MADISON HEIGHTS - Capture the Flag, a computer security game in which you try to penetrate a number of target systems, will be the activity Feb. 16 when the Motor City Chapter of ISSA has its next membership meeting at Computer Data. Justin Peltier of Peltier Associates and Maximiliano Caceres, Director of CORE IMPACT Product
PITTSBURGH - US-CERT has issued a national cyber alert warning for playlist vulnerability in the winamp media player, which could allow an attacker to take control of your computer system. A vulnerability in Winamp 5.12, and possibly in earlier versions, allows an attacker to run malicious code on your system when you open a playlist
FARMINGTON HILLS ? Netarx, which provides Cisco IP voice and data networking products & solutions, is co sponsoring with Cisco Systems the Detroit chapter of Finanical Executives International monthly dinner meeting on Feb. 27. The guest speaker is financial regulatory expert Paul Reymann of the Reymann Group. Reymann is co-author of Section 501 of the
SOUTHFIELD - Most of us in the business world today, especially those who travel, can?t live without our laptops and readily available Wi-Fi connections. All new laptops today have Wi-Fi built in as a default configuration and if you want one without wireless, it?s a special order. Our world has certainly changed. Wireless networks offer
GRAND RAPIDS - A classic e-mail virus is on the loose and is posed to delete crucial files on the third day of each month. MyWife (W32.MyWife@mm) (aliases include CME-24 (US-CERT), Tearec (Panda), Nyxem (Sophos), Blackmal (Symantec, Computer Associates, Vet), and GREW (Trend)) lures potential victims with a promise of sexual content. There are several
REDMOND, wa. - If new features won't get you to upgrade to Microsoft's newest operating system, called Vista, security enhancements should, Windows chief Jim Allchin said Friday. Microsoft has already touted the bells and whistles it is putting into Windows Vista, the operating system successor to XP that's due out by the end of the
SAN FRANCISCO - A California man who allegedly duped America Online customers into disclosing their credit card information over the Web was arrested on wire fraud and other charges. Jeffrey Brett Goodin of Azusa, CA., used the fraudulently obtained information to make unauthorized charges using the credit and debit cards of his victims, CNET's News.Com
TROY - Walsh College will be offering CISSP exam preparation courses for the information security industry standards of excellence four times in 2006, starting in March. The week-long review seminar is $2,495. Call Walsh Professor Nan Poulios at 248-823-1369 or (ISC)2 at 1-866-GO-CISSP for more information. The first course will be held at the Troy
SOUTHFIELD - Integration is one of the most over-used terms in IT, yet, for the most part, the value that integration provides to the business is often overlooked. This article describes seven points of integration achievable by businesses today, and the corresponding value those integration points deliver. In the past, integration was event-driven and piecemeal.
SOUTHFIELD ? Brian Gawne of Olympus Security is the new president of the Motor City Chapter of ISSA, which also elected a new board. Besides Gawne, the new board members include Vice President C.J. Cui of Deloitte, Secretary Alex Goldstein of Incat and Treasurer Don Ledwith of Cinbrich, Mahlak and Co. ?Our agenda for the