expert and leader on security topics, will be the keynote April 15 at the first Walsh College Center for Cybersecurity Leadership conference. Among several important cybersecurity issues, Stone will address opportunities available to the state of Michigan as
SOUTHFIELD - The Detroit Chapter of ISACA is happy to announce the upcoming spring seminar: Hidden Secrets from IT Auditors 2015 Edition, presented by Mitch Levine of Audit Serve Inc. Seminar Objective: After being on the audit side for the first half of his 30 year career, Mitch Levine has spent most of the last
LIVONIA - Join Michael Seals, FishNet Security's Strategic Services Director for Managed Security Services, in this vendor-neutral discussion of the typical lifecycle for Log Management and SIEM solutions in Mid-Market organizations. The April 16 event is hosted by ISSA Motor City Chapter. Follow the signage upon entering the VisTaTech Center at Schoolcraft College in Livonia.
TROY - Today, nearly every aspect of our personal and professional lives depends on a secure and stable cyberspace. Yet, cyberattacks ? and even cyberwarfare ? have been dominating recent headlines. Join Automation Alley March 26th for an in-depth discussion about threats to our national security and the daily lives of Americans. Pre-registration closes March
WASHINGTON DC - The hackers who breached JPMorgan Chase's cyberdefenses to gain access to 83 million records may soon be caught. Federal investigators are closing in on the hackers responsible for last summer's hack on the banking and investment firm and feel confident that indictments could be coming down soon, the New York Times reported
AUSTIN, Texas - Turns out nobody can remember their Yahoo passwords. Now the company wants to make it so no one has to. Yahoo on Sunday launched a new service called "on-demand" passwords, which lets someone log into a Yahoo account using a short password the company texts to their phone instead of having to
WASHINGTON - The Central Intelligence Agency played a crucial role in helping the Justice Department develop technology that scans data from thousands of U.S. cellphones, part of a little-known high-tech alliance between the spy agency and domestic law enforcement, The Wall Street Journal reported, quoting unnamed sources. Together, the CIA and the U.S. Marshals Service,