More malicious attachments found by researchers
Fortinet researchers describe two malicious attachments they foun
DDoS attack hampers PEI websites
A denial of service attack has crippled the websites of Prince Edward Island. “This website – PrinceEdwardIsland.ca – is temporarily unavailable,” the site said Thursday afternoon Eastern time. “We are working to fix the problem as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.” CBC News says it was told the cause is a distributed
How to defend your organization against deepfake content
Advice from the FBI, NSA and CISA on spotting and preventing your firm from being victimized by deepfake audio
Canadian weather websites still struggling after supplier attack
Pelmorex Corp., the parent company of two Canadian weather websites, is still struggling to resume full service after an unnamed software provider was hit by a cyber attack. As of early Thursday, TheWeatherNetwork.com and its French-language site MétéoMédia.com had partial weather offerings available, but not the full forecasts with details that are normally posted. On
Ransomware gang says it has hit International Joint Commission
The IJC tries to resolve border disputes over lakes and rivers between the US
Musk stirs controversy with move by X to collect biometrics
Initally biometric data will be collected from X Premium users starting Sept
International Women in Cyber Security Day: Slow progress
The prospects for women in cybersecurity in many countries are promising, but progress in Canada is disappointing, says the founder of International Women in Cybersecurity Day. “Within Canada there appears to have been limited observable change in bolstered support for women-led cybersecurity initiatives throughout the past year,” said Lisa Kearney, B.C., based founding executive director
New Russian Android malware targets Ukraine’s military devices: Report
Russia’s Sandworm attack group has created a new toolkit for compromising Android devices, says a report released today by the Five Eyes intelligence co-operative consisting of the intelligence agencies of the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, first using it to target Android devices used by the Ukrainian military. The malware, which the
Plug these vulnerabilities in VMware, Cisco products
Administrators of VMware and certain devices from Cisco Systems are being warned to install patches as soon as possible to close serious vulnerabilities. Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware’s Aria Operations for Networks have been discovered, with patches issued earlier this week. Meanwhile, researchers at Rapid7 this week issued a detailed report on the vulnerabilities in the
Authorities take down Qakbot infrastructure, issue commands to delete the malware
Police in seven countries, including the U.S, act to shut botnet used by many ransomware groups to distribute malware for initial
