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Cyber Security Today, Jan. 15, 2024 – Three warnings to application developers
This episode covers reports with warnings to application developers from Recorded Future and Gitlab; how an accounting company was victimized by a phishing message This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today,…
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, Jan. 12, 2024
This episode features a discussion about the cybersecurity job market This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, Jan. 12, 2024
Cyber Security Today, Jan. 12, 2024 – A Chinese hacking group’s reach may be bigger than we thought
This episode reports on scams aimed at employees, a report on the Medusa ransomware group, the latest on the number of data breach victim This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today,…
Canadian Cyber Centre now ranks threats with SecurityScorecard solution
The Canadian government’s cyber authority has started using a U.S. company’s security ratings platform to rank cyber threats to the country’s critical infrastructure. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said Thursday it has contracted to use SecurityScorecard’s security ratings platform.…
Warning issued to admins of Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateways
Admins urged to immediately install mitigations in advance of patches bein This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Warning issued to admins of Ivanti Connect Secure and Policy Secure gateways
Mandiant admits hacked X account didn’t have 2FA
Mandiant says the loss of control of its X/Twitter account last week was likely caused by a brute force password attack on one employee’s account by a cryptocurrency scammer. Normally, two-factor authentication (2FA)would have mitigated the attack, the Google-owned division…
Impact of HPE’s US$14 billion buy of Juniper huge: Dell’Oro Group
Describing it as a “tectonic shift” for the networking industry, industry analyst Mauricio Sanchez has predicted that yesterday’s US$14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks by HPE will clearly extend the latter’s reach into distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack protection…
Warning: A fake ‘security researcher’ is trying to trick ransomware victims
Researchers at Arctic Wolf say someone is contacting victim firms claiming they can delete or recover stolen data from a ransomware gang’s server — This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Warning: A fake…
Cyber Security Today, Jan. 10, 2024 – Vulnerabilities found in internet-connected factory torque wrenches
This episode reports on a hole found in Bosch industrial torque wrenches, attacks on Microsoft SQL servers This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, Jan. 10, 2024 – Vulnerabilities found in…
Female cyber pros group targeted in phishing scam
The Women in CyberSecurity Society says a volunteer recently received a text message impersonating the group This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Female cyber pros group targeted in phishing scam
Many IT departments still don’t know how many APIs they have: Report
Cloudflare report found some firms undercount the number of APIs they have by 3 This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Many IT departments still don’t know how many APIs they have: Report
Toronto Zoo hit by ransomware
The municipally-owned Toronto Zoo has been hit by a ransomware attack. The cyber attack was first detected early Friday, Jan. 5, the zoo said in a statement Monday, “We are investigating the impact, if any, to our guests, members and…
NIST issues cybersecurity guide for AI developers
Paper identifies the types of cyberattacks that can manipulate the behavior of artificial intelligen This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: NIST issues cybersecurity guide for AI developers
Cyber Security Today, Jan. 8, 2024 – How a Spanish cellular carrier’s network was knocked offline, and more
This episode reports on basic cybersecurity oversights that led to the hacking of a teclo, the increased number of victims of a US law firm hack, a data breach at a Canadian provider of midwive This article has been indexed…
Hacked U.S. healthcare provider’s data archive involved over 900,000 people
Archive was data collected by a defunct company that the parent firm had to keep for regulato This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Hacked U.S. healthcare provider’s data archive involved over 900,000 people
Cyber Security Today, Jan. 5, 2023 – 23andMe blames poor user password practices for a data breach
This episode reports on the controversial defence of a company after a data breach This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, Jan. 5, 2023 – 23andMe blames poor user password practices…
Ransomware gang starts leaking data stolen from Quebec university
The LockBit ransomware gang has started releasing data it says was stolen last month from a Quebec university. The data is from the University of Sherbrooke, with a student body of about 31,000 and 8,200 faculty and staff. Sherbrooke is…
Ontario healthcare providers now face possible fines for ‘severe’ data privacy violations
Privacy commissioner says fines won’t be default response to dat This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Ontario healthcare providers now face possible fines for ‘severe’ data privacy violations
Cyber Security Today, January 3, 2024 – Prepare for upcoming privacy legislation
This episode reports on Canadian and American privacy bills before legislatures, ransomware new This article has been indexed from IT World Canada Read the original article: Cyber Security Today, January 3, 2024 – Prepare for upcoming privacy legislation