DETROIT - General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra on Friday called on the world’s auto industry to collaborate to develop cybersecurity standards to not only protect the physical security of vehicle owners, but also the personal data they increasingly transmit through the connected vehicle. “Cybersecurity protects physical safety, privacy and data,” Barra said at
AUBURN HILLS - Starting this fall, Oakland University will offer a Master of Science in Cybersecurity - the only one of its kind in the state designed to prepare students for careers in what’s becoming a white-hot cybersecurity job market. Starting salaries can be in the six-figures. “The overall goal of the program is to
AUBURN HILLS - Hackers can get paid a bounty up to $1,500 if they discover potential vehicle cybersecurity vulnerabilities, depending on its impact and severity. That’s the program launched Wednesday by FCA US LLC, the American arm of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. FCA also named the crowdsourced security testing firm Bugcrowd Inc. to manage the program.
ANN ARBOR - Before you download that Pokemon Go app and start collecting Pikachus and Jigglypuffs, know that the Alphabet spin-off Niantic, Inc. that developed the game is collecting information about the collectors, particularly if you log in from your gmail account. Doing so gives Niantic access to all your account information. Like most apps that
SAN FRANCISCO - A malicious app called HummingBad has taken hold of about 10 million Android phones around the world, and it collects your personal data, plus makes it act like you’ve clicked on ads that, well, you haven’t. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to see if HummingBad has roosted with you and
ALPHARETTA, GA – Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon - who appears monthly on M2 Techcast - has been hired by Blancco Technology Group as its Chief Strategy Officer. The created position was effective July 1, but not announced until July 7. Stiennon from Birmingham, Michigan, is responsible for leading the company’s overall corporate strategy, including long-term
ANN ARBOR - Merit is presenting a webinar on June 23 with Duo Security that will explain how to frustrate the bad guys trying to access your information. The webinar runs from 2:30 to 3:30 pm. This webinar will explain: What kinds of devices have access and how to tier access How to lock down
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan cyber risk startup, QuadMetrics, has been purchased by FICO, a Silicon Valley software company. FICO said it bought QuadMetrics to help in its development of FICO Enterprise Security Score, which measures an organization's level of cybersecurity risk. Terms were not announced. QuadMetrics leverages predictive analytics to monitor signals from
LIVONIA - Traveling with technology needs a level of paranoia. It is safe to assume any time the tech is out of your site someone is trying to copy the data from it. From your phone's contact list to the contents of the hard drive of your laptop. Even the hotel safe and Wifi are
WASHINGTON DC - Everything you view on the Internet, from websites to how long your browsed a particular page, could be viewed by the FBI without the need for a warrant in terrorism and spy cases, if this legislation is enacted this week in the U.S. Senate. At stake is access to your personal "electronic
