April 18, 2023 Following the exposure of QuaDream's hacking tools by Citizen Lab and Microsoft last week, the Israeli spyware business is poised to shut operations in the coming days. According to unnamed sources quoted by Calcalist, an more...
April 18, 2023 Google has issued an emergency update to its Chrome browser to fix a significant zero-day security hole that might allow malicious actors to take control of a user's device by running arbitrary code in the more...
April 17, 2023 An Israel-based commercial spyware company whose iPhone hacking technology is allegedly used by governments to compromise the phones of political opponents and reporters is closing. The news from Israeli media comes after the University of more...
April 17, 2023 The federal privacy commissioner’s attempt to have Facebook take responsibility for the Cambridge Analytical scandal under Canadian privacy law has been rejected by a judge. In a decision released last week, Justice Michael Manson of more...
April 17, 2023 NCR’s Aloha POS system hit by ransomware, attackers ask big money from Western Digital, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, April 17th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com more...
April 17, 2023 A group of tech companies, security vendors, and non-profits have launched two new initiatives aimed at defending security researchers against potential legal battles over the vulnerabilities they uncover. The Hacking Policy Council, formed by Google, more...
April 17, 2023 Microsoft's latest mandatory security update, KB5025239, is currently rolling out to Windows 11 users worldwide. However, it seems that the update is causing issues for some users. While these issues vary from user to user, more...
April 17, 2023 A new Android spyware, nicknamed "Goldoson," has infiltrated Google Play via 60 legal apps, which have been downloaded over 100 million times. The dangerous malware component is a component of a third-party library that developers more...
April 17, 2023 According to CybelAngel, over 40,000 Facebook users have been victims of a malicious software campaign that has entered their accounts and stolen both personal and professional data. The perpetrator of the campaign is a bogus more...
April 14, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, April 14th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. In a few minutes David Shipley of more...
