‘I think this law is moving in right direction,’ Yoshua Bengio tells Commons committee This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Pass Canadian AI law as soon as possible, expert tells Parliament
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Cyber Security Today, Feb. 5, 2024 – Warnings to AnyDesk and Mastodon administrators, a lesson from a Cloudflare breach, and more
This episode reports on a US regulator hammering Blackbaud for a data breach, a former CIA application developer jailed for 40 year This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, Feb. 5,…
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Feb. 2, 2024
This episode features discussion on data breaches at 23andMe, Microsoft and the Canadian government, and on an FBI warning on China’s cy This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, Week in…
Tories again cause testimony on proposed cybersecurity bill to be shortened
Conservatives interrupted two hearings on proposed cybersecurity law to bring attention to car thefts and the recent judicial decision on the use of the Emergencies Act This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Tories…
Cyber Security Today, Feb. 2, 2024 – AI fakes are making trouble for facial recognition logins, and more
US government departments told to take two Ivanti devices offline by midnig This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, Feb. 2, 2024 – AI fakes are making trouble for facial recognition…
How attractive are our Canadian cities to cybersecurity professionals – and why does it matter?
Canada was the fifth most targeted country for cyber attacks in the world last year, according to the 2023 Blackberry Threat Report. These attacks hit our corporate and public infrastructure, and affect the livelihood and the lives of all Canadians.…
Proposed Canadian AI law is like a race car without an engine, expert tells Parliamentary committee
Proposed legislation needs more details, more public consultation, former UofT computer science professor This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Proposed Canadian AI law is like a race car without an engine, expert tells…
Industrial firms must pay more attention to OT cybersecurity, says vendor
One electricity provider told Dragos CEO that it spends US$100 million a year on IT security, and just US$5 million on O This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Industrial firms must pay more…
Warning: Threat actors getting around some Ivanti mitigations
Cyber authorities in the U.S. and Australia have issued new warnings to IT administrators to take more action to protect Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways. At the same time, Ivanti revealed that two new vulnerabilities for the devices…
Cyber Security Today, Jan. 31, 2024 – A new ransomware strain found, and questions about the level of ransomware payments
This episode reports on ransomware news, a survey of infosec pros in the financial secto This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, Jan. 31, 2024 – A new ransomware strain found,…
Canadian government investigating another hack at Global Affairs
Government says attacker accessed personal i This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Canadian government investigating another hack at Global Affairs
Retailers at critical juncture due to severe tech gaps: SOTI study
A new study released today reveals that the retail industry in Canada and elsewhere around the world faces major challenges as a result of consumers experiencing a major “disconnect between their shopping expectations and the in-store reality.” The study, conducted…
Government vows to address corporate privacy worries in proposed cybersecurity law
Department officials tell MPs that government ‘is aware of privacy concerns’ of private sector about proposed cybersecurity incident rep This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Government vows to address corporate privacy worries in…
U.S. has disabled parts of Chinese hacking infrastructure, says Reuters
American authorities got legal authorization to remotely disable aspects of a Chinese-based hacking campaign, sources have told Reuters. The news agency said in an exclusive story Monday that the action against the hacking group, dubbed Volt Typhoon by Microsoft and…
Hearings on Canada’s proposed cybersecurity law begin
Public Safety committee to hear from senior officials on how the proposed legislation covering critical infrastructure firms This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Hearings on Canada’s proposed cybersecurity law begin
Hearings on Canada’s proposed cybersecurity law to start today
Public Safety committee to hear from senior officials on how the proposed legislation covering critical infrastructure firms This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Hearings on Canada’s proposed cybersecurity law to start today
Cyber Security Today, Jan. 29, 2024 – SolarWinds demands fraud allegation be dropped, a Canadian sentenced for ransomware attacks, and more
This episode reports on the need for every organization to have contact information on security issues This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, Jan. 29, 2024 – SolarWinds demands fraud allegation…
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, Jan. 26, 2024
This episode features a discussion on a hack at Microsoft, the recommendations of the Network Resilience Coalition, a report on AI and cyber threat This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today,…
Cyber Security Today, Jan. 26, 2024 – US government employees slammed for backing forbidden videocam purchases, and more
This episode reports on an investigation into why US federal IT staff pushed for the purchase of forbidden video cameras, record data breach numbers last year in the US This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the…
Quebec cybersecurity institute gets $1.3 million grant from Google
Google’s philanthropic arm is giving a $1.3 million grant to a Quebec agency for cybersecurity research. The company said today the funds from Google.org are going to the Multidisciplinary Institute for Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience (IMC2) to support research on…