A successful ransomware attack on Kesaya, a company that remotely controls programs for businesses, has spread to at least 200 organizations. According to cybersecurity firms this is one of the single largest criminal ransomware sprees in history. The attack, first revealed Friday afternoon, is believed to be affiliated with the prolific ransomware gang REvil and …
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The Federal Court of Appeal confirmed a site blocking order that was touted as the \”first ever\” in Canada back in 2019. The Federal Court of Appeal is right. Courts should issue site blocking orders more often and on an interlocutory basis. IP defendants are routinely allowed to allege some bogus defenses left unresolved till …
Over the last couple of years, I have received several spammy emails appearing to be sent from a record label employee asking me to open a zip file with my name on it, or a Word doc where I need to activate macros. Today the cyber-fraudster has replaced their name with a bogus email address …
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The latest buzzword in cybersecurity sounds delicious but it is also a preventive mechanism against hacking and can save time and resources in forensic analysis of cyber-breaches. Honeypots are hacker traps and they come in many forms and sizes adapted to your needs. Our tech expert Roman Blake is developing a comprehensive guide for creators …
The consequences of yesterday\’s data dump begin materializing. I just received an email from \”Desjardins\” asking me to re-activate my account due to a connection error during my last login attempt. I specifically isolated the url link to see how it behaves, so I can report it to the RCMP. Desjardins surprisingly doesn\’t give you …
A massive 100GB TXT file that contains 8.4 billion entries of compromised passwords found its way on a popular hacker forum. The leaked password compilation is dubbed RockYou2021 and has presumably been built from previous data leaks and breaches. This is the time to change passwords. What to do if your password was leaked? If …
À la suite d\’une \”attaque informatique\” chez un fournisseur de Postes-Canada (tierce partie), des pirates se sont emparés des informations personnelles de 950 000 personnes ayant reçu des colis de 44 entreprises entre juillet 2016 et mars 2019. Les informations compromises incluent les noms, adresses, numéros de téléphone et numéros de boîtes postales des victimes. Cette situation met …
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Since the start of the pandemic, most organizations reported an increase in targeted cyberattacks. Now, with the end of the pandemic in sight, cybersecurity teams face another potential headache — the vaccine passport. Cybercriminals have begun developing strategies to deploy large scale vaccination specific-identity theft, security breaches and personal data \”leaks\”. Other concerns are fake QR codes …
Algorithmic bias meets our worst nightmare. The On Air feature of the Citizen crime alert app triggered a public manhunt for a man wrongfully accused to have started a wildfire in Los Angeles. A reward was offered for app users to find him. It turned out that the man was innocent. https://www.foxla.com/news/citizen-app-sets-off-manhunt-for-man-falsely-accused-of-starting-palisades-fire
In 2017 the Court of Appeal of the 2nd circuit ruled that the president of the United States Twitter account is a constitutionally protected public forum limiting the President\’s power to block users who criticize him on the platform. In 2021 Twitter proved the Court of Appeal 100% wrong by asserting absolute control over several …
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