Cyber Defense

Weather Channel’s Location Data Settlement Doesn’t Mean Much For Your Privacy

 LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney on Wednesday announced a settlement with the Weather Channel over a lawsuit claiming the company's app gathered millions of people's location data without properly disclosing that the sensitive information was shared with advertisers. The office considered the settlement a major privacy win, as it will now require The Weather Channel

By |2020-08-23T15:47:30-04:00August 23rd, 2020|Cyber Defense|

How Has COVID Impacted The Cyber Patriot Program?

ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker, who runs the Michigan Cyber Patriot program for grade school students, discusses how the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted the program aimed at teaching cyber security skills. Shoemaker serves as the director for University of Detroit Mercy's Center for Cyber Security & Intelligence Studies. Since becoming director in 2015, Shoemaker has led

By |2020-08-20T21:46:09-04:00August 19th, 2020|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

America’s Education System To Take A Follow-Up Course On Cyber Hygiene

AUSTIN, Texas - According to Microsoft's Global Threat Activity tracker, 61 percent (nearly 4.8 million) of malware encounters reported within the past 30 days took aim at the education sector, making it the most affected industry. The business and professional services sector came in second with just under 1 million incidents. Data from the K–12

By |2020-08-06T19:54:31-04:00August 6th, 2020|Cyber Defense|

How To Work Remotely And Securely Without Letting The Hackers In

ANN ARBOR - Former Michigan Chief Information Security Officer Dan Lohrmann joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan to explain how all the new remote workers can connect to their office networks with letting the hackers inside. Lohrmann now works for Security Mentor. In addition to Lohrmann's valuable insights, setting up a secure home office entails

By |2024-02-13T11:42:39-05:00July 23rd, 2020|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Michigan CSO Named As Presidential Candidate Biden’s Senior Security Advisor

WASHINGTON DC - Michigan’s chief security officer, Chris DeRusha, has a new job - he’s the senior cybersecurity advisor for Democrat-presidential candidate Joe Biden. DeRusha was White House senior cybersecurity adviser and held a series of top cybersecurity jobs in the Department of Homeland Security during the Obama administration. Chris DeRusha He also

By |2020-07-10T16:24:35-04:00July 10th, 2020|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Office Work: Will We Ever Go Back?

LANSING - By any measure, the number of professionals working from home (WFH) has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Public and private sector organizations quickly adopted telework practices for many staff, and in most cases, the results have been better than expected. So will we ever go back to the way things were before the pandemic?

By |2020-07-04T13:54:38-04:00July 4th, 2020|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Safari Gets New Encryption Option For Network Privacy On iPhones, Macs

CUPERTINO, CA. - Apple's Safari will take advantage later this year of new encryption technology that protects an important type of network communication called DNS. It's part of a broader movement to build privacy into internet technology like email and the web that initially sent sensitive data unprotected. DNS, short for Domain Name System, looks up the numeric

By |2020-06-29T09:12:28-04:00June 28th, 2020|Cyber Defense|

COVID-19 Cyber Hacks – How To Avoid Them

ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon - author of There Will Be Cyberwar - provides warnings about how not to get scammed by a criminal or hacked website offering to provide COVID-19 tips, aid, or financial resources. https://youtu.be/FAHQhfrwDCQ?list=PL6GUBIAze2tZWi0oIe3paoFI0uvu5asXf Chief Research Analyst IT-Harvest Nov 2017 – Present2 years 8 months IT-Harvest is an industry analyst firm

By |2020-06-23T15:03:15-04:00June 23rd, 2020|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|