LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted political asylum by the Ecuadorian government after taking refuge in its London embassy on June 19. The asylum decision follows a U.K. Supreme Court ruling in May authorizing Assange's extradition to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sexual crimes, CNET News.Com reported. Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo
SAN FRANCISCO - We've all heard about phishing attacks - those spammy e-mails you get in your in-box imploring you to divulge your personal information. Now those annoying scams are coming to a cell phone near you - it's called smishing, or phishing via SMS text message. Text messaging is the most common nonvoice use
SAN FRANCISCO - The company behind games such as World of Warcraft and Diablo tells customers it believes no financial information was accessed but suggests users change their passwords immediately. Game maker Blizzard Entertainment's internal network security has been breached, the company informed customers today, CNET News.Com reported. While the company behind World of Warcraft
MOSCOW - Gauss, a new "cyber-espionage toolkit," has emerged in the Middle East and is capable of stealing sensitive data such as browser passwords, online banking accounts, cookies, and system configurations, according to Kaspersky Lab. Gauss appears to have come from the same nation-state factories that produced Stuxnet. According to Kaspersky, Gauss has unique characteristics
SAN FRANCISCO - The Ukraine-hosted BitTorrent site came under scrutiny by the local authorities and was ultimately terminated last week, now the international hacking group vows a settling of scores. Anonymous has promised to bring down its wrath on the Ukrainian government after authorities were said to have taken down the file-sharing site Demonoid last
LANSING ? The Michigan Cyber Range ? which announced its first site at Eastern Michigan University ? will help the state become a center for protecting the nation's cyber infrastructure, the state?s cyber security officer said in an interview. ?It?s about protecting the critical infrastructure,? said Dan Lohrmann, the state of Michigan?s Chief Information Security
ANN ARBOR - William Cardenas, PMP, has been named by Fulcrum Edge as a Principal and appointed to head of its new office in Tampa, Florida, which expands on Fulcrum Edge offices in metro-Detroit and Cleveland to better serve clients. Cardenas has a deep background in project management and working with governmental and multinational organizations
SAN FRANCISCO - After a two-week investigation, the online file storage service confirms that usernames and passwords were stolen from third party Web sites and then used to access Dropbox accounts. When a few hundred Dropbox users began receiving spam emails about online casinos and gambling sites two weeks ago, it seemed like something was
SAN FRANCISCO - Anonymous vows to take down the Web sites of a French online fashion retailer that has trademarked the iconic Anonymous logo and slogan. Anonymous' iconic logo was quietly trademarked in France in February, but now that Anonymous has found out, it's not going to take it lying down, CNET News.Com reported. Twitter
MARQUETTE - The next Michigan Cyber Awareness Breakfast Conference Series is set for Aug. 1 in Marquette at the Ramada Inn. This breakfast's featured speakers include: Jeff Barnes, Executive Director of Public Safety Office of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Dan Lohrmann, Chief Security Officer, State of Michigan Brigadier General Michael Stone, Assistant Adjutant General-Installations Bill