ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann explains how the Dedicated Denial of Service attack that in October brought down large sections of the Internet on the U.S. East and West Coasts was orchestrated by hackers using a botnet connected to a variety of dumb and unprotected appliances on the so-called Internet of Things. Until
DETROIT - The North American International Cyber Summit 2016 released on Friday its list of keynote and featured speakers, a who’s who of top cyber state and federal security business and government professionals headlined by David DeVries, Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Defense. The day-long event is scheduled for Monday Oct. 17
DETROIT - Caston Thomas, The Chuck Norris of Securing & Managing Mobile & Networks, is the CEO of InterWorks Technology, a computer and security company based in Rochester. Thomas tackles questions like: Why did Yahoo wait two years? They claim that this was a “state sponsored attack” but where is the proof? Listen to the conversation here:1638-yahoo-break-in-caston-thomas
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers swiped personal information associated with at least a half billion Yahoo accounts, the internet giant said Thursday, marking the biggest data breach in history. The hack, which took place in 2014, revealed names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and, in some cases, security questions and answers, Yahoo said in a
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google has launched its Project Zero Security Contest that will award the winner $200,000 if they can hack a Nexus 6P and 5X knowing only the devices’ phone number and email address. For the exploit to occur, a user can open an email in Gmail or an SMS text in Messenger.
MOSCOW - NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden said his old employer was likely hacked by his new host, Russia. Snowden tweeted Tuesday that the auction of malicious software files allegedly stolen from the NSA may actually be diplomatic signaling by Russia. The software, a set of digital tools, is being auctioned by a group that
LAS VEGAS - A presenter at Black Hat 2016 last week showed how consumer drones could do more than just conduct aerial spying they also can carry a transmitter to hack into a wireless keyboard or interfere with industrial controls. It’s not enough to place a fence around a building to keep intruders out, according
SAN FRANCISCO - Using an attack that researchers at cybersecurity firm Bastille are calling "keysniffer," hackers can detect every key you press on your wireless keyboard. Think about that next time you’re using your laptop in a coffee shop. That means they can pick up your passwords and maybe the answers to your security questions,
WASHINGTON DC - Reports surfaced over the weekend that points squarely at a Russian intelligence group that was the source of the most recent Wikileaks email dump - this one aimed at influencing the U.S. election. Cybersecurity experts confirmed - based on digital forensic evidence - that a hacking group backed by Russian President Vladimir
WASHINGTON DC - FBI director James Comey acknowledged Thursday that the agency bought an unspecified tool from an outside private party after Apple refused to create new software to allow access to a terrorist’s iPhone 5C, CNN money reported. Apple had argued that a special-purpose version of iOS would not only offer access to the
