vulnerabilities

State: Michigan Voting Machines Protected From Vulnerabilities In Report

LANSING - Public Citizen has called on Election Systems and Software to stop selling some of its voting machines because they group said they are vulnerable to hacking but Department of State officials said the company's machines used in Michigan are protected from those vulnerabilities. The group said the versions of the ESS machines that

By |2018-07-26T20:12:01-04:00July 26th, 2018|Politics|

Smartphone Security Hole: ‘Open Port’ Backdoors Widespread

ANN ARBOR- A sweeping study of an internet communication mechanism common in mobile devices has revealed that so-called 'open ports' are much more vulnerable to security breaches than previously thought. The vulnerability the University of Michigan researchers highlighted is most pronounced in Android apps that let users share data across devices and connect to their

By |2017-05-02T08:01:27-04:00May 2nd, 2017|Cyber Defense, Featured|

WhatsApp, Telegram On Web Browsers Leave Accounts Vulnerable To Hackers

SAN FRANCISCO - If you use WhatsApp or Telegram on your web browser, you'll want to shut down the browser and start it up again to keep hackers from taking over your account. A group of researchers from cybersecurity firm Check Point revealed Wednesday that the web browser version of these popular encrypted-messaging apps had

By |2017-03-16T16:30:46-04:00March 16th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Report: Half Of Devices In Healthcare Sector Susceptible To Malware, Ransomeware

ANN ARBOR - In a study of 250,000 mobile devices, PCs and Macs used in the healthcare sector are running out of date versions of Flash, which are susceptible to vulnerabilities and malware like the Cerber or Locky ransomware strains. Attackers target doctors’ and other healthcare workers’ out-of-date devices to install malware that encrypts patient

By |2016-09-15T14:38:15-04:00September 15th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Life Sciences|