February 6, 2023 Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, is researching how to police the metaverse, a digital world envisioned as an alternative to the real world, according to Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock. The secretary general of more...
February 3, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, February 3rd, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In more...
February 3, 2023 Successful ransomware attacks continue. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, February 3rd, 2023 . I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. News of successful ransomware attacks keeps more...
February 3, 2023 North Korean hackers were involved in operational intelligence gathering campaign that disclosed recurring elements of Pyongyang's hacking toolkit, according to WithSecure, a threat intelligence firm. After endpoint detection scans revealed a Cobalt Strike beacon on more...
February 2, 2023 A Canadian mortgage broker’s database containing personal information on thousands of people was left open on the internet, according to security researchers. Access to the database belonging to Toronto-based 8Twelve Financial Technologies was quickly restricted more...
February 2, 2023 Last year, over 100 threat actors carried out ransomware attacks, and the number of active ransomware families used in attacks surpassed 50, with Microsoft security teams tracking each and every one of them. Microsoft claims more...
February 2, 2023 According to a Neustar International Security Council survey, 49% of organizations have enough spending plan to fully meet their current cybersecurity needs, while 11% could only safeguard their most important components at best. The Neustar more...
February 1, 2023 A significant number of employees are still falling for phishing scams, according to the results of a global test by a Canadian-based firm. Seven percent of all end users who participated in the 2022 Gone more...
February 1, 2023 Infosec leaders are still behind in cybersecurity basics, leaving their organizations unnecessarily open to attacks, says the vice-president of Microsoft Security. Cyber attacks aren’t successful because they are getting more sophisticated, Kelly Bissell told the more...
February 1, 2023 The Telegram text and video messaging service has become a “thriving ecosystem” for cybercrime and will likely continue to be a major challenge for security researchers and law enforcement, says a new report. It is more...
