Security

Why were thousands of organizations seemingly defenceless against the zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer service, a hole that so far has...

Small Canadian energy producer reports cybersecurity incident

Howard Solomon - December 7, 2023

A Calgary oil and gas producer says it has suffered a cybersecurity incident that impacted certain aspects of its business. Clearview Resources Ltd. made the...

Generative AI increasingly used for threats to Canadian democracy: Report

Howard Solomon - December 6, 2023

Generative AI systems are increasingly being used by threat actors to influence elections around the world, including in Canada, says the latest report by...

Canadian law regulating social media platforms is needed fast, Parliament told

Howard Solomon - December 5, 2023

Canada must quickly pass legislation to oversee social media platforms, says an expert in cybersecurity law, including appointing an independent regulator who can levy...

AI expert says report findings proof onset of ‘Terminal AI’ has begun

Paul Barker - December 1, 2023

A new report highlighting an escalating rise in phishing incidents since the launch of ChatGPT is the start of a cascade of events that...

Canadian group gets $2.2 million to research AI threat detection for wireless networks

Howard Solomon - November 30, 2023

A group consisting of Canadian university researchers and Ericsson Canada is the latest to have won government funding under the National Cybersecurity Coalition for...

Compel social media apps to toughen their privacy, trust practices, Parliament told

Howard Solomon - November 28, 2023

Social media platforms should be forced by the Canadian government to toughen their privacy practices, an expert told a parliamentary committee looking into illicit...

Canada, U.S. sign international guidelines for safe AI development

Howard Solomon - November 27, 2023

Eighteen countries, including Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., today agreed on recommended guidelines to developers in their nations for the secure design, development,...

AWS re:Invent grabs the spotlight, with cloud, cybersecurity and AI in a business focus

Jim Love - November 27, 2023

As its re:Invent conference opens in Las Vegas this week, AWS will make the case that it, too, has a leading role in the...

Canada’s privacy czar investigating data theft of federal employees from relocation companies

Howard Solomon - November 23, 2023

Canada’s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into the theft of 24 years of data of federal employees from two government-contracted relocation firms. As we...

Data stolen on Canadian federal employees in third party hack may go back 24 years

Howard Solomon - November 20, 2023

Ottawa now says the data theft at companies that handle moving arrangements of federal staff includes that of members of the Canadian Armed Forces,...

Microsoft plugs Copilot in everywhere at Ignite 2023

Ashee Pamma - November 17, 2023

This week at Ignite, Microsoft brandished its Copilot Swiss Army knife, embedding the AI assistant into all of its products and services. The company’s chief...

NRF summit takes a deep dive into legal world of AI

Paul Barker - November 16, 2023

There is still much that organizations need to figure out when it comes to how best to implement artificial intelligence (AI), a technology that...

Ontario government still silent after hospital ransomware attacks

Howard Solomon - November 15, 2023

Six days after being asked for comment, the government of Ontario is still considering a public response to recent cyber attacks on hospitals in...

Data on current, former Toronto library staff stolen in ransomware attack

Howard Solomon - November 15, 2023

Toronto’s public library system has acknowledged that the ransomware gang that hit it last month stole personally identifiable data of employees. “At this point in...

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