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Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes In Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks

BEIJING - A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that's capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS. "The GoldPickaxe family is available for both iOS and Android platforms," Singapore-headquartered Group-IB said in an extensive report shared with

By |2024-02-18T19:15:56-05:00February 16th, 2024|Cyber Defense|
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FBI Takes Down Moobot Botnet Used By Russian Military Hackers To Target US Government

WASHINGTON DC - The FBI took down a botnet of small office/home office (SOHO) routers used by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) to proxy malicious traffic and to target the United States and its allies in spearphishing and credential theft attacks. This network of hundreds of Ubiquiti Edge OS routers infected with Moobot

By |2024-02-16T16:16:39-05:00February 16th, 2024|Cyber Defense, Featured|
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Britain, France, US Lead 35 Nation Agreement On Controlling Spyware, Hackers

LONDON - Countries led by Britain, France and the United States and tech firms including Google, Microsoft and Meta on Tuesday signed a joint statement recognising the need for more action to tackle malicious use of cyber spying tools. The declaration was signed by 35 nations at a conference hosted by both Britain and France

By |2024-02-07T11:00:20-05:00February 7th, 2024|Cyber Defense|
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FutureCon Detroit CyberSecurity Conference Feb. 15

TROY - FutureCon Events brings high-level Cyber Security Training discovering cutting-edge security approaches, managing risk in the ever-changing threat of the cybersecurity workforce. Join a panel of C-level executives who have effectively mitigated the risk of Cyber Attacks. Educating C-suite executives and CISOs (chief information security officers) on the global cybercrime epidemic, and how to build

By |2024-02-02T14:32:48-05:00February 2nd, 2024|Cyber Defense|
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Microsoft Office 365 Gets Hacked, Sweden Government Payroll Shut Down By Ransomware

ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon returns to provide the latest headlines including how Russian hackers gained access at the administrative level to Microsoft 365, the biggest email system in the world. Hackers also brought down the Swedish government's payroll service in a ransomware attack. It's still not operational. Watch this video interview to

By |2024-01-30T18:56:16-05:00January 30th, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|
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DoD Awards Detroit Mercy-Led  Cybersecurity Consortium $497,080 In Sustainment Funding 

DETROIT — University of Detroit Mercy received a $497,080 award from the United States Department of Defense to sustain its work in establishing the Metro Detroit Regional Vehicle Cybersecurity Institute, a regional cybersecurity consortium. This follows a $1.12-million award from the DoD in 2020 that the University used to establish the Metro Detroit Regional Virtual Vehicle

By |2024-01-30T18:59:22-05:00January 30th, 2024|Cyber Defense, Featured|
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Report: Two-Thirds Of U.S. Adults Received Notice Personal Data Compromised

NEW YORK - Americans largely understand the risks of using the internet – identity theft, spam, phishing, loss of personal or financial information, and more. Yet a relatively small percentage are taking steps recommended by experts to protect their data, such as using password managers to set strong passwords or pursuing credit monitoring after a

By |2024-01-24T12:33:56-05:00January 24th, 2024|Cyber Defense|
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Cyberpatriot Program Seeks Mentors, Sponsors To Teach Students Cybersecurity

DETROIT - Cyberpatriot is a national program that teaches grade-school students not only how to safely navigate the internet, but also provides them with the basic training they can use to launch cybersecurity careers. In Michigan, the program was started about a decade ago by Tamara Shoemaker. She joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan in

By |2024-01-23T15:24:45-05:00January 23rd, 2024|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|
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Artificial Intelligence Gives Hackers New Ways To Hack You

NEW YORK - Artificial intelligence has become a game changer in many areas of our daily lives, including cybersecurity. With the rising use of new AI-driven tools like ChatGPT, the number of cyberattacks has doubled and became more sophisticated. Cybersecurity experts say that AI-powered cybersecurity tools could help protect your privacy in the new reality, but

By |2024-01-07T14:09:55-05:00January 7th, 2024|Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Defense|
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