The debate over allowing equity-based crowdfunding is heating up in Canada's largest province as the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is collecting letters from different groups either advocating for change or warning against it.
I have to hand it to cybercriminals, they're wily and they're hard working. They change tactics and techniques continuously to attract new prey and evade detection. Many are successful in tricking even the
Published on: November 21st, 2012
Paul Wood
@itbusinessca
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is working with police to investigate a phishing scam that targeted dot-ca domain owners, according to its CEO Byron Holland.The PayPal page set up by the scammers
Even angel investors need a devil’s advocate, so here I am. There’s a lot of buzz about the push by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance and other parties to get equity crowdfunding legalized
Cyber scammers are out to tug on your heart and purse strings this Valentine’s Day with their usual spam and online fraud arsenal but you can avoid being heartbroken by following these tips
Published on: February 10th, 2012
ITBusiness Staff
@itbusinessca
When it comes to protecting yourself against financial fraud and identity theft, don’t just safeguard your computer and other tech devices – it still pays to be careful on that old school device
On Sunday, a Twitter account called @ReallyVirtual based in Abbottaba, Pakistan, tweeted about helicopters and explosions in the area, just about six hours before news broke that United States intelligence operatives have attacked
Published on: May 3rd, 2011
Nestor E. Arellano and Joan Goodchild
@itbusinessca
You may not want to think about your taxes until the last moment, but online scammers are already plotting to separate you from your tax refund and your identity. Scams for the 2011
It's been one week since Japan was hit by the twin disasters of a powerful earthquake rating 8.9 on the Richter scale and a tsunami that washed away entire villages. As concerns continue
Published on: March 18th, 2011
Harmeet Singh
@itbusinessca
Criminals have jumped on Japan's twin earthquake and tsunami disasters at record speed, security experts said today.Scams range from links to fake anti-virus downloads and phony donation sites to classic online swindles that
Published on: March 15th, 2011
Gregg Keizer
@itbusinessca
Your home address and phone number are now part of the information dump third-party developers can obtain through Facebook-powered Web site logins and applications.A new policy lets you authorize applications such as Facebook
In less than 48 hours Ping netted over one million users. But will its success also become a source of woe for Apple's new music-focused social networking service?Ping is barely a week old
Published on: September 8th, 2010
Nestor Arellano
@itbusinessca
The World Cup final may have elicited the most penalty cards ever issued by a referee in the championship game, but FIFA's 2010 tournament also boasts another record for fouls of a different
As CEO of LifeLock Inc., Todd Davis has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Two months ago, the Federal Trade Commission slammed his company with a $12 million fine
Published on: June 1st, 2010
Jaikumar Vijayan
@itbusinessca
