July 5, 2023 Advice to firms on the right way to collect personal data. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, July 5th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. more...
July 5, 2023 According to Bishop Fox, despite a patch provided in June, a critical bug in FortiGate firewalls that might allow attackers to take control of devices has not been addressed on more than 338,000 devices. CVE-2023-27997, more...
July 5, 2023 The FBI has created a nationwide database to track swatting incidents and suspects of swatting, a prank in which individuals contact the police to report a phony emergency. This database will allow law enforcement agencies more...
July 3, 2023 The latest ransomware news, a warning to WordPress Ultimate Member administrators, and more Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, July 3rd, 2023 I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in more...
June 30, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, June 30th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In more...
June 30, 2023 Another security vendor has joined the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange, the country’s not-for-profit threat-sharing hub for infosec pros. Trend Micro said this week it has become a member to contribute knowledge, threat insights and to more...
June 30, 2023 Canada’s signals intelligence agency protected federal IT networks from an average of 6.3 billion malicious actions a day — such as attempts to deploy malware — in the last fiscal year, as well undertaking three more...
June 30, 2023 Canada’s signals intelligence agency protected federal IT networks from an average of 6.3 billion malicious actions a day — such as attempts to deploy malware — in the last fiscal year, as well undertaking three more...
June 30, 2023 Oak Park and River Forest High School in Illinois accidentally reset all students' passwords to the same password, “Ch@ngeme!” The school sent an email to parents on June 22, 2023, stating that the password reset more...
June 30, 2023 The GMP project, an open-source math library at the heart of GCC and other programs experienced a surge in traffic from Microsoft-affiliated websites. The attack, which originated in a GitHub Actions Workflow, directly targeted the more...
