April 24, 2023 Twitter has removed the "government-funded media" label from the main accounts of several public media companies, including the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. more...
April 17, 2023 The federal privacy commissioner’s attempt to have Facebook take responsibility for the Cambridge Analytical scandal under Canadian privacy law has been rejected by a judge. In a decision released last week, Justice Michael Manson of more...
April 12, 2023 China's cyberspace regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has unveiled draft measures aimed at managing generative artificial intelligence (AI) services. Under the proposed rules, companies must submit security assessments to authorities before launching their more...
April 11, 2023 A pro-Russian threat group is believed to be behind a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that has blocked access to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s official web site. The attack appears to have been timed more...
April 5, 2023 ChatGPT is being investigated by Canada’s Privacy Commissioner for possibly using personal information without permission. “AI technology and its effects on privacy is a priority for my Office,” Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a more...
March 28, 2023 The federal government’s proposed budget includes over $61 million for fighting foreign interference, threats, and covert activities, although it isn’t clear how much of the effort will combat online activity. Announced Tuesday, the proposed budget more...
March 28, 2023 American federal government departments and agencies have been limited from using commercial spyware unless they have approval from the White House. The restriction came in an executive order issued Monday by President Joe Biden, which more...
March 20, 2023 Facing criticism from Canadian business, political, and legal leaders that it is trying to invade the privacy of companies, the Liberal government has backed down from its attempt to order Google and Facebook to produce more...
March 20, 2023 Facing criticism from Canadian business, political, and legal leaders that it is trying to invade the privacy of companies, the Liberal government has backed down from its attempt to order Google and Facebook to produce more...
March 17, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, March 17th, 2023. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the more...
