June 1, 2023 Akamai's security intelligence response team recently has alerted the general public of Dark Frost, a botnet that has corrupted over 400 machines. This botnet primarily targets the gaming sector, including game developers, game server providers, more...
June 1, 2023 Varonis Threat Labs highlighted the potential risks posed by incorrectly deactivated and abandoned Salesforce Sites and Communities, also known as Experience Cloud. These unmonitored and abandoned resources, known as "ghost sites," may result in illegal more...
May 31, 2023 Organizations that want to sell software and hardware to the Canadian defence department will soon have to meet requirements of a new cyber security certification program. Defence Minister Anita Anand said today the government is more...
May 31, 2023 Threat actors are scouring the internet for unprotected instances of Apache NiFi, to steal server credentials and install cryptominers, warns the SANS Institute. “An attacker for such a misconfigured system can access all the data more...
May 31, 2023 Cisco Talos researchers have detected "PREDATOR" smartphone malware produced by Cytrox. This virus is capable of discreetly recording voice calls, capturing adjacent audio, extracting data from messaging apps like as Signal and WhatsApp, and even more...
May 31, 2023 Almost 9 million victims in a data breach, a database of crooks is published, and more Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, May 31st, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com more...
May 29, 2023 Two US companies pay $850,000 for data breaches, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, May 26th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. This more...
May 26, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, May 26th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In more...
May 26, 2023 The IT security of Newfoundland and Labrador’s healthcare system before a crippling 2021 cyber attack and data theft was lacking, says the province’s privacy commissioner’s office, which also said there was no justification for the more...
May 26, 2023 Throughout 2022, Barracuda Networks discovered around 30 million spearphishing emails in 50 billion emails across 3.5 million mailboxes. According to the report, half of the over 1,000 organizations examined were victims of targeted attacks. In more...
