SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter is beefing up its security to make it harder for outsiders ? read especially the NSA - to uncover data, the company announced. Twitter has added forward secrecy, a security measure that uses temporary, individual keys to encrypt each Web session, instead of relying on a single master key. Championed by
SAN FRANCISCO - Computer scientists have developed malware capable of establishing communications between devices that don't have active network connections. The discovery threatens the perceived protection of the "air gap" that separates standalone devices. Using the built-in microphones and speakers found on PCs, the lab-created prototype malware uses inaudible audio signals to transmit small amounts
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers have unearthed an online database full to the brim of stolen account information from popular services including Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, and Google. On Tuesday, the security team at Trustwave's SpiderLabs revealed in a blog post that the database contained 1.58 million stolen usernames and passwords, CNET News.Com reported. The login credentials
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University has developed its Transportation Center on Highway Pavement Preservation to develop new strategies for extending pavement life. The new center will receive $1.4 million during the first year of the program and is expected to receive similar funding levels for the next year, with funding through 2017. Karim Chatti,
DETROIT - Few of us were math majors in college. Even fewer of us ever worked as a detective. Yet the Department of Labor?s 401(k) provider and participant disclosure rules require both skills! As a quick refresher, the DOL issued regulations in 2012 requiring that most parties being paid out of 401(k) plan assets inform
DETROIT - ?We recently acquired another company. Now we need to terminate its plans and update our plans to show those employees joined.? Regularly, I hear about changes like this, but the problem? It?s after the fact and too late to act. Action needs to be taken before a change. After, the options are limited
DETROIT - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforces the federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate in employment. Employers covered by these laws cannot discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. These laws also prohibit retaliation for making a complaint or participating in an investigation. Most employers
GRAND RAPIDS - Warner Norcross led a successful $500 million acquisition for CCL Industries earlier this year that involved law firms in 23 countries ? a transaction made possible only by its membership in TerraLex, an international network of 150+ independent law firms in 44 states and 100 countries around the globe. CCL Industries, a
KEY WEST, FL. - Yvonne poured through the maliciously functioning server while Colin slept the night?s activities off. It was tough working with a hangover, but nothing she hadn?t done before?just a little harder to focus was all. The pounding, claustrophobic sensation left over by her partying made her imagine the server as a cave,
ANN ARBOR - Once again MichBio has received a coveted invitation to attend the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference from January 13-16, 2014. As such, we would like to make some BioConnections for our member companies. ?We know that many don't have the means to attend every business development/partnering meeting out there. So, we'll "take you along"