WASHINGTON DC - Defense Department CIO Teri Takai is leaving her post, effective Friday, FedScoop has confirmed. Takai was the Michigan CIO under former Gov. Jennifer Granholm. A source close to Takai confirmed her planned departure, but declined to provide additional details. Takai has served as the Pentagon?s CIO since 2010, and has managed the
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers have identified more malware at the Google Play store that secretly harnesses users' devices to perform the arduous computational process of mining for bitcoins. The malware, dubbed BadLepricon, was found masquerading as wallpaper apps that had hundreds of installs each, according to Lookout, a mobile security firm. Google promptly removed five
SAN FRANCISCO - The Heartbleed Internet security flaw has proved so bad that it just might wind up doing some good. For two weeks now, IT experts around the world have scrambled -- with mixed success -- to come up with a fix before hackers exploited the bug to attack vulnerable servers. Corralling Heartbleed has
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