Thanks to Dawood Khan and Marc Lijour for their help with these predictions. A nation-wide digital identity service based on blockchain will launch in Canada. SecureKey’s Verfied.Me service was supposed to launch by
Microsoft Corp. and Mastercard Inc., are teaming up for a new initiative, hoping to make it easier for more streamlined for people to use their digital identity online. In an announcement on Dec.
Published on: December 10th, 2018 Meagan Simpson @megesimpson
Jann Arden is the most dangerous celebrity to search online, says McAfee Corp. The Calgary-born singer-songwriter is associated with the highest number of search results that could compromise a user's security. Criminals leverage
DENVER - SAS Institute is no stranger to fraud, and after many years of experience in the space, the company is creating a dedicated fraud division called the fraud and security intelligence division.
Published on: April 11th, 2018 Alex Radu @AlexTRadu
DENVER - SAS Institute's Global Forum 2018 is coming to a close, and between a new fraud division, artificial intelligence and machine learning updates, and a focus on the Internet of Things, we're putting
Published on: April 10th, 2018 Alex Radu @AlexTRadu
Fraud campaigns during tax season are nothing new, but according to the VP and country manager for Symantec Canada, it’s at an “all-time peak” in Canada, and fraudsters have fallen in love with
Why do they do it? Who is behind these fake profiles on LinkedIn? I've seen a lot more of them recently. Many of you might not have even noticed. Why do I say
Published on: January 9th, 2015 Jim Love @CIOJimLove
Real-time bidding has scored a bad rap for some time, and it appears that might be justified, according to a new study. In a new report released today from Clearstream, a platform that
Published on: December 22nd, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
Google Inc. has launched a new tool aimed at protecting advertisers from buying fake impressions – targeting a problem that has plagued the programmatic ad buying space. The search giant announced today it
Published on: November 11th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
For marketers, spending money on campaigns and impressions is part of their job. But nobody wants to spend money on something that doesn’t bring in results – so it can be bitter for
Published on: September 26th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is kickstarting a campaign that will try to keep other industries accountable when it comes to ad fraud. Today, the IAB released its "Anti-Fraud Principles," a set of
Published on: September 17th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
Canada's favourite coffee and donuts shop is rolling out its mobile payments app across the country and has fixed a security gap previously identified by ITBusiness.ca. The TimmyMe app is available for Apple's
The fallout from the late 2013 security breach that compromised the credit and debit card data of nearly 40 million Target customers is playing out in both the courts and the court of
Spammers seem to have an uncanny ability to figure out a way to get past our filters - both the ones we put up with our technology and our brains through critical thinking.
