DETROIT - Brigadier General Michael A. Stone, Assistant Adjutant General for Installations, Michigan Army National Guard joins us to detail the upcoming North American International Cyber Summit. This prestigious event, to be held at Cobo Hall on Oct. 17 will be hosted by our Governor Rick Snyder and will once again attract a growing gallery of international
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder has proclaimed October as Michigan’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, to be capped by the North American Cyber Security Summit Oct. 17 at Cobo Center. “Cybersecurity is now as important as home security in our increasing online world,” said Gov. Rick Snyder. “You can’t avoid hearing stories of high-profile breaches and cyber
DETROIT - The North American International Cyber Summit 2016 released on Friday its list of keynote and featured speakers, a who’s who of top cyber state and federal security business and government professionals headlined by David DeVries, Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Defense. The day-long event is scheduled for Monday Oct. 17
WASHINGTON DC - The 400-pound hacker Donald Trump warned about Monday night during the presidential debate can't ruin Election Day, experts told Congress Wednesday. As hacks continue to influence the 2016 election, Congress has been looking into whether cyberattacks could actually affect the ballot on November 8. A congressional subcommittee on information technology, inviting high-ranking officials
TROY - Diva Tech Talk was thrilled to interview the versatile, and experienced Dr. Barbara Ciaramitaro, Chair of the Decision Science Department, and Director of the newly-expanded Cyber Security Center at Walsh College, in Michigan. The college has also recently received an additional NSA designation as a center of academic excellence in cyber defense. “A
GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group is hosting the 2016 Michigan Cyber Security Conference on Oct. 5 at Grand Valley State University’s downtown Grand Rapids campus to update business owners, managers and security professionals on the latest threats from malware, ransomware, phishing attacks, and hackers. The conference will include a keynote address from FBI Special Agent Don
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers swiped personal information associated with at least a half billion Yahoo accounts, the internet giant said Thursday, marking the biggest data breach in history. The hack, which took place in 2014, revealed names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and, in some cases, security questions and answers, Yahoo said in a
ROYAL OAK - Red Level Network’s Robert Tessanne, Vice President of Cloud and Technology Solutions, and Janet Tyler, Chief Operating Officer, discuss the state of cybersecurity on this segment of M2 TechCast. Red Level hosted a Steak and Security event at The Capital Grille in Troy where a panel briefed nearly 50 CIOs, CISOs and
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google has launched its Project Zero Security Contest that will award the winner $200,000 if they can hack a Nexus 6P and 5X knowing only the devices’ phone number and email address. For the exploit to occur, a user can open an email in Gmail or an SMS text in Messenger.
ANN ARBOR - In a study of 250,000 mobile devices, PCs and Macs used in the healthcare sector are running out of date versions of Flash, which are susceptible to vulnerabilities and malware like the Cerber or Locky ransomware strains. Attackers target doctors’ and other healthcare workers’ out-of-date devices to install malware that encrypts patient
