In another tale of web surfer beware, visitors to the web site of British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver that came looking for a pancake recipe were also served an unexpected side dish: malware.
Rather than going after your smartphone, more and more cybercriminals will simply seek out cloud providers for their collections of consumer and corporate data – all at a faster rate than before, putting
Published on: December 15th, 2014
Dave Yin
@yindavid
Half of Canada’s IT security professionals are disappointed in the technology they pay for, feeling it doesn’t keep their organizations’ data safe enough, according to a new survey sponsored by Websense Inc. and
Published on: July 17th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
Updated on June 24, 2014 at 4:50pm ET to reflect comments from AskMen.com. Hackers have compromised AskMen.com, a men’s interest website on dating, celebrity news, and health – and they could be infecting
Published on: June 24th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
A little over half of Canada’s IT security professionals aren’t very confident about their ability to defend against attacks – and 77 per cent of them aren’t getting the support they need from
Hackers and cybercriminals are becoming savvier, with the bulk of their attacks now aimed at specific targets, according to a new report from security solutions provider Websense Inc. Instead of launching Hail Mary-esque
Published on: April 2nd, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
Windows Error Reporting, the program that sends details to Microsoft Corp. each time an application crashes or fails to update, helped researchers find evidence of attacks leveled against an unnamed government agency and
Published on: February 19th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
Anyone familiar with any version of Microsoft Windows is largely desensitized to the reality of occasional crashes. These range from process failures you never see to Windows Explorer shutdowns that cause all your
Published on: January 3rd, 2014
Claudiu Popa
@datarisk
Just like those running legitimate businesses, hackers and cyber-criminals alike will be making New Year's resolutions to improve their efficiency and hone their techniques to get a bigger impact for their efforts, according
Cybercriminals continue to get more sophisticated and this has led to more successful luring of victims. San Diego-based Websense, Inc. is addressing this concern with its updated Triton defense version 7.8 that attempts to quell
Published on: November 12th, 2013
Paolo Del Nibletto
@paolocdn
Canada is playing host to a slew of foreign cybercriminals, making it one of the top countries in the world for hackers looking for a destination to plant their malware, phishing and command
Published on: June 12th, 2013
Candice So
@candice_so
You probably don’t spend much time worrying about what version of Java your computers are running. But according to a new report from Websense, you should. According an analysis by the IT security
Canada is one of top countries in the world most affected by malware and phishing, according to a report from a San Diego-based security vendor. The biggest cyber-security threat faced by businesses over
With the end of 2012 fast approaching, security software vendors are gazing into their crystal balls to predict what the threat landscape will look like in 2013.While obviously flipping another page in a
