Proposed telecom cybersecurity law gives Canadian government too much secret power: Researcher
Last summer, the federal government proposed changes to the Telecommunications Act that it says will force Canadian telecom providers to toughen cybersecurity. However, a researcher at a university think tank says the legislation is full of government secrecy and accountability deficiencies. In a report issued this week, Christopher Parsons, a senior research associate at the
Why call police after a cyber attack? Because they’re waiting for you
‘Your tax dollars pay our salary’ notes a member of a police cyber
Parliamentary committee urges Ottawa to pause use of facial recognition
Ethics committee says neither the private sector nor police should use the technology until the government has created a legal
Ex-Uber CSO convicted of cover-up in 2016 data breach
Former Uber Technologies chief security officer (CSO) Joe Sullivan has been convicted by a jury of hiding a 2016 data breach from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Bloomberg News reported the San Francisco jury rejected his defence that other executives knew about the coverup and were responsible, convicting him of obstructing a government investigation and
Montreal defence supplier hit by ransomware
Simex says it is now free of ransomware and didn’t pay a ransom. The AlphV/BlackCat gang is tak
Boards, CISOs often aren’t in sync on cybersecurity, says survey
On average 69 per cent of board members thought they see eye to eye with their CISOs. However, only 51 per cent of CISOs thought they see eye to eye with th
Federal privacy commissioner silent on proposed new privacy act for businesses
Annual report of the federal privacy commissioner notes the office only got reports of five cyber attacks during a 12 mo
Prilex POS attack group more active this year, report warns
Malware capable of stealing PIN numbers entered by
VMware admins warned to harden hypervisors
An unknown threat actor with admin-level access to ESXi is installing backdoors. Read what you can d
Cybersecurity webinar open for all Canadian federal public servants
Session on October 17 has the theme ‘Cyber Safety: Your Behavio
