May 8, 2023 Former Uber Technologies chief security officer (CSO) Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to probation Thursday for trying to cover up a 2016 data breach and theft of tens of millions of customer records, the Associated Press more...
May 8, 2023 Cisco has issued an alert on a critical security flaw in its SPA112 2-Port Adapter, which is used by businesses to connect analog phones and fax machines to voice-over-IP systems without having to upgrade them. more...
May 8, 2023 Following the discovery of CVE-2023-30777, a security flaw characterized by reflected cross-site scripting (XSS), users of the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress are advised to update to version 6.1.6. Malicious actors might use this more...
May 8, 2023 Google has stated that its account holders may now log in using passkeys rather than passwords. This new security feature might indicate that the computer sector is shifting away from passwords as the most prevalent more...
May 8, 2023 Sheriff’s office pays a US$1 million ransom, an American health records provider is hacked, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, May 8th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com more...
May 5, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday May 5th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In more...
May 5, 2023 A Canadian software company says it suffered a cyber attack this week. Toronto-based Constellation Software Inc. said in a statement that on Wednesday it was subject to what it calls a “cyber-security incident that impacted more...
May 5, 2023 Data breach at the Metropolitan Opera, and more GoAnywhere MFT victims. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, May 5th, 2023, I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. more...
May 4, 2023 Concerned about the potential abuse of artificial intelligence-driven applications, the White House has announced what it calls a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, with five principles to guide the public and private sector’s more...
May 4, 2023 The Liberal government’s attempt to create a national regime covering the collection of personal information by federal political parties has been dismissed by Canada’s privacy commissioner. The brief proposals to amend the federal Elections Act more...
