Data Privacy Week: Organizations see strong ROI on privacy spending, says Cisco
Organizations around the world continue to see a strong return on investment from putting resources into privacy,…
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Over 90 WordPress themes and plugins from AccessPress hacked, says report
WordPress admins who use any plugins or themes downloaded from AccessPress are being urged to take action…
Coffee Briefing Jan. 25, 2022 – Chrome API for interest-based ads.; SAS Hackathon 2022 Kickoff; G Suite legacy free edition ending soon; and more
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Red Hat, Ubuntu issue warnings over Linux kernel vulnerability
Red Hat and Ubuntu have issued warnings about a serious vulnerability in their Linux distributions. It’s described…
Canada urges critical infrastructure firms to be ready for Russian-based cyber attacks
The agency that defends Canada’s IT networks is warning firms here — particularly banks, airlines, telcos, and…
Admins urged to patch SolarWinds Serv-U against Log4J bug
IT administrators whose firms use SolarWinds’ Serv-U file transfer application are being urged to install an update…
Microsoft releases out-of-band patches to address issues from January’s Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has issued a series of out-of-band (OOB) patches to correct problems, which included Windows domain controller…
Many Canadian, U.S. SMB websites vulnerable to spoofing, clickjacking and sniffing, says vendor
Websites of Canadian and American small and medium businesses continue to be vulnerable to spoofing, clickjacking and…
Coffee Briefing Jan. 18, 2022 – IBM Canada’s new president; TD’s new stock-trading app; Trulioo’s first CPO; and more
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Bug in Safari can leak browsing activity, user identity, says report
A bug in the Safari 15 browser lets any website track a user’s internet activity and possibly…
Log4Shell bug used to deploy NightSky ransomware on VMware Horizon, says Microsoft
Threat actors continue trying to exploit the vulnerabilities in the open-source Apache log4j2 library collectively known as…
Vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins more than doubled in 2021: Report
Vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins more than doubled in 2021 compared to the previous year, according to a…
Coffee Briefing Jan. 11, 2022 – LG joins IBM Quantum Network; Telus program gets global privacy recognition; YRP adopts e-notes-taking solution; and more
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is…
Rootkit in HPE server management module can wipe hard drives: Report
Administrators with HPE servers in their environments are being warned that a rootkit is circulating that takes…
Microsoft rushes fix for Exchange ‘year 2022’ bug that blocks email
Some Microsoft Exchange admins coming to work today may be facing their first challenge of the new…
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