January 24, 2023 A Canadian-based international manufacturer of die cast tools and car parts has been the victim of a cyber attack. Exco Technologies said Monday that three production facilities within its Large Mould Group are recovering from more...
January 24, 2023 Microsoft says it will implement a new security measure to discourage hackers from using XLL add-ins to distribute malware. Adversaries abusing Microsoft add-ins is a hobby due to its pervasiveness in corporate environments and personal more...
January 24, 2023 Apple has issued an iPhone software update that addresses CVE-2022-42856, a zero-day security vulnerability with a severity rating of 4, that was actively exploited. Attackers can successfully exploit this flaw by tricking their victims into more...
January 23, 2023 Ottawa lawyer Kris Klein advises Canadian organizations on how to set up policies and procedures to comply with federal and provincial data privacy legal obligations. But earlier this month he faced data collection as a more...
January 23, 2023 Here’s a quick primer on Canada’s data privacy laws for commercial firms: The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) applies to firms that collect personally identifiable information, unless there are provincial statutes. Some more...
January 23, 2023 An old US no-fly list found on an unprotected airline server, an ad fraud is scheme is disabled and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday January 23rd, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter more...
January 23, 2023 FanDuel, a popular online sports betting platform, recently experienced a data breach as a result of a third-party vendor who sends transactional emails on behalf of its clients, including FanDuel. MailChimp, a third-party vendor, was more...
January 23, 2023 A Swiss hacker known as "maia arson crimew" discovered an unprotected server maintained by a U.S. national airline that contained the personal information of hundreds of thousands of people on the federal "No Fly List" more...
January 20, 2023 With public share values of North American tech companies dropping and management laying off staff, a Canadian maker of digital investigation solutions for police has found a savior: being bought by a private equity firm. more...
January 20, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, January 20th, 2023. From Toronto, I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsDay.com in the more...
