KALAMAZOO ? The next Michigan Cyber Awareness Luncheon on Sept. 15 will focus on Hot issues in Cyber ? What it means to Business and Education, Cyber Security and Global Threats ? Are We Ready? and Privacy ? What?s Hot, What?s Not. The dynamic speaker line-up includes: Rod Davenport, Chief Technology Officer, State of Michigan
SAN FRANCISCO - The same malware that hacked the accounts of Target customers late last year may have compromised credit card information at Home Depot. In his Krebs on Security blog published late Sunday, security researcher Brian Krebs cited "sources close to the investigation" who told him that two different variants of the same malicious
SAN FRANCISCO - By sniffing out the details of network communications, University of New Haven researchers have uncovered a host of data-leakage problems in Instagram, Vine, Nimbuzz, OoVoo, Voxer and several other Android apps. The problems include storing images and videos in unencrypted form on Web sites, storing chat logs in plaintext on the device,
ATLANTA - Home Depot said Tuesday it is investigating "unusual activity" related to customer data but stopped short of confirming it had fallen victim to a major credit card breach. The home-improvement retailer announced it was working with law enforcement officials after security reporter Brian Krebs reported that "multiple banks" had seen evidence that Home
WASHINGTON DC - A hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, the Wall Street Journal has reported. A computer hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, according to federal officials. Investigators found no evidence that consumers' personal
DETROIT ? A huge line up of government, industry and academic speakers will soon be announced for the November Michigan Summit, says Michigan Chief Information Officer David Behen. Behen, in an interview with MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan, said those announcements will be made sometime this month. Also on tap for the third Cyber Security Summit
SAN FRANCISCO - Google is taking unprecedented steps to show its cloud, business, and education customers that data protection is its top priority. To prove its commitment, Google is making the details of an independent security audit and of a security compliance certificate available to the public for the first time on its Google Enterprise
SAN FRANCISCO - Anonymity app Secret and an independent security consultant are coming clean about a hack that could have destroyed the entire point of the popular secret-sharing app. Bryan Seely, who made headlines earlier this year with a Google Maps hack that let him listen in on FBI and Secret Service phone calls, figured
DEARBORN - ISACA and ISSA Detroit chapters are hosting a joint meeting on Sept. 17 featuring special agent David Martin who will discuss APT-Cyber espionage protection strategies. The after dinner topic is Business Impact Analysis on the Corporate Radar. The speaker is Steven Aiello, CISSP, CISA, SANS, GSEC, VCP and CNNA. WHEN: September 17 -
AUBURN HILLS - In the wake of the Target and Neiman Marcus data breaches, new data security laws are being introduced at both the federal and state levels. Beyond federal acts that address specific types of data, there are conflicting state data protection and breach notification laws. Protecting your organization and the data of your