Canada among countries in Washington for second annual anti-ransomware summit
Canada is again one of more than two dozen countries meeting in Washington to discuss international co-operation on fighting ransomware. Dubbed the Counter Ransomware Initiative, it is the second closed-door two-day summit on ransomware convened by the United States, but this time representatives of IT companies will be there as well. They include Microsoft, Crowdstrike,
Cybercrime still the leading cyber threat against Canadians: Federal report
Cybercrime is still the number one cyber threat to Canadians, according to the latest edition of the government’s national cyber threat report. In addition, the state-sponsored cyber programs of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea continue to pose the greatest strategic cyber threat to the country, says the report. “Critical infrastructure is still a prime
OpenSSL update to fix critical vulnerability
System administrators and application developers need to install thi
How to stop attackers from moving laterally through your network
Attackers want to laterally through IT networks to obtain the credentials of privileged accounts. A Microsoft blog shows how they can
Ukraine deputy cyber leader a surprise speaker at BlackBerry conference
Being prepared through cyber exercises is one way Ukraine helped blunt Russian cyber attacks, confe
Privacy rights must be respected in digital ID systems, say Canadian regulators
In a joint resolution the federal, provincial and territorial privacy commissioners and ombudsmen set out privacy conditions digital ID systems s
Failure to start is one of the biggest mistakes CISOs make, MapleSEC conference told
A panel of CISOs offered useful advice at this month’s MapleSec
USB stick sold in Yukon pawn shop had personal data from Health ministry
Health minister says a former employee copied data onto USB key, then ‘abandoned’ with other belongings in a st
Most Canadian firms hit by ransomware tell StatsCan they didn’t pay up. Experts are skeptical
Two experts we talked to think more firms are paying to get data back or decryption keys, but are afraid t
CISOs must be proactive in their cyber strategies, MapleSEC conference told
Fight back against adversaries with a smart cybersecurity platform, conference told
