MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google's built a new tool in the fight against phishing. The free Password Alert Chrome extensionkeeps track of where you enter your Google account password and alerts you when you've entered it someplace other than accounts.google.com. This does two things: it prevents you from re-using your Google password on other sites,
WASHINGTON DC - The US House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on Wednesday designed to help companies and the federal government better defend against the growing threat of cyberattacks, despite opposition from privacy advocates who fear it may open the door to more government spying on US citizens. Passed by a 307-116 vote, the
YPSILANTI - The MCRCon cybersecurity conference May 12 has been expanded to include three nationally-known, featured speakers and three presentation tracks focused on "before, during and after a hack." The conference is hosted by Merit and The Michigan Cyber Range. Topics will include cybersecurity preparedness, incident response, public relations, disaster recovery, and more. The Michigan
BIRMINGHAM - Back before the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, before military thinkers and policymakers became obsessed with counterinsurgency, the idea of the day was the Revolution in Military Affairs, or RMA. RMA, a doctrine that emphasized modern information, technology and communications, was sparked by Soviet analysis of the West's move towards more reliance on
WASHINGTON DC - The Millennials - those born between 1980 and 1999 - have an "overwhelmingly positive opinion" of Edward Snowden, who in 2013 leaked reams of classified documents about spying programs conducted by the US National Security Agency, a new study from the American Civil Liberties Union contends. This generational change could help usher
TROY - Despite what is said publicly, the United States does not have the capabilities to defend the nation from a cyberattack launched by a foreign government, or organized crime, Brigadier General Michael A. Stone, the assistant adjutant general, Army National Guard, told a large audience at Walsh College Wednesday night. Stone, the keynote at
SAN FRANCISCO - The chances of another company suffering the devastating effects of a cyberattack like the one perpetrated on Sony last year are not as remote as we would like to believe, security researchers say. Given the current security levels for most companies, 90 percent of them would be vulnerable to such
DETROIT ? Could toll roads be in Michigan?s future? Perhaps Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday during a press conference at the LIFT Detroit offices. Snyder was participating in a roundtable discussion on the future of the nation?s aging and crumbling transportation system. Also attending the conference was U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. Foxx
DETROIT - Let's go back to 1991. ?The Silence of the Lambs? won best picture, Nirvana was atop the music scene and, to what I'm sure was very little fanfare, a new concept was introduced to the world: the website. Fast forward to 1997. ?Titanic? was best picture, The Spice Girls were on top and
ANN ARBOR - Jim Adox, Chairman of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, and Managing Director of Venture Investors LLC, said phasing out the Venture Michigan Fund ? as proposed by the Michigan House Commerce and Trade Committee this week - would have a tremendous negative impact on the state?s efforts to make Michigan more entrepreneur