April 7, 2023 Microsoft and Fortra go after Cobalt Strike abusers, a new online criminal marketplace, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, April 7th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and more...
March 15, 2023 Canadian businesses should be working on digital ID solutions in anticipation of the release of federal and provincial initiatives, says an Alberta government innovation lab. “There’s a huge appetite from the private sector to leverage more...
February 14, 2023 The U.S. came dangerously close to suffering a major cyber attack on its energy infrastructure last year, says the head of a cybersecurity company that focuses on risks to operational technology (OT) systems such as more...
January 11, 2023 Fourteen years after being introduced by a Canadian privacy commissioner, Privacy by Design (PbD) is about to become an international privacy standard for the protection of consumer products and services. On Feb. 8, the International more...
October 19, 2022 Adobe has announced a series of new software tools to make it easier to create 3D digital objects for marketing campaigns, video games and metaverse, with new collaboration and artificial intelligence capabilities for its Creative more...
September 30, 2022 After a quiet 2021, the Prilex point-of-sale (POS) hacking group has become more active this year, releasing three new variants of its malware, infosec pros at retailers are being warned. The alert comes in a more...
August 26, 2022 Protect your Active Directory servers, a huge text-based phishing scam found and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, August 26th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. Microsoft is urging more...
August 17, 2022 A public-private agency that helps Canadian organizations shift to technologies that protect their encrypted data from being broken by quantum computers has been given a federal grant of $675,000 to help its work. Public Safety more...
August 11, 2022 Meta on Friday unveiled its new AI-powered chatbot, BlenderBot 3. According to Meta, the chatbot can build long-term memory and browse the internet. While the chatbot is just an extra step between users and Google for more...
July 7, 2022 A technology called Intelligent speed assistance (ISA) is now compulsory for all new car models and types of vehicles in the EU beginning July 6. This will also be required for all new cars sold more...