October 25, 2022 Apple confirmed in an advisory that it has fixed a zero-day vulnerability used in attacks against iPhones. The flaw marks the ninth zero-day bug Apple has fixed in 2022, although the tech giant says the more...
October 25, 2022 A malvertizing campaign is being used to promote Google Chrome extensions that can hijack search queries and insert affiliate links into websites. The malicious activity was uncovered by researchers at Guardio Labs, who said that more...
October 25, 2022 Infosec leaders will make mistakes over the life of their careers, but according to a Canadian chief information security officer (CISO), being paralyzed with indecision is the worst. “The number one pitfall is failure to more...
October 24, 2022 Security experts said two new extortion gangs called "TommyLeaks" and "SchoolBoys" are the same ransomware gang. TommyLeaks ransomware gang was uncovered by security researcher MalwareHunterTeam in September, while SchoolBoys ransomware gang was uncovered in October more...
October 24, 2022 Researchers from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science have discovered thousands of repositories on GitHub that offer fake proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for vulnerabilities and malware. Various malicious programs and malicious scripts from remote trojans more...
October 24, 2022 Wordfence, a WordPress security company, has discovered exploitation attempts by hackers targeting the new Text4Shell vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2022-42889, the vulnerability was discovered on October 18, 2022, in the Apache Commons text. The vulnerability has more...
October 24, 2022 A new ransomware data removal tool is found, a warning that exploit proofs-of-concept in Github may not be safe, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, October 24th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing more...
October 21, 2022 As Cybersecurity Awareness Month draws to a close, a data breach in Yukon is a reminder there’s a long way to go to make sure employees are cyber-aware in everything they do. A Whitehorse man more...
October 21, 2022 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. From Toronto, this is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday October 21st. 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. In a few minutes more...
October 21, 2022 Eighty-two per cent of companies that were victims of ransomware last year denied paying a ransom to attackers, according to a new Statistics Canada survey, a number met with skepticism by two experts who believe more...
