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Cyber Security Today, June 18, 2021 – Advice for saying safe on Amazon Prime Days

This episode offers advice for staying away from cybercrooks on one of the busiest online shopping days of the year

Cyber Security Today, June 16, 2021 – Canadians putting convenience over security, a vile ransomware threat, a fake Windows Defender notification and more

Today's podcast reports on a survey of Canadians' security attitudes, a vile ransomware threat, a fake Windows Defender notification, a slip by a cybersecurity firm and more

Cyber Security Today, June 14, 2021 – Avaddon ransomware group apparently gives up, a retailer’s shortcut backfires and a warning to Samsung device owners

Today's podcast looks at evidence the Avaddon ransomware group is giving up, how a baby clothes retailer’s shortcut created exposed customers' data and a warning to Samsung device owners

Apple’s top 5 announcements at WWDC 2021

Apple’s World-Wide Developer Conference started with a two-hour-long keynote on some of its new software innovations. The keynote was packed with details about iOS...

Cyber Security Today, June 7, 2021 – Compromised password blamed for pipeline hack, a new phishing scam pushes fake updates and more ransomware groups...

Experts insist that following the basic principles of cybersecurity will go a long way to lowering the odds of being victimized by an attacker.

Cyber Security Today, June 4, 2021 – Evidence that awareness training works, CIRA looking for board nominees and another patching warning

The Canadian Internet Registry Authority, which governs the .ca domain, is looking for new members of its board of directors. Five seats are open this year for election to the 12-person board.

Cyber Security Today, June 2, 2021 – Don’t put off installing security updates

Keeping personal internet-connected devices updated with the latest security patches is vital. It’s even more important these days with people working from home and using personal devices to connect to their place of work.

Cyber Security Today, May 31, 2021 – Canadians still fall for Windows support scams, new Nobelium attacks and another warning to Pulse Secure VPN...

Canadians are getting smarter in refusing to fall for Windows tech support scams. These are scams where callers pretending to be from Microsoft or its partners claim your computer is infected.

Cyber Security Today, May 28, 2021 – Another warning for Fortinet device users; A movie site scam; Don’t be tricked by ads on search...

Another warning is going out to network administrators using Fortinet’s Fortigate firewalls.

Canadians want action on privacy, harmful internet content: CIRA poll

A majority of Canadians surveyed want governments to get tougher on harmful content on social media platforms and increase the powers of the federal...

Cyber Security Today, May 26, 2021 – Ransomware worries, Bose admits attack, cyber insurance news and the latest security patches

Ransomware is increasingly on the minds of IT leaders after the attack this month on the Colonial Pipeline in the U.S.

Cyber Security Today, May 24, 2021 – Huge international data breach at Air India, and beware of online job scams

Air India is trying to notify 4.5 million passengers around the world that their personal information was copied by cyber attackers.

Cyber Security Today, May 21, 2021 – Ransomware gang still wants millions, why you need to patch fast and beware of phone scams

The Conti ransomware gang is trying to mend its dented reputation for scrambling the data of Ireland’s healthcare system. Yesterday it published a link to a free decryptor, which will allow the system to unscramble the files.

Cyber Security Today, May 19, 2021 – Data breach at an international student insurer, avoid stalkerware and the latest business email scam

A Canadian-based insurance firm called guard.me has begun notifying policyholders of a data breach.

Cyber Security Today, May 17, 2021 – The latest on ransomware gangs and their strategies

There’s too much money in ransomware for security professionals to think these attacks are going away.

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