ANN ARBOR - Duo Security announced its FIDO Ready products now support the Fast IDentity Online FIDO Universal Second Factor specifications. Duo Security joins Google, Yubico and other members of the FIDO Alliance to launch this phishing-resistant authentication method to consumers and organizations. The goal of this new authentication standard is to further simplify and
DEARBORN - The Detroit Chapter of ISACA is hosting a Cybersecurity Fundamentals Workshop in November to provide insight into the importance of cybersecurity, and the integral role of cybersecurity. The protection of information is a critical function for all enterprises. Cybersecurity is a growing and rapidly changing field, and it is crucial that the central
ANN ARBOR ? Security focused students, cyber security professionals, and members of the University of Michigan technology staff gathered earlier this month for the 10th annual Security at University of Michigan IT conference hosted every October during National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The program seeks to raise awareness of cyber security threats and hosts nationally
SAN FRANCISCO - Third-party services that let Snapchat users back up their photos and videos - and that Snapchat claims it tried to shut down - are at the center of the latest Snapchat hack. An enormous, 13-gigabyte library of photos and videos from an estimated 200,000 accounts had been saved through apps and websites
SAN FRANCISCO - Russian hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system in order to target computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and the telecommunications and energy sectors, according to security firm iSight. In a blog post Tuesday, Dallas-based iSight, in collaboration with Microsoft, said the zero-day vulnerability impacts all supported
SAN FRANCISCO - Older Web technology continues to be dogged by revelations that show how insecure it is. A trio of Google security engineers proved that the encryption standard Secure Socket Layer can be circumvented thanks to a new vulnerability they dubbed "POODLE." POODLE is a new security hole in Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 3.0
DETROIT - Technology leaders from some of America?s largest corporations gathered Sept. 23 with more than 500 Michigan IT professionals, business executives and students to discuss IT trends and opportunities at the IT Executive Connection Summit at Detroit?s Westin Book Cadillac. The event focused on thriving in a connected world. Various women role models shared
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has issued a fix for Shellshock, aka Bash, a bug that could let hackers gain access to some Macintosh computers. But security experts said Tuesday that Apple's patch is incomplete and leaves one vulnerability open. Shellshock affects most computers around the world running Unix and Linux, including Apple's OS X operating-system
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple says that most Mac users are safe from a newly discovered security flaw, one that could - in principle - allow hackers to take over an operating system. Known as the "Shellshock" or "Bash" bug, the latest vulnerability for the world's computers involves the execution of malicious code within a bash
SAN FRANCISCO - A new security vulnerability known as the Bash or Shellshock bug could spell disaster for major digital companies, small-scale Web hosts and even Internet-connected devices. The quarter-century-old security flaw allows malicious code execution within the bash shell (commonly accessed through Command Prompt on PC or Mac's Terminal application) to take over an