Cyber Defense

Hackers Targeting iPhones And Macintoshes

CUPERTINO, Ca. - According to Zero Day Initiative security vulnerability analyst Cameron Hotchkies, hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as these Apple devices gain popularity and market share worldwide. ZDI is an organization devoted to scrutinizing programming holes and crafting "patches" to prevent hackers from exploiting weaknesses. "We are seeing an

By |2008-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Michigan House Office Building Updates Security Program

LANSING - The Michigan House Office Building has gone through some technology upgrades over the past couple years, including adding laptops to committee rooms, providing a screen in the elevators to show which floor houses which offices and installing a flat screen television in the lobby to show visitors which committees are meeting. But in

By |2008-08-11T00:00:00-04:00August 11th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

U-M Researchers Develop Next-Generation Antivirus System

ANN ARBOR - Antivirus software on your personal computer could become a thing of the past thanks to a new "cloud computing" approach to malicious software detection developed at the University of Michigan. Cloud computing refers to applications and services provided seamlessly on the Internet. Traditional antivirus software is installed on millions of individual computers

By |2008-08-05T00:00:00-04:00August 5th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Twitter Targeted By Malware Attacks

SAN FRANCSICO - Twitter's time has finally come. The microblogging service, once the playground of the Web 2.0 digerati, is now mainstream enough to be targeted by online criminals. Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a fake Twitter profile created solely for the purpose of infecting people's computers, CNET News.Com reported. The profile, with an alias that

By |2008-08-05T00:00:00-04:00August 5th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Networking Skills Shortage To Continue Through 2011

FRAMINGHAM, Ma. - Increasing adoption of various networking technologies, especially those outside of traditional core routing and switching, is creating a skills gap in the market. An IDC white paper sponsored by Cisco Learning Institute found that there is a 60,000-person shortfall in the supply of networking talent and the skills shortage is expected to

By |2008-07-29T00:00:00-04:00July 29th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

U.S. Government Cyber-Security Worse Than Previously Thought

SAN FRANCISCO - The latest report from ZATZ Publishing highlights a surprising lack of government record-keeping oversight, along with critical cyber-security gaps that indicates without proper records management, America won't have critical records of the operation of their government. These finding were revealed in the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of the National Archives

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

53 Detroit Students Learn First Hand About Digital Forensics, Cyber Security

YPSILANTI �?? Fifty three Detroit high school students, a majority female and most minorities, spent this week at Eastern Michigan University leaning about the burgeoning world of digital forensics and network security. The program, hosted by the EMU Information Assurance Center, and the Detroit Public Schools, also exposed these teenagers to geographic information systems and

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

RF Security Provider Ensure Technology Now On PCMall.Com

YPSILANTI - RF Security technology provider Ensure Technologies has developed a new relationship with PC Mall Inc., one of the fastest-growing direct marketers of technology solutions. PC Mall will include the XyLoc Solo solution on the PC Mall website and in their catalog, actively marketing the product to consumers, individual departments and small organizations in

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Symantec Unveils Its Norton 2009 Product Line-Up

NEW YORK CITY - Symantec Corp. has unveiled the beta of its Norton 2009 product line-up that promises the fastest and lightest security in the market as well as enhancements and new features that will help consumers better protect themselves against identity theft, data leakage and their PCs from the latest malware threats. "[Customers have

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Cyber Defense|