August 17, 2022 According to a blog post by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, losses from hacks of cryptocurrencies soared by almost 60 percent from January to July to US$1.9 billion, compared with US$1.2 billion stolen from hacking in more...
August 17, 2022 Warnings to data collectors, an alert on remote access technologies and a caution to those using wireless device location systems. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, August 17th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter more...
August 17, 2022 The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday issued additional guidelines for banks considering activities involving cryptocurrencies. The guidelines warned that banks must ensure that they have systems in place beforehand to ensure that volatile assets do more...
August 16, 2022 Agari's Cyber Intelligence Report for the second quarter of 2022 shows that the use of "hybrid vishing" has increased by a massive 625% since the first quarter of 2021. However, the report notes that phishing more...
August 16, 2022 The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has disrupted the activities of a Russian-linked threat actor targeting people and organizations in NATO countries. Identified as SEABORGIUM by Microsoft, by Google as ColdRiver, and by Proofpoint as more...
August 16, 2022 Despite criticism that current facial recognition software is biased against people of colour, the RCMP is still interested in the technology, according to the head of the RCMP’s technical support team. “We would be remiss more...
August 16, 2022 54% of security incidents were caused by the theft of login credentials, followed by ransomware and DDoS attacks, according to the latest Ponemon Institute report. Also, 59% of organizations are not revoking credentials they no more...
August 15, 2022 According to security weakness hunters at Cyble, over 9,000 exposed VNC (virtual network computing) endpoints are exposed on the internet without authentication. VNC (virtual network computing) is a platform-independent system that can help users connect more...
August 15, 2022 The SOVA Android banking trojan has added a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on mobile devices. The new version 5 of the malware comes with a ransomware module that uses AES encryption to lock more...
August 15, 2022 Watch for these patches from Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft and others. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday August 15th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. Today’s edition reports on a more...
