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August 18, 2022 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has indicted three people who illegally tipped and traded Equifax securities before the company disclosed a massive data breach. The charged individuals include Ann Dishinger, Lawrence Palmer and Jerrold more...

August 17, 2022 Agari's Cyber Intelligence Report for the second quarter of 2022 shows that the use of "hybrid vishing" has increased by a massive 625% since the first quarter of 2021. However, the report notes that phishing more...

August 17, 2022 Despite criticism that current facial recognition software is biased against people of colour, the RCMP is still interested in the technology, according to the head of the RCMP’s technical support team. “We would be remiss more...

August 15, 2022 Microsoft has withdrawn the Microsoft 365 version 2206 updates after user crash reports. Users explained that their Office applications continue to crash when viewing a contact card or hovering over a user's name or photo. more...

August 15, 2022 A British man, Christopher Paul Trotman, 41, has been sentenced to nine weeks in jail after he used Apple's AirTags to track his ex-lover's car. According to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, Trotman and his ex-lover more...

August 10, 2022 The RCMP keeps adding new information about its court-approved use of spyware on the wireless phones of criminal suspects, leading some members of Parliament frustrated enough to demand more documents from the force. On Monday, more...

August 8, 2022 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for Friday,August 5th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.   I’m off this week so there won’t be the more...

August 8, 2022 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for Friday,August 5th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.   I’m off this week so there won’t be the more...

August 3, 2022 Although the report represents a significant 68% decrease from the more than 14 million stolen cards detected in the last half of 2021, it shows that the security vulnerabilities that lead to stolen credit cards more...

August 2, 2022 Ring, Amazon's video doorbell and home security firm is legally allowed to share video requests in "emergencies" without users' consent. In 2022 alone, Amazon's Ring gave video footage to police in more than ten cases more...

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