TROY - Walsh College Information Assurance Center Director Nan Poulios, CISSP, CISM, will speak on Phishing, Phaxing, Pharming, and Training at CSI 2007 on November 3-9 in Washington, D.C. In a presentation on why information security training often fails to produce the expected effects, Poulios will discuss how users? online actions often directly conflict with
WASHINGTON DC - The FBI used a novel type of remotely installed spyware last month to investigate who was e-mailing bomb threats to a high school near Olympia, Wash. Federal agents obtained a court order on June 12 to send spyware called CIPAV to a MySpace account suspected of being used by the bomb threat
CHICAGO - On July 30th and 31st, DePaul University will be hosting IP3 which will present a comprehensive IT-IA Security seminar for corporate IT security leaders called From Strategy to Reality: The Bigger Picture. Ken Kousky, President and CEO of IP3, will conduct and showcase the world-class seminar, which will earn 14 CEU credits. Kousky
WASHINGTON DC - A recent federal court decision raises the question of whether antivirus companies may intentionally overlook spyware that is secretly placed on computers by police. In the case decided earlier this month by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, federal agents used spyware with a keystroke logger--call it fedware--to record the typing
WASHINGTON DC - The Net neutrality skirmish that swallowed up so much of Congress' technopolitical agenda last year may be gearing up for a comeback. A pair of senators who led the divisive push for the new regulations want everyone to know they haven't forgotten the cause. Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)
WASHINGTON DC -With only two months left before government agencies must figure out how to deal with data breaches and data theft, federal bureaucrats are scrambling to meet the looming deadline. The deadline was created by a White House directive published this spring that gave all federal agencies until September 22 to figure out the
WASHINGTON DC - Politicians charged this month that peer-to-peer networks can pose a "national security threat" because they enable federal employees to share sensitive or classified documents accidentally from their computers. At a hearing on the topic, Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said, without offering details, that he is considering new laws aimed
ROYAL OAK - Intelligent Connections is hosting on Aug. 16 a special Lunch & Learn program, presented by Imperva, that will feature a live hacking demo focused on exposing the flaws in data governance and data protection. The free event is scheduled for August 16 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Royal Oak. Registration is
CUPERTINO, Ca. - A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in Apple's iPhone that allows hackers to take control of the all in one technology device. The researchers, working for Independent Security Evaluators, a company that tests its clients' computer security by hacking it, said that they could take control
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. - People have always been the weakest link when it comes to protecting computers. The same applies to mobile phones. Despite companies' attempts to create relatively secure operating systems, trickery and social engineering continue to manipulate people. For example, the Symbian operating system for mobile phones is "fairly secure," F-Secure security expert