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ISSA Motor City Chapter Real-World Incident Response Readiness Simulation

SOUTHFIELD - If you are interested in learning and getting hands-on with how to handle security incidents, this is the only event you should attend this summer The One Security Event You Need to Attend this Summer This virtual event is a unique opportunity to participate in a two-day interactive simulated cyber security event. Day

By |2022-06-05T17:08:57-04:00June 5th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Putin Threat: UK On Red Alert For Cyber Attack From Russia As Security Measures Beefed-Up

LONDON, England -Britain is on red alert for Russian cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns. Key public services, banks and other big businesses have all bolstered their cyber defenses to combat the increased threat from Moscow. British Home Secretary Priti Patel yesterday hinted at potential tit-for-tat strikes against Russia if they attack first. She said: “As

By |2022-02-25T15:47:21-05:00February 25th, 2022|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Cyber Experts Express Growing Alarm Over Apache Vulnerability

WASHINGTON DC - A vulnerability in a widely used logging platform uncovered late last week has left security professionals and officials scrambling to respond and patch systems before other nations and cybercriminals can exploit the flaw. The vulnerability in Apache logging package log4j has affected potentially thousands of companies worldwide, and is a particularly serious problem.

By |2021-12-16T11:02:07-05:00December 14th, 2021|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Round 4 — Hacker Puts 26 Million New Accounts Up For Sale On Dark Web

DETROIT - A hacker who was selling details of nearly 890 million online accounts stolen from 32 popular websites in three separate rounds has now put up a fourth batch of millions of records originating from 6 other sites for sale on the dark web. The Hacker News today received a new email from the Pakistani hacker,

By |2019-03-20T10:33:19-04:00March 20th, 2019|Cyber Defense|

Congress Upset Not Told Immediately About Spectre, Meltdown Vulnerabilities

WASHINGTON DC - The US government wishes it had gotten the memo on Spectre and Meltdown sooner. On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on cybersecurity issues related to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, which left hundreds of millions of computer chips open to attacks. The Spectre and Meltdown flaws were

By |2018-07-18T17:55:47-04:00July 12th, 2018|Cyber Defense, Politics|

Five Ways To Spot A Phishing eMail

DETROIT - In a 2016 report from Wombat Security, organizations reported that the most successful phishing attacks were disguised as something an employee was expecting, like an HR document, a shipping confirmation or a request to change a password that looked like it came from the IT department. Make sure to scrutinize any such emails

By |2017-03-08T12:22:49-05:00March 8th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Hack My Car? Most Believe It Can Happen

ANN ARBOR - Most Americans have some concerns that self-driving cars can be hacked to cause crashes, disable the vehicle in some way or even be used as weapons by terrorists, according to researchers at the University of Michigan. Large percentages of people are at least slightly concerned that these kinds of vehicles can be

By |2017-02-13T13:20:23-05:00February 13th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Cyber Defense|