ANN ARBOR - By turning computer circuits into unsolvable puzzles, a University of Michigan team aims to create an unhackable computer with a new $3.6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Todd Austin, U-M professor of computer science and engineering, leads the project, called MORPHEUS. Its cybersecurity approach is dramatically different from
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers who get hold of some OnePlus phones can obtain virtually unlimited access to files and software through use of a testing tool called EngineerMode that the company evidently left on the devices. Robert Baptiste, a freelance security researcher who goes by the name Elliot Alderson on Twitter after the "Mr. Robot" TV show
BEER-SHEVA, Israel - Cyber security researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev developed an innovative firewall program that adds a missing layer of security in Android cellphones and monitors for malicious code. Earlier this year, Dr. Yossi Oren and his team of researchers in the BGU Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering, discovered a
SAN FRANCISCO - Most US adults are affected by the hack. Here's a step-by-step on what to do. One of the largest data breaches in history has left 143 million people wondering if their highly personal data has been exposed to hackers. For now, Equifax doesn't explicitly tell you if you were a victim, and
SAN FRANCISCO - If you're wondering what to do after hearing about the massive data breach, follow these steps to make sure you're safe. In September 2016, Yahoo revealed a hack that compromised 500 million user accounts. In December, the company revealed yet another hack, this time affecting a record 1 billion accounts. On Tuesday,
ROYAL OAK - Cyber security pro Dan Lohrmann explores the Equifax data breech, and explores stories that some Equifax executives sold stock before disclosing the hack. When the news of the hack - impacting more than 140 million people - was disclosed also is questionable. The news was posted during Hurricane Harvey when it devastated
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Gmail is hoping to prevent phishing with machine learning, like its early phishing detection. If an email looks suspicious and heads to a person's inbox, Gmail will delay it and analyze the message to make sure it's not a phishing attempt. "As we find new patterns, our models adapt more quickly than manual
GRAND Rapids - Purily is a finalist in the recent Erie Hack initiative that was hosted at TechTown Detroit. Purily's goal is to connect residents, restaurants, and charities to promote water conservation. They plan to do this by tracking residents’ water usage and providing residents estaurant discounts or other promotional incentives for conserving. They would like to use
PALO ALTO, CA. - Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday that it has identified a new breach that occurred in August 2013 and involved data associated with more than one billion user accounts, double the number affected in a different breach disclosed in September. Yahoo said it believed the latest incident was likely distinct from the
NEW YORK - A new report contends more than 50 percent of retailers have failed to meet the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standards, putting both them and their customer at risk this Holiday Season to hackers. The 2016 Biggest Holiday Retailers Cybersecurity Report, taken by SecurityScorecard, provides a comprehensive analysis exposing frightening cybersecurity vulnerabilities
