ANN ARBOR - Arbor Networks reported that the number of distributed denial-of-service events topping 20Gbps in the first half of the year doubled in comparison to all of 2013, making the first half of 2014 the highest number and most intense DDoS attacks on record. Arbor also reported more than 100 events at 100Gbps or
BEIJING ? Hackers have succeeded in attacking a car, the Tesla Model S, Chinese security giant Qihoo 360 Security Technology announced last week. Can highly wired vehicles made by Detroit automakers be far behind? The hackers were attempting to win $10,000 in prize money at a kick-off event during the SyScan +360 security conference, which
TROY - Nanette Poulios, Director of Information Assurance Center Associate Professor BIT Department at Walsh College, has retired, but plans to stay active in the cyber security world. Her last day at Walsh College was July 8. She worked at the college for 12 years and was instrumental in creating the IAC, where students get
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University welcomed dozens of girls from ages 12 to 18 this summer to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in new ways at the Miss Media Michigan summer camp. The all-girls tech camp is an immersive program that features game design, interactivity, computing, web development, 3D modeling, electronics, mobile app
LANSING ? Michigan has been rated the Most Improved State for 2014 in an annual Top 10 Pro-Business States report. Overall, Michigan ranked no. 3 among the nation?s top 10 most populous states and no. 2 among the eight Great Lakes states, contends The American Economic Development Institute and Pollina Corporate Real Estate. The state?s
WASHINGTON DC - The Federal Communications Commission has extended Wednesday?s deadline for filing comments on its controversial Net neutrality proposal due to a last-minute wave of traffic that's crashing its site for some. "The deadline for filing submissions as part of the first round of public comments in the FCC's Open Internet proceeding arrived today,"
ROCKFORD ? As if you didn?t need yet another example of how the economy is shifting from bricks and mortar to online sales, Wolverine World Wide said it plans to shut down about 140 stores over the next 18 months and focus selling its distinctive footwear on the Internet. The company also cut its earnings
MOSCOW - A Russian hacker group that has attacked some of the biggest news and business sites in the world claims it penetrated CNET's website over the weekend and stole a database of registered reader data. A representative from the group calling itself W0rm told CNET News in a Twitter conversation that it stole a
JENISON ? Pilot Malt House has a problem all businesses wish they had ? the brewing ingredient maker has been unable to grow fast enough to meet demand. So founder Erik May has launched a campaign under Michigan's new crowdfunding law hoping to raise up to $250,000 from Michigan residents. The Pilot Malt House campaign
NEW YORK - Streaming-television service Aereo plans to continue its fight for survival in a lower court, switching to a new legal argument: If the Supreme Court says we're a cable company, we want the cable companies' content license. "Aereo temporarily suspended its operations...despite the fact that it believes that it can still operate with