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Hybrid work, security and sustainability share centre stage at Cisco Live EMEA 2023

Last week, communications technology company Cisco announced a plethora of new tools and capabilities in the areas of hybrid work, cloud, IoT, security, networking,...

Management, lack of money blamed for poor cybersecurity at Canadian hospitals

The biggest impediment to improving the cybersecurity of Canadian hospitals is “lack of focus” of management and lack of money, says the head of...

AI revolution entrenched in Check Point’s orbit; so too is the channel

Conferences can be an opportunity to learn, and such was the case last week when Itai Greenberg, chief strategy officer with Check Point Software...

Few companies have visibility into their ICS/OT networks: Report

The U.S. came dangerously close to suffering a major cyber attack on its energy infrastructure last year, says the head of a cybersecurity company...

Reddit on data breach: ‘As we all know, the human is often the weakest part of the security chain’

Cybersecurity experts have long said that attackers need only to get lucky only once, while organizations have to be lucky every time there’s an...

Updated: Indigo Books still recovering from cyber attack

Canadian bookstore chain Indigo is still dealing with last week’s cyber attack. UPDATE: On February 14th Indigo said customer credit and debit card information was...

Toronto university to help train Ukrainians in cybersecurity

A Canadian university is partnering with Ukraine for a pilot program to train up to 100 Ukrainians to become cybersecurity professionals. The Brampton, Ont.-based Rogers...

U.S., South Korea issue alert on North Korean-based ransomware groups

North Korean state-sponsored ransomware groups are targeting hospitals and other critical infrastructure organizations, U.S. and South Korean law enforcement and intelligence agencies are warning. “The...

Indigo suffers ‘cyber incident,’ knocking it offline

Canada’s biggest book chain has suffered what it calls a cyber incident that knocked it offline on Wednesday. “We experienced a cybersecurity incident earlier today...

Give tax break so small Canadian firms can invest in cybersecurity, Parliament told

Ottawa should deploy a wide range of strategies, including tax breaks, to encourage small businesses to take cybersecurity more seriously, a member of a...

Income tax scams targeting Canadians – and Americans – have already started

It’s time to start preparing your personal income tax return in Canada and the U.S. Just remember that crooks are preparing, too. Researchers at Sophos...

Use these phishing-resistant authenticators, says NIST

Want to stop hackers from using phishing as leverage to get into your IT environment? Start using phishing-resistant multifactor authenticators such as hardware keys...

Ontario hospital recovering IT systems after cyber incident

Another Canadian hospital has been hit by a cyber attack, the second in three months. Ross Memorial Hospital in the eastern Ontario community of Lindsay,...

Customer database of Canadian mortgage broker left open on internet

A Canadian mortgage broker’s database containing personal information on thousands of people was left open on the internet, according to security researchers. Access to the...

Why cybercrooks love Telegram Messenger

The Telegram text and video messaging service has become a “thriving ecosystem” for cybercrime and will likely continue to be a major challenge for...

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