Remote work is worrying infosec leaders: Survey
Cisco Systems survey covered 6,700 IT and business leaders responsible for cybersecurity in 27 g
Google monopolizes online advertising, U.S. alleges in antitrust lawsuit
The U.S. Justice Department and eight U.S. states are suing Google for allegedly monopolizing online advertising. The complaint, filed Tuesday in Virginia, alleges that Google monopolizes key digital advertising technologies, collectively referred to as the “ad tech stack,” that website publishers depend on to sell ads and that advertisers rely on to buy ads and
Data Privacy Week: Some Canadian firms have ‘shortcomings’ in treating privacy, says regulator
The federal privacy commissioner reminds firms of four consent-related problems listed in his most recent ann
Sidebar: PIPEDA’s ‘No-go’ zones for businesses
A summation of what businesses can and can’t do under Canada’s national p
Canadian tool manufacturer hit by cyber attack
Exco Technologies says it had to disable some computer systems but shipments to customers are not expected to be materially i
Ex Google employee calls out Google, says it sees staff as disposable
Justin Moore, an engineering manager at Google who was one of the 12,000 people laid off last week, has stated that Google views its employees as ‘100% disposable.’ Moore, speaking from personal experience, stated that large corporations regard their employees as completely disposable. “So after over 16.5 years at Google, I appear to have been […]
Microsoft blocks internet-downloaded XLL add-ins to prevent malware spread
Microsoft says it will implement a new security measure to discourage hackers from using XLL add-ins to distribute malware. Adversaries abusing Microsoft add-ins is a hobby due to its pervasiveness in corporate environments and personal computers, allowing threat actors to get a lot of mileage out of their malware. The plan to implement the new […]
Apple fixes zero-day security vulnerability
Apple has issued an iPhone software update that addresses CVE-2022-42856, a zero-day security vulnerability with a severity rating of 4, that was actively exploited. Attackers can successfully exploit this flaw by tricking their victims into visiting a maliciously crafted website controlled by them. Once obtained, arbitrary code execution could allow them to run commands on […]
Robot lawyer to make court debut in February
A robot lawyer, who uses bluetooth to tell defendants what to say, plans to fight two speeding tickets in court next month. Joshua Browder is the CEO of DoNotPay, the startup that announced on Twitter last week. “On February 22nd at 1.30PM, history will be made. For the first time ever, a robot will represent […]
Microsoft invests in OpenAI for the third time
Microsoft announced an extension of its partnership with OpenAI, with a “multi-year, multi-billion-dollar” investment expected to be in the $10 billion range. Microsoft, which already invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019 and plans to invest again in 2021, is looking for an inside track on some of the most popular and advanced artificial intelligence […]
