April 24, 2023 Google Cloud and the Center for Internet Security (CIS) have joined forces to create the Google Cloud Alliance, with the objective of improving cybersecurity in the public sector. According to a joint statement, Google Cloud more...
April 24, 2023 According to a recent pre-print research by computer scientists at Canada's Université du Québec, OpenAI's ChatGPT, which is based on language models, generates code that is laced with security vulnerabilities. The researchers asked ChatGPT to more...
April 24, 2023 The X_Trader supply chain attack may be more widespread than initially thought. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, April 24th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the more...
April 21, 2023 Canada’s financial regulator is urging the country’s biggest banks and insurance companies to perform a new controlled threat assessment of their cyber resilience every three years with independent penetration testers. The recommendation for the assessment, more...
April 21, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, April 21st, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a more...
April 21, 2023 Mandiant disclosed that the number of cyber threat groups it is monitoring has increased to 3,500 in 2022, an increase of 900 from the previous year, with 265 discovered for the first time during the more...
April 21, 2023 According to the latest monthly threat analysis from the NCC Group's Global Threat Intelligence Team, ransomware assaults have increased dramatically. The research says ransomware assaults increased 91% in March compared to February, and 62% compared more...
April 21, 2023 Is the LockBit ransomware gang slipping, or is IT allowing them to look good? Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, April 21st, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com more...
April 20, 2023 Four independently-owned Canadian Tire affiliate stores in British Columbia that installed facial recognition applications for security broke the province’s privacy law, B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner has ruled. “The investigation showed that the stores did more...
April 20, 2023 An employee who downloaded an infected application onto their own PC is being blamed for last month’s compromise of the 3CX VoIP desktop client. In a report issued today, 3CX said the results of an more...
