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...
January 9, 2024 IT departments still don’t have an accurate count of the number of application programming interfaces (APIs) their app developers are putting into production, says a new report. That’s one of several conclusions researchers at Cloudflare more...
January 8, 2024 A troubling new trend in cybercrime is gaining traction, as extortionists are increasingly using "swatting" as a tactic. Swatting involves making a hoax call to emergency services, typically reporting a serious but fabricated incident, to more...
January 8, 2024 The municipally-owned Toronto Zoo has been hit by a ransomware attack. The cyber attack was first detected early Friday, Jan. 5, the zoo said in a statement Monday, “We are investigating the impact, if any, more...
January 8, 2024 No foolproof method exists so far for protecting artificial intelligence systems from misdirection, warns an American standards body, and AI developers and users should be wary of any who claim otherwise. The caution comes from more...
January 8, 2024 How a Spanish cellular carrier’s network was knocked offline, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, January 8th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. more...
January 7, 2024 23andMe, the genetic testing company, is facing over 30 lawsuits after a massive data breach, affecting nearly half of its customers. The breach, which initially compromised about 14,000 accounts through credential stuffing, eventually led to more...
January 5, 2024 Securing archived sensitive data from a data breach is just as important as protecting transactional information, experts say. The latest example of this is an American medical services provider, Transformative Healthcare, that had to notify more...
January 5, 2024 Securing archived sensitive data from a data breach is just as important as protecting transactional information, experts say. The latest example of this is an American medical services provider, Transformative Healthcare, that had to notify more...