May 24, 2022 Research shows that hackers may hijack online accounts before users even register them by exploiting flaws that have since been fixed on popular websites such as Instagram, LinkedIn, Zoom, WordPress, and Dropbox. Andrew Paverd, a more...
May 18, 2022 Canada’s federal privacy law requires companies to protect the sensitive information that they hold about employees, customers and partners. But what is sensitive information, and how should it be protected? This week, the Office of more...
May 2, 2022 Parliament should limit Canadian police use of facial recognition technology to closely defined circumstances such as serious crimes, the country’s federal, provincial, and territorial privacy commissioners said today. Their statement was released as three commissioners more...
April 29, 2022 Breast cancer website leaves data open, a warning on Microsoft Explorer and Facebook privacy controls questioned. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday April 29th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. more...
April 27, 2022 Lots of software still has log4j2 vulnerabilities, hackers took only days to exploit a VMware vulnerability and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday April 27th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for more...
March 30, 2022 The United States will enter into negotiations with Canada on an agreement to allow police with court orders to get easier access on both sides of the border to the personal data of subscribers held more...
March 18, 2022 Meta has unveiled the "Quest" headset that will help parents limit teenagers' access to inappropriate content. Instagram also unveiled further parental controls. Specifically, the tool will allow parents to lock specific apps directly from VR more...
March 8, 2022 Ontario employers should use a broad definition of the term “employee electronic monitoring” if they don’t want to run afoul of proposed changes to provincial labour law, says a Toronto privacy lawyer. That, said Daniel more...
