July 14, 2022 In response to recent questions from Senator Ed Markey, Amazon admitted that it provided user material to police 11 times this year, in violation of its position that law enforcement agencies can only gain access more...
July 14, 2022 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned that it will clamp down on the illegal use and disclosure of sensitive citizens' data by tech organizations, as well as on false claims by companies about more...
July 13, 2022 The crypto hack, in which the gaming platform Axie Infinity lost US$620 million worth of crypto, began with a fake job interview that one of the game's developers engaged. The attack took place in March more...
July 13, 2022 Attackers are impersonating cybersecurity companies in callback phishing campaigns. As part of the new campaign, the attackers impersonate CrowdStrike to warn recipients that malicious network intruders have compromised their workstations. The attackers also pointed out more...
July 12, 2022 Onur Aksoy, a 38-year-old Florida man and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of a group of dozens of companies has been charged for selling counterfeit Cisco devices worth US$1 billion to customers worldwide. Aksoy was accused more...
July 12, 2022 The New Zealand cybersecurity company Emsisoft has released a free decryptor for AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware. Victims can access the tool via the servers of Emsisoft. A detailed procedure on how to use the tool more...
July 11, 2022 Mandatory 2FA for the PyPI registry, beware of fake Google software updates and a poor password leads to huge data hack. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, July 11th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing more...
July 11, 2022 According to the South China Morning Post, the Chinese president has called on public institutions in China to "defend information security... to protect personal information, privacy, and confidential corporate information," which will help people feel more...
July 9, 2022 The cross-Canada internet and wireless outages caused by last week’s incident at Rogers Communications should make corporate telecom and IT decision-makers think carefully about telecom resiliency in the services they buy. There is help: In more...
July 8, 2022 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. From Toronto, this is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday July 8th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. In a few minutes more...
