DEARBORN - ChannelNet, a specialist in digital customer engagement and retention, announced Tuesday that Jason Luke has joined the company as director of cyber security. Luke will be responsible for ChannelNet’s information security, risk, compliance and business continuity practice. He will direct data privacy, network security, user access and IT controls for ChannelNet and its
SAN FRANCISCO - If you're using Microsoft's online email and file-storage services, you'll now get a special heads-up if your accounts are hit by state-sponsored hackers, a warning that you should take additional steps to secure your accounts. The world's biggest software company had already been telling people using Outlook.com email and OneDrive storage if
SAN FRANCISCO - More than 191 million voter records, including personal information and voting activity, have been exposed. It's not clear who owns the server. If you have voted in a US election recently, there's a good chance your personal information is included in a trove of voter data found on a publicly available Web
FERNDALE - Cyber security experts Dan Lohrmann and Richard Stiennon discuss the major cyber attacks during 2015 and the possible threats looming in 2016 on this episode of M2 TechCast. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-techcast-15-stiennon-and-lohrman?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit M2 TechCast airs live each Monday at 3 pm on the www.podcastdetroit.com network. All previous episodes are available on-demand 24/7 at
LANSING - Auditors have found that most of the state's UNIX servers, operated by the Department of Technology, Management and Budget, had not been properly secured, an audit released Thursday said. The performance audit of statewide UNIX security controls, for the period October 1, 2012, through August 31, 2015, found that of 63 servers tested,
ANN ARBOR - As the cybersecurity landscape grows more complex, the need for increasingly diverse cybersecurity training continues to expand. To meet this need, Merit Network is collaborating with the Cyber World Institute to expand the Cyber Security certification training program. "In today's news, there is a continuous stream of reports about large, prestigious organizations
BATTLE CREEK - The Battle Creek Air National Guard base will see 70 new jobs with the assignment of a cyber operations squadron to the base. Battle Creek will house one of the four new squadrons intended to defend the nation against computer-based attacks. The base has housed a cyber range hub, part of the
TROY - Walsh College will offer a new cybersecurity concentration in its Master of Science in Information Technology program in January 2016 to meet the increased demand for advanced education in this growing IT specialization. Separately, a free webinar titled “Next Generation Cyber Warriors – Cyber 4.0” is scheduled from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.,
PARIS - In its latest move against ISIS, hacktivist group Anonymous is asking its supporters to take part in a “trolling day” against the group. The call to action is part of the collective's 'Operation ISIS' campaign, which was launched after the Paris attacks. Anonymous is calling on internet users to mock Islamic State (IS,
SAN FRANCISCO - Hello, Barbie. Can we talk? Security researchers are worried about your safety. New data released Friday by security firm Bluebox reveals even more vulnerabilities in Hello Barbie, the $75 Internet-connected doll from Mattel. Researchers found the application and the cloud server that connect the doll to the Internet would allow attackers to
