May 10, 2022 Ikea Canada isn’t saying exactly how it discovered an employee had searched a customer database without permission, or whether their searches were saved in an unsecured file. Reports of the breach of security controls emerged more...
May 9, 2022 One of the reasons the number of cyberattacks keeps escalating is the cost of hacking tools for threat actors keeps dropping. Software-as-a-service offerings are common, but some crooked developers keep the price of their tools more...
May 9, 2022 Microsoft is moving deeper into managed security solutions to help IT departments and infosec pros cope with the increasing number of cyberattacks. Called Microsoft Security Experts, the program joins a bulging number of IT companies more...
May 9, 2022 The U.S. State Department has announced a reward of up to $15 million for clues that could help identify and capture the leaders and partners of the notorious Conti ransomware gang. Spokesman Ned Price said more...
May 9, 2022 The US agricultural machinery manufacturer AGCO, based in Georgia, suffered a ransomware attack on Friday. According to dealers, the attack has brought the production and sale of tractors to a standstill. AGCO did not disclose more...
May 9, 2022 Breaches of security controls at Ikea Canada and two American healthcare providers. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday May 9th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. Ikea Canada continues more...
May 6, 2022 Hacking helped by infected removable storage devices, corporate espionage, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday May 6th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. Threat groups often compromise more...
May 5, 2022 Verified Twitter accounts are now being targeted via phishing emails by attackers pretending to be from Twitter's verified account platform. The phishing email notifies the recipient of a problem with their verified account. Recipients are more...
May 5, 2022 According to the FBI, between June 2016 and July 2019, a total of $43,312,749,964 was lost to business email compromise (BEC) scams between June 2016 and July 2019. During this period, 241,206 domestic and international more...
May 5, 2022 World Password Day has been observed on the first Thursday of May since 2013. If Forrester Research analyst Andras Cser has his wish, today will be the last time. “Passwords should be dead by now,” more...
