Cyber Defense

Clinton Township Requires High-Crime-Potential Businesses To Install Security Cameras By Oct. 1

CLINTON TOWNSHIP - Business owners in this community of some 100,000 people will be required by Oct. 1 to install and pay for security cameras and surveillance systems after a new ordinance hits the books on April 1. Surveillance cameras will soon be mandatory at party stores that sell liquor, hotels, banks, pharmacies, gas stations

By |2017-03-31T09:55:55-04:00March 31st, 2017|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Your Internet Browser History For Sale Thanks To Congress – Are VPN’s The Solution?

WASHINGTON DC - Your internet service provider can sell your browsing history to the highest bidder - the new reality after the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to kill the Federal Communications Commission rules that would have stopped ISPs from selling your data to the highest bidder. Later that night, Google searches in

By |2017-03-31T11:19:18-04:00March 31st, 2017|Cyber Defense|

DOE Report: Power Outage By Cyberattack Threat To Critical Defense Infrastructure

ROYAL OAK - The U.S. Department of Energy released an alarming report in January 2017, saying that the U.S. electric grid is in imminent danger from a cyberattack. So where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going regarding smart grid security? Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann discusses the report on this

By |2017-03-27T20:04:55-04:00March 27th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Walsh College Offers Nation’s First Auto Cybersecurity Course Starting April 4

TROY - Walsh College is offering a Fundamentals of Automotive Cybersecurity course in this upcoming Spring Term that starts the first week of April, the first academic program in the country teaching automotive cybersecurity. The 11-week long, three-hour class, will be taught by Sam Abbott-McCune, an expert in automotive and military vehicle technology. The first

By |2017-03-24T12:02:27-04:00March 24th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Smart Grid Security: Is Trouble Coming?

WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Department of Energy released an alarming report in January 2017, saying that the U.S. electric grid is in imminent danger from a cyberattack. So where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going regarding smart grid security? In the department’s landmark Quadrennial Energy Review, it warned that

By |2017-03-20T11:06:49-04:00March 20th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Guest Columns|

WhatsApp, Telegram On Web Browsers Leave Accounts Vulnerable To Hackers

SAN FRANCISCO - If you use WhatsApp or Telegram on your web browser, you'll want to shut down the browser and start it up again to keep hackers from taking over your account. A group of researchers from cybersecurity firm Check Point revealed Wednesday that the web browser version of these popular encrypted-messaging apps had

By |2017-03-16T16:30:46-04:00March 16th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Russians Behind Yahoo’s 1 Billion Account Hack

WASHINGTON DC - The Justice Department on Wednesday said it's indicted four hackers responsible for the second-largest online breach in history. Two of the alleged hackers were Russian spies under the Federal Security Service -- the country's FBI equivalent that's better known as the FSB -- while the other two were identified as hired criminals.

By |2017-03-16T16:22:37-04:00March 16th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Online Tech Offers Disaster Recovery As A Service To Keep Your Network Online

ANN ARBOR - Last month, Amazon Web Services crashed for up to 12 hours, leaving millions of customers without Internet service. Online Tech offers its Disaster Recovery as a Service product that keeps its customers' Networks up when others are down. To learn more about, DRaaS, watch this video.

By |2017-03-15T19:25:56-04:00March 15th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Sonic Cyber Attack Shows Security Holes In Ubiquitous Sensors

ANN ARBOR - Sound waves could be used to hack into critical sensors in a broad array of technologies including smartphones, automobiles, medical devices and the Internet of Things, University of Michigan research shows. The new work calls into question the longstanding computer science tenet that software can automatically trust hardware sensors, which feed autonomous

By |2017-03-14T19:28:12-04:00March 14th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

Snyder Creates Homeland Security Advisor

LANSING - The governor will have a director advisor on emergencies, natural or man-made, under a new executive order. The order (EO 2017-1), issued Wednesday but not publicized until Thursday, creates the position of homeland security advisor in the Department of State Police as well as a Homeland Protection Board to advise that person and to

By |2017-03-10T12:32:25-05:00March 10th, 2017|Cyber Defense|