SAN FRANCISCO - Malicious software designed to steal sensitive information from businesses and foreign governments is made in Russia and supported by the Russian government, a security research firm reported Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal said the group behind the malicious software, or malware, has been identified as APT28 and has links to a "government
ANN ARBOR - Teams from several Michigan colleges will compete in the Michigan Collegiate Cyber Defense Network Invitational on November 1 using the virtual infrastructure of the Michigan Cyber Range. Competing will be Baker College (Clinton, Flint & Jackson campuses), Davenport University, Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Henry Ford Community College, Jackson College
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google said on Tuesday that it supports USB drives built on an increasingly popular software standard that makes two-factor authentication a lot less cumbersome. With two- factor authentication, users combine something they know - such as a password or personal identification number -- with something they have - such as a
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple said Wednesday it will stop supporting the encryption standard Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 for its push notifications service in response to a vulnerability identified earlier this month in the aging protocol. Apple announced on its developer site that it will switch on October 29 from SSL 3.0 to Transport Layer Security
GRAND RAPIDS - Information Security and cyber hacking were the focus of this year?s GRRCon, an annual hacking conference held October 16-17 at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids. The attendees were a mix of IT professionals interested in improving cyber defense and those who make a living beating it. Throughout the conference, speakers offered
ANN ARBOR - Duo Security announced its FIDO Ready products now support the Fast IDentity Online FIDO Universal Second Factor specifications. Duo Security joins Google, Yubico and other members of the FIDO Alliance to launch this phishing-resistant authentication method to consumers and organizations. The goal of this new authentication standard is to further simplify and
DEARBORN - The Detroit Chapter of ISACA is hosting a Cybersecurity Fundamentals Workshop in November to provide insight into the importance of cybersecurity, and the integral role of cybersecurity. The protection of information is a critical function for all enterprises. Cybersecurity is a growing and rapidly changing field, and it is crucial that the central
ANN ARBOR ? Security focused students, cyber security professionals, and members of the University of Michigan technology staff gathered earlier this month for the 10th annual Security at University of Michigan IT conference hosted every October during National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The program seeks to raise awareness of cyber security threats and hosts nationally
SAN FRANCISCO - Third-party services that let Snapchat users back up their photos and videos - and that Snapchat claims it tried to shut down - are at the center of the latest Snapchat hack. An enormous, 13-gigabyte library of photos and videos from an estimated 200,000 accounts had been saved through apps and websites
SAN FRANCISCO - Russian hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system in order to target computers used by NATO, the European Union, Ukraine and the telecommunications and energy sectors, according to security firm iSight. In a blog post Tuesday, Dallas-based iSight, in collaboration with Microsoft, said the zero-day vulnerability impacts all supported