Cyber Defense

Report: Russian Malware Infects Half Million Routers, Network Devices In 54 Countries

SAN FRANCISCO - More than half a million routers and network devices in 54 countries have been infected with sophisticated malware, researchers from Cisco's Talos Intelligence Group warn. The malware, which the security researchers are calling VPNFilter, contains a killswitch for routers, can steal logins and passwords, and can monitor industrial control systems.  An attack

By |2018-05-24T12:51:24-04:00May 24th, 2018|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Duo Report Reveals Spike In Workers On Unsecured Networks

ANN ARBOR — Duo Security, the Ann Arbor-based provider of cybersecurity products and services, has released its third annual Duo Trusted Access Report, a look at the security state of the employees, contractors, devices and applications that make up the IT environments of Duo’s more than 10,000 customers worldwide. The 2018 report analyzes nearly 11

By |2018-05-24T12:23:23-04:00May 24th, 2018|Cyber Defense|

If You Do Business In Europe, European Union General Data Protection Regs Apply

ROYAL OAK - If you have a business that sells to clients in the European Union, you’re going to have to deal with a new regulation that starts May 25 requiring companies to protect the personal data and information of EU residents. Richard Stiennon, a cybersecurity expert from IT-Harvest in Birmingham, explains what this new

By |2018-05-22T19:45:10-04:00May 20th, 2018|Cyber Defense, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Facebook Disabled 583 Million Fake Accounts During First Three Months Of 2018

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - Facebook released its Community Standards Enforcement Report said the social network disabled about 583 million fake accounts during the first three months of this year -- the majority of which, it said, were blocked within minutes of registration. That's an average of over 6.5 million attempts to create a fake account every day

By |2018-05-18T10:10:24-04:00May 18th, 2018|Cyber Defense|

Equifax’s Data Breach By The Numbers: The Full Breakdown

SAN FRANCISCO - Equifax is offering a closer look at its massive data breach, which revealed sensitive information on more than half the American population last year. The company released the details Monday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, following demands from US senators. The credit-monitoring company, which gathers personal information on people without being required

By |2018-05-10T21:20:02-04:00May 10th, 2018|Cyber Defense|

Google Brings Advanced Protection’s Security Features To Apple’s Apps

MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google on Thursday announced that it's expanding its high security features to iOS apps, including Apple Mail, Contacts and Calendar. Google first rolled out the program last October, designed to protect high-risk internet users, like politicians, campaign staffers, business leaders, journalists with confidential sources and people in abusive relationships seeking safety. The protection

By |2018-05-07T20:49:59-04:00May 3rd, 2018|Connected Tech, Cyber Defense|

European Website Responsible For Millions Of Cyberattacks Shut Down

LONDON, England - A website that police say was behind millions of cyberattacks has been closed following a series of international arrests. Europol said Wednesday morning that it's shut down Webstresser.org, a page that carried out distributed denial-of-service attacks for a price, sometimes as cheap as $18.26 a month. The page had more than 136,000 users and

By |2018-04-26T15:53:19-04:00April 26th, 2018|Cyber Defense|

Michigan Manufacturing Center To Manage National Cybersecurity Initiative

PLYMOUTH – With manufacturing now a top five industry target for cyber-attacks, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership program has tapped the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center to lead a national effort to prepare MEP centers to roll out cybersecurity services to small and medium-size manufacturers across the United States. The MEP

By |2018-05-07T21:22:49-04:00April 20th, 2018|Cyber Defense|

Karamba Helps Automakers Defeat Autonomous, Connected Vehicle Hackers

ROYAL OAK - How do you keep the bad guys out of connected vehicles? Karamba Security has one answer. The Israeli company, with offices in Bloomfield Hills, by protecting against known and yet unknown vulnerabilities (Zero Day Attacks), requiring no updates, which make it easier for automakers to continually protect their clients cars. CEO and

By |2018-04-16T19:52:28-04:00April 16th, 2018|Cyber Defense, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Duo, Akamai Partner On Access Security For Remote Workers

ANN ARBOR — The Ann Arbor-based cybersecurity firm Duo Security announced a new partnership with the cloud delivery provider Akamai to integrate their technologies for remote workers. Through this partnership, every time a user tries to access an application delivered by Akamai’s Enterprise Application Access, Duo verifies the trust of the user and the device

By |2018-04-12T18:32:44-04:00April 12th, 2018|Cyber Defense, ESD|