GRAND RAPIDS ? Registration closed May 2 for the 2014 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference & Expo from May 13-15 at the DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids at the special rate of $250. If a regional board is covering your registration fee, please contact your regional chair for additional instructions prior to registering.
SAN FRANCISCO - Arts and crafts retail chain Michaels Stores said Thursday that two separate security breaches at point-of-sale terminals last year at its US stores and Aaron Brothers subsidiary may have exposed nearly 3 million credit and payment cards. The Michaels breach, which occurred between May 8, 2013, and January 27, 2014, may have
ANN ARBOR - The theme of this year's MCRCon cybersecurity conference in Ypsilanti - Are You Safe in the Internet of Things? - focuses on one of today's most compelling cybersecurity issues: the Internet of Things. Everything seems to be connected to the Internet. Phones, televisions, appliances, vehicles, eyewear, powerplants, security systems, and more are
PARIS - If you bought La Cie's Little Big Drive or anything else on the company's retail site, you're likely at risk. LaCie is the latest major retailer and tech company finding itself to be the target of a major security breach by unknown assailants. The French hardware company confirmed in a statement on Tuesday
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - Google updated its terms of service on Monday to more clearly explain how the company can analyze user content to create targeted ads. The terms of service, which went into effect Monday, includes a new paragraph that explains the manner in which Google's software automatically scans and analyzes the content of
WASHINGTON DC - While President Obama has decided that the National Security Agency should reveal most major flaws it discovers in Internet security, a loophole exists that could allow the agency to exploit flaws for surveillance purposes, The New York Times reported Saturday. After a three-month review of recommendations made by a presidential task force
WASHINGTON DC - The encryption bug that has the Internet on high alert also affects the equipment that connects the Web. Cisco Systems Inc. and Juniper Networks Inc , two of the largest manufacturers of network equipment, said Thursday that some of their products contain the ?Heartbleed? bug, meaning hackers might be able to capture
LANSING - According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, cyber intrusions and attacks have increased dramatically over the last decade, exposing sensitive personal and business information, disrupting critical operations, and imposing high costs on the economy. Learn from top experts how cyber security will impact businesses going forward at this ConnectNet Forum May 15.
WASHINGTON DC - The US Supreme Court won't allow a challenge to the National Security Agency's phone snooping skip steps and come straight to its doorstep. Instead, the case will have to work its way through the appeals process. Last year, a federal district court judge ruled that the NSA's bulk collection of phone record
WASHINGTON DC - A new report based on the trove of NSA documents leaked to journalists last year by Edward Snowden says the agency's UK counterpart, the GCHQ, spied on German Internet firms, and it provides more information on the NSA's efforts to monitor German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The report, published in German magazine Der