January 14, 2024 Microsoft's recent patch release for a BitLocker vulnerability in Windows 10, KB5034441, is causing a stir. Intended to address a flaw allowing attackers to bypass BitLocker encryption, the patch is failing to install for some, more...
January 12, 2024 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, January 12th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. This week more...
January 12, 2024 A Chinese hacking group’s reach may be bigger than we thought. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, January 12th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. more...
January 11, 2024 The Canadian government’s cyber authority has started using a U.S. company’s security ratings platform to rank cyber threats to the country’s critical infrastructure. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said Thursday it has contracted to more...
January 11, 2024 In a bid to combat the alarming rise in ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities, the US government is gearing up to introduce stringent cybersecurity standards for hospitals. The new rules, spearheaded by the White House more...
January 11, 2024 IT administrators with Ivanti’s Connect Secure/Pulse Secure VPNs and Policy Secure gateways are urged to install mitigations immediately. The mitigations are to temporarily deal with two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-46805, an authentication bypass and CVE-2024-21887, a command more...
January 11, 2024 Mandiant says the loss of control of its X/Twitter account last week was likely caused by a brute force password attack on one employee’s account by a cryptocurrency scammer. Normally, two-factor authentication (2FA)would have mitigated more...
January 10, 2024 Beware of so-called security researchers emailing firms that have been victimized by ransomware and claiming to be able to recover their stolen data. That’s the warning from researchers at Arctic Wolf, who have found at more...
January 10, 2024 Vulnerabilities found in internet-connected factory torque wrenches. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday January 10th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Anything that connects to more...
January 9, 2024 A threat actor is trying to con female cybersecurity pros into downloading malware. The warning comes from the Canadian-based Women CyberSecurity Society (WCS2), which says someone is targeting members of the leadership team, members, and more...
