Indigo suffers ‘cyber incident,’ knocking it offline
Canada’s biggest book chain has suffered what it calls a cyber incident that knocked it offline on Wednesday. “We experienced a cybersecurity incident earlier today and are working with third-party experts to investigate and resolve the situation,” a notice on the Indigo website said. “Our hope is to have systems back online as soon as
Give tax break so small Canadian firms can invest in cybersecurity, Parliament told
Ottawa should deploy a wide range of strategies, including tax breaks, to encourage small businesses to take cybersecurity more seriously, a member of a think tank told a parliamentary committee this week. “I think the government should incentivize companies to adopt the latest security measures, such as the cybersecurity standard established by ISED (Innovation, Science
Cyber Security Today, Feb. 8, 2023 – Toyota supplier website hacked, ransomware gang partner pleads guilty and more
This episode reports on ransomware, supply chain attacks and the latest cons
VMware ESXi ransomware outbreak hits Florida state court system, U.S., EU universities
A global ransomware outbreak has intercepted servers affiliated to Florida’s Supreme Court and several universities in the United States and Central Europe after attackers exploited a 2-year-old vulnerability in widely used software made by California-based cloud computing giant VMWare. According to Ransomwhere, a user generated platform that records digital extortion attempts and online ransom payments […]
Sansec reveals how online stores expose private data, backups
According to Sansec, approximately 12% of online stores fail to backup their public folders due to human error or negligence. As a result, online stores have exposed private backups in public folders, including internal account passwords, which can be used to take over e-commerce sites and extort owners. Sansec said it examined 2,037 different stores […]
Chinese made Android phones are built to collect and transmit personal data of users
A group of researchers from the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College Dublin published an article titled “Android OS Privacy Under the Loupe – A Tale from the East,” which revealed that China’s top Android phones collect far more information than they are supposed to. “China is currently the country with the largest number of […]
Bard and ChatGPT competing for top spot in AI market
Alphabet and its rival Microsoft are battling for AI supremacy after Alphabet, Google’s parent company, launched “Bard” in response to AI chatbot sensation ChatGPT, in which Microsoft has invested billions. Just minutes after Google announced the launch of Bard, Microsoft announced that it would hold an event at its Redmond headquarters to reveal its own […]
Microsoft infuses ChatGPT into Bing
ChatGPT, an advanced conversational and creative response system, is now incorporated into the new Bing update released by Microsoft. The new intelligent chatbot will live alongside Bing’s search results, putting AI that can summarize web pages, synthesize disparate sources, and even compose and translate emails into the hands of more consumers. Microsoft is transforming Bing […]
Microsoft gains market share as the rate of growth in cloud spending slows
According to new Synergy Research Group data, Q4 enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services surpassed $61 billion globally. Despite this, Microsoft managed to gain market share from Amazon. Microsoft increased its share to 23%, up from 21% the previous quarter, while Amazon decreased its share from 34% to 33% and Google remained stable at 11%. […]
Microsoft Outlook records outage
Users reported problems sending, receiving, or searching email through Outlook.com, according to outage tracker DownDetector. Some users also report being unable to connect to Outlook.com, receiving 500 Errors when attempting to log in, or having their entire accounts wiped and not being able to access their emails after connecting. The reports began arriving around 4 […]
