NEW YORK - New York's lawmakers have introduced legislation to keep convicted sex offenders off the likes of Facebook and MySpace. In a press conference on Tuesday, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, State Sen. Joseph Bruno, and Assemblyman Sheldon Silver unveiled details of the Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (E-Stop), a
NEW YORK - Best Buy is warning customers who purchased its Insignia 10.4-inch Digital Picture Frames that their device may be harboring a virus, according an advisory posted on its Web site. Insignia digital frames, with model number NS-DPF10A, may be infected with the virus, Best Buy states in its posting, CNET News.Com reported. The
TROY - If you're not sure whether worms are used for phishing. If cookies and smurfs sound like harmless Saturday morning fun. If you're pretty sure that attacks by zombies and bots only happen in science fiction movies. If you've ever wondered what exactly it means to be phished, pharmed, spammed, spimmed, or spoofed, this
GRAND RAPIDS ? A forum Feb. 5 co hosted by E-Discovery Update for attorneys, compliance professionals, paralegals, and other legal staff to learn how e-discovery has permanently changed the litigation landscape. One year after the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended, e-discovery is as costly and complex as ever before. In this engaging seminar,
YPSILANTI ? The Information Assurance Student Organization at Eastern Michigan University, in conjunction with the Center for Regional and National Security, is hosting a series of informational talks with experts from February to April to explore risk vulnerabilities, Network Forensics, Ethical Hacking, Security from a Global Perspective, and more. ?If you?re involved in cyber security,?
SOUTHFIELD ? Eddie Schwartz, Chief Security Officer for NetWitness, will headline the Feb. 21 meeting of Motor City ISSA. His talk is titled Detection of Beacon Trojans and Advanced Data Exfiltration Techniques.
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Cisco Systems has created a new expert-level certification for network designers. The Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) certification is based on the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification, but this new credential is based specifically on high-level network design expertise. As with the CCIE certification, CCDE applicants will have to pass
WALLED LAKE ? Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Company Patriot Services has been recognized as one of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch, an awards program sponsored by the Edward Lowe Foundation. The company provides comprehensive disaster and emergency preparedness solutions, including site, threat and vulnerability assessments; emergency plan development and review; training; and exercises.
GLENDALE, Ca. - Panda Security, a provider of IT security solutions, has announced the availability of Panda Security for Internet Transactions, an anti-fraud security service that leverages the company's collective intelligence in order to protect banks and online merchants against active malware targeting business to consumer transactions. "A good portion of the malware being created
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - In Symantec Corp.'s January 2008 spam report, the security company noted the rise of holiday spam, spammers getting honest and spammers targeting blogs as key trends observed as 2007 came to a close. According to Doug Bowers, senior director of engineering with Symantec, what was interesting as 2007 ended what that