December 7, 2022 Rackspace hit by ransomware, employees are still falling for the fake IT colleague scam, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, December 7th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. more...
December 7, 2022 Rackspace, a cloud computing giant, has confirmed that it has been hit by a ransomware attack, which has left a number of its customers without email access and caused recent outages for its hosted Microsoft more...
December 7, 2022 United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced the unsealing of four indictments charging Akinola Taylor (Nigeria), Olayemi Adafin (United Kingdom), Olakunle Oyebanjo (Nigeria), and Kazeem Olanrewaju Runsewe (Nigeria) with wire fraud conspiracy, filing false claims more...
December 7, 2022 Fortinet researchers observed a sample of malware with wiper capabilities in the wild created with the publicly available open-source ransomware toolkit, Cryptonite, due to its weak architecture and programming. It also revealed that it never more...
December 6, 2022 The first Toronto edition of Trend Micro’s Pwn2Own hacking contest began Tuesday, with individuals or teams from a number of countries attempting to break into consumer products in hopes of winning a share of hundreds more...
December 6, 2022 A suspected Chinese-based threat actor was in the IT system of Amnesty International Canada for 17 months before being detected, according to the head of the non-profit group. The Canadian branch of the human rights more...
December 6, 2022 The FBI's Director, Chris Wray, has stated that the popular video-sharing app TikTok is a "national security concern" for the U.S., describing it as a formidable tool for espionage and mass control that the Chinese more...
December 6, 2022 An hacking attempt has affected the Hospital Centre of Versailles, which includes Andre-Mignot Hospital, Richaud Hospital, and the Despagne Retirement Home, according to the complex's management. The attackers behind this ransomware incident have already demanded more...
December 6, 2022 According to the Secret Service, hackers linked to the Chinese government known as APT41 or Winnti stole at least $20 million in U.S. Covid relief benefits, including Small Business Administration loans and unemployment insurance funds, more...
December 5, 2022 Attacks on open-source and commercial software will continue to rise in 2023, says a new security vendor report on the software supply chain. However, the authors of the report also believe that the increased security more...
