October 30, 2023 U.S. president Joe Biden today issued an Executive Order establishing new standards for the use of artificial intelligence applications in the U.S. federal government, government-funded programs and critical infrastructure sectors. The goal, the White House more...
October 27, 2023 Malware hiding as a cryptominer may have infected 1 million PCs since 2017. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, October 27th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in more...
October 25, 2023 The Trudeau government’s proposed overhaul of the current private sector privacy law has to make it clear to businesses that privacy is a fundamental right they have to respect, a Parliamentary committee was told Tuesday. more...
October 27, 2023 NordVPN, a leading virtual private network (VPN) provider, has conducted a study to find out how long it takes to read the privacy policies of the most visited websites in Canada and around the world. more...
October 24, 2023 Inflation is up for all sorts of products and services, including the cost of a data breach. The median cost of a data breach to an organization this year was US$2.5 million, according to an more...
October 17, 2023 Frustrated opposition MPs came within a whisker on Tuesday of, for a second time, delaying committee hearings on proposed privacy and AI legislation because the government still hasn’t tabled the full wording of proposed amendments. more...
October 13, 2023 A new facial recognition search engine called PimEyes is causing controversy for its potential to be used for surveillance and stalking. The website allows users to upload a photo of a person and search for more...
October 11, 2023 The BianLian ransomware gang says Air Canada hasn’t been forthright about the amount of data it stole in last month’s cyber attack. Last month the airline said an attacker “briefly obtained limited access to an more...
October 6, 2023 The government of Canada has come through with more information on amendments to its proposed privacy and artificial intelligence legislation, although the exact wording in some cases isn’t detailed. Whether this will be enough to more...
October 4, 2023 The division of Sony Group behind the PlayStation video consoles and games is the latest American-based organization to publicly acknowledge being victimized by the zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer platform. Sony Interactive more...
