MOUNTAIN VIEW - Retailers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holiday season. Criminals are also out in force to scam you with malware and fraud. To highlight the increased crime during the holidays, security company McAfee told CNET News.Com about its 12 Scams of Christmas ranging from bogus electronic greeting cards that deliver
LANSING - Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts on new security threats and other information for safe Web browsing. The app, which will be available on Friday in the Apple iTunes store, provides information about new malware signatures, bulletins for how to mitigate against threats, ways
WASHINGTON - A new report prepared for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has concluded that the Asian nation is likely using his sophisticated IT systems to spy on America. The report, released Thursday, analyzed China's information warfare strategy and offered up a case study in which an unnamed U.S. company was infiltrated by
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft on Friday said it is working on a fix for a vulnerability in the Server Message Block file-sharing protocol in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2 that could be used to remotely crash a computer. The software giant had said that it was looking at the bug, discovered by
SAN FRANCISCO - VeriSign, which runs the master database for such domains as .com and .net, says a significant Internet security vulnerability will be closed by 2011, after delays caused by technical aspects of the implementation. The problem is that DNS, the Domain Name System that translates Internet addresses into numerical values, can be seeded
YPSILANTI - Trend Carpenter, the new Michigan Chief Information Security Officer, talks about how he plans to follow in the footsteps of his former boss, Dan Lohrmann, now Michigan's Chief Technology Officer. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
TROY ? Intelligent Connections is hosting a luncheon on Nov. 18 at Maggiano's Little Italy to update executives on how Internet Security has changed in a Web 2.0 world. This is a free event and RSVP is required. Web 2.0 has changed how companies use the Internet. Businesses have started to utilize Web 2.0 on
DETROIT - Eastern Michigan University's Center for Regional and National Security hosted a day-long security seminar in October that matched security students with business that need security services. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
TROY - Your company finds great marketing value in utilizing social media, but are you aware of the accompanying risks? What are you doing to protect yourself from potential liability that could arise? This half-day session on Dec. 2 at Walsh College in Troy will explore the legal implications of social networking for your organization
DETROIT - If you are a small business and do any of your banking online these days (and who doesn't), you need to be aware of a very pervasive new scam that targets small businesses in particular. The FBI recently released a warning to small business stating that if they are using ACH money transfers,