Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday June 30, 2023
This episode features a discussion on the Suncor cyber attack, the costs of the Indigo ransomware attack and the valu
Trend Micro joins Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange
Cybersecurity company wants to contribute knowledge to the non-for-profit threat sharin
CSE stopped billions of malicious actions against federal IT networks: Report
Annual report of Canada’s Communications Security Establishment throws some light on the electronic
CSE stopped billions of malicious actions against federal IT networks: Report
Annual report of Canada’s Communications Security Establishment throws some light on the electronic
Cybersecurity error assigns same password to students of Oak Park and River Forest High School
Oak Park and River Forest High School in Illinois accidentally reset all students’ passwords to the same password, “Ch@ngeme!” The school sent an email to parents on June 22, 2023, stating that the password reset was due to an unexpected vendor error during a cybersecurity audit. The email also said that students should update their […]
Snapchat+ hits 4 million subscribers
Snapchat+, Snapchat’s subscription service, has reached 4 million paid subscribers in its first year. The $3.99 per month membership service, which launched in June 2022, gives clients access to exclusive and pre-release features such as Snapchat for Web and the AI-powered chatbot My AI. It began as a way for the company’s most devoted consumers […]
Google to block Canadian news in response to new law
Google has announced that it will block Canadian news from its search engine and other products in the country in response to the new Online News Act that aims to make tech giants negotiate deals with news providers. Google feels the regulation is “unworkable” in its current form and has offered changes. As a result, […]
Reddit gives deadline to private subs
Reddit has given a deadline to the biggest subreddits that remain private, demanding that they provide a reopening plan or face consequences, stating that communities cannot remain closed. According to messages viewed by The Verge from Reddit’s ModCodeofConduct account, Reddit did reference Rule 4 of its Moderator Code of Conduct, which requires moderators to be […]
U.S., Netherlands to restrict chipmaking equipment sales to China
The United States and the Netherlands are set to further restrict sales of chipmaking equipment to China this summer. The Dutch government plans to announce new regulations that will require a license for the export of certain chipmaking equipment, including deep ultraviolet (DUV) machines from ASML, the world’s leading chip equipment maker. The U.S. is […]
GitHub Actions Workflow floods GMP project with malicious traffic
The GMP project, an open-source math library at the heart of GCC and other programs experienced a surge in traffic from Microsoft-affiliated websites. The attack, which originated in a GitHub Actions Workflow, directly targeted the GMP repository, flooding it with many identical requests designed to overload the system and shut down the GMP servers. The […]
