SAN FRANCISCO - A new backdoor Trojan for OS X is making the rounds, attempting to set up a secure connection for a remote hacker to connect through and grab private information. The malware, dubbed Pintsized by Intego, is suspected of using a modified implementation of OpenSSH to set up a reverse shell that creates
NEW YORK - While many security experts have been pointing the blame at China for the recent wave of cyberattacks on U.S. companies and newspapers, Bloomberg reports that some of the malware attacks actually may be coming from Eastern Europe. Investigators familiar with the matter told Bloomberg they believe a cybercriminal group based in either
NEW YORK - A report released this week by U.S. security firm Mandiant linked the People's Liberation Army to a large number of cyberattacks against U.S. corporations, government agencies, and other organizations. The report specifically pointed the finger at Chinese military Unit 61398, noting that digital forensic evidence led investigators to the building housing that
ANN ARBOR - Join Online Tech February 26th for an educational webinar, Updates to PCI-DSS Compliance for E-Commerce and Cloud Computing Security featuring guest speaker Adam Goslin, COO with High Bit Security, LLC and April Sage, Director of Healthcare Vertical with Online Tech. During the webinar, Adam will discuss the new PCI cloud computing guidelines
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite Anonymous' vows to block Web broadcasts of the State of the Union address, the hacktivist collective failed to disrupt the president's speech. Declaring that "there will be no State of the Union Address on the Web tonight," the loose-knit group announced earlier today its intention to block live streams of the
MOSCOW - Kaspersky labs and Alienvault have released a new analysis that outlines recent increases in targeted attacks against Uyghur groups in China, where an apparent ongoing politically motivated effort is using old vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word to infect their systems with malware. The effort is using unpatched versions of Microsoft Word 2004 and 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Hackers broke into several television stations' Emergency Alert Systems last week and broadcast that zombies were "rising from their graves" and "attacking the living." While a comical hoax, security consultancy firm IOActive warns that this type of behavior is dangerous and not that hard for hackers to do, according to Computerworld. This
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder proposed construction of a new State Emergency Operations Center as part of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget's 2013-14 fiscal year budget recommendation. Kurt Weiss, spokesperson for the department, said the old facility is no longer as secure as the department would like. "The funds would be to build
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network Inc. Monday announced the launch of the first pilot of the Michigan Cyber Range in collaboration with Washtenaw Community College. Starting in January, WCC students enrolled in CSS 200 Information Assurance Concepts and CSS 205 Network Penetration Testing use the Michigan Cyber Range as an extension of their classroom for
SAN FRANCISCO - The United States is responsible for the highest number of botnet servers in the world, according to new data from McAfee. A map and a list of major countries posted by McAfee yesterday show the greatest concentration of botnet servers to be in the U.S., with 631. That's more than two and