Strategies for Ransomware Response with Imran Ahmad: Hashtag Trending REPLAY
In this episode, Howard Solomon interviews Imran Ahmad, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright and co-head of the firm’s cybersecurity and data privacy practice in Canada. They discuss the crucial steps management and IT leaders should take when faced with a ransomware attack. Imran shares his extensive experience on how to prepare for and respond […]
Cyber Security Today – Week In Review for September 7, 2024
Cyber Security Today – Weekend Edition: Toronto School Board Hack, MoveIT Breach & Data Privacy Concerns This weekend edition of ‘Cyber Security Today,’ hosted by Jim Love, features a panel discussion with Terry Cutler, David Shipley, and special guest Daina Proctor from IBM. Toronto School Board Hack & Cybersecurity Best Practices: Expert Panel Discussion Welcome […]
Two generations discuss the promise and pitfalls of Agile development. Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition for August 10
The Truth About Agile: An In-Depth Conversation with Gregory Witek In this weekend edition of Hashtag Trending, host Jim Love chats with developer Gregory Witek about the challenges and misconceptions of Agile development. They explore why Agile often fails in large corporations, touching on issues such as bureaucracy, quality control, and the imbalance of power […]
Cyber Security Today: Week in Review for August 10, 2024
Cybersecurity Insights: Malvertising, Phishing Trends, and North Korean Hackers In this weekend edition of ‘Cybersecurity Today,’ host Jim Love brings together experts Terry Cutler from Cyology Labs, David Shipley from Beauceron Security, and Greg Monson from Trustwave. The panel explores the latest trends in cybersecurity, including a deep dive into a report on ‘Malvertising,’ the […]
Largest data breach in history? Cyber Security Today for Friday, August 9, 2024
One of the largest data breaches in history with 2.9 billion records gathered without consent or knowledge, complaints that making Microsoft outlook’s email interface more “user-friendly” has inadvertently left the door wide open for phishing criminals and presentation at Black Hat reveals that could allow attackers to “unpatch” fully updated systems and reintroduce old security […]
Google comes out swinging in AI: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI for a second time, Google comes back swinging in the AI race, IBM is accused of age discrimination and OpenAI knows when you’ve been cheating….but will they tell on you? That’s the question. All this and more on the “he sues me, he sues me not” edition of Hashtag Trending. […]
France hit by another infrastructure attack: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, July 30, 2024
France has been hit by another infrastructure attack during the Olympics, a court rules that border guards need a warrant to look at your phone, and JP Morgan gets incredibly aggressive with adoption of AI in the financial services industry. All this and more on the “AI will have a huge impact – and you […]
Google loses passwords for 15 million users: Cybersecurity Today for Monday, July 29, 2024
Google says sorry when passwords of 15 million users vanish, French authorities are pushing out a “disinfecting solution” to infected computers and is our problem with patch management that it’s just not sexy? Welcome to Cyber Security Today. I’m Jim Love, sitting in for Howard Solomon. Google has apologized for a significant bug that caused […]
Security company accidentally hires a North Korean state hacker: Cybersecurity Today for Friday, July 26, 2024
A security company accidentally hires a North Korean state actor posing as a software engineer. CrowdStrike issues its Post Incident Review and a failure in crisis communications. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. I’m Jim Love, sitting in for Howard Solomon. In a startling cybersecurity incident, American firm KnowBe4 inadvertently hired a North Korean state actor […]
CrowdStrike releases an update from initial Post Incident Review: Hashtag Trending Special Edition for Thursday July 25, 2024
Security vendor CrowdStrike released an update on from their initial Post Incident Review today. The first, and most surprising information was that CrowdStrike says that the incident was not caused by code or a kernel driver – the kernel driver was the assumed cause in most industry speculation. This might be semantics to some extent […]
