REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft is listed fifth in the Top 10 list of the worst spam service ISPs compiled by Spamhaus.org. Spammers are advertising links to sites that ?peddle fake pharmacy products, porn, and Nigerian 419 scams? on Microsoft's Live.com and Livefilestore.com sites because they know that the Microsoft sites won't get blocked by antispam
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Over the past year, the volume of spam e-mail from Web-based mail services like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Microsoft's Hotmail and Live Mail has doubled, according to a report to be published in December by e-mail security firm MessageLabs. The culprit? Turing's hypothesis come to life: bots that slip through the
ANN ARBOR - Advanced Photonix, which makes opto-electronic products and Terahertz sensors and instrumentation, cut its operating loss for the second quarter to $225,000 from $768,000 in the same quarter a year ago. Operating income year to date was $14,000 compared to an operating loss of $1.8 million for the prior year to date period.
TROY - Plan now to attend the Information Technology Society Fall Conference on November 1 at Walsh College where IT leaders from top-level metro Detroit organizations will brief attendees on the latest Security trends and issues. The program is runs from 9 am to noon at Walsh College. Dave Nehra, the CIO of Motor City
SOUTHFIELD - While Russian tanks were lining up on the road to Georgia this past August there was a flurry of activity as Russian cyber forces prepared to launch the first ever DDos attacks in support of an invasion. In a presentation Nov. 20 at the Motor City Chapter of ISSA, Richard Steinnen will discuss
TROY - Walsh College presents Michigan's only official CISSP Review Course, November 17-21 at the Troy Campus. Register before November 7 for the early bird price of $2495. The exam will be held at the Troy campus on December 6. Please note that effective 1 October 2007, professional work experience requirements for the CISSP will
LANSING - Stephen Potter is the new chairman and president of the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, a non-profit organization dedicated to driving the growth of the Homeland Security Industry in the State of Michigan. Potter�??s day job is as president of PatriotServices in Walled Lake. To learn more about MIHSC and PatriotServices listen to this
DETROIT - Don't forget to make plans to be at the Ford Conference Center in Dearborn next Wednesday and Thursday for Detroit SecureWorld. This year's conference features an InfraGard Conference and Keynote breakfast. Starting at 8:15am on November 6th, the InfraGard event features Joseph Dittmar, World Trade Center Survivor, Always Remember Initiative who will be
DEARBORN - MiTechNews.Com is partnered with SecureWorld as it brings its two-day security expo to the Ford Conference & Event Center Nov. 5-6. Subscribers can register for the full conference and receive a $30 discount off the $195 two day conference pass which includes access to the Conference Sessions, Conference Breakfast Keynote, plus 12 CPE
LANSING - Dan Lohrmann, Michigan's Chief Information Security Officer, has won yet another national award - Governing Magazine's 2008 Public Official of the Year. He was the only security official named. Lohrmann talks about the award and about a group he works with to protect the public and private security infrastructure, called Michigan InfraGard, in