Date: July 21st, 2010 Facebook user base tops 500 million Source: financialpost.com Put another way, that means about one out of every 14 people on planet Earth is on Facebook.
Date: June 22th, 2010 Police Looking for Laptop Thieves Source: InsideToronto.com Police said computer equipment was stolen from several businesses between January and June
Date: June 18th, 2010 95 Data Breaches from 2010 Source: DataBreaches.net An extensive list of major data breaches from 2010 that didn't mke the news
Date: May 28th, 2010 Kudos for anti-spam bill, concern over PIPEDA changes Source: it World Canada Experts welcome the re-introduction of the federal anti-spam bill. But they've got serious reservations about proposed changes to Canada’s privacy law
Date: May 18th, 2010 Risk of cyber-attacks growing: CSIS memo Source: CBC News A top secret memo written by Canada's spy agency warns that cyber-attacks on government, university and industry computers have been growing substantially.
Date: May 11th, 2010 A Treasure Trove for Hackers Source: thestar.com The new 'smart grid' development plans to collect information on power usage while the smart meters, which are installed ...
Date: April 30th, 2010 Get more life out of your battery Source: yahoocanada.ca BatteryUniveristy has put together a comprehensive guide on how to combat the inevitable signs of aging on your computer battery’s life...
Date: April 30th, 2010 Antivirus – For better or worse? Source: itbusiness.ca 15% of all malicious web activity now comes from fake antivirus software...
Date: April 15th, 2010 Security: Mac vs. PC Source: cnet.com Macs are widely believed to be the more secure choice of personal computer. Surprisingly, the reality does not live up to the expectations...
Date: April 12th, 2010 The Mac Hacker Source: Forbes Magazine When I first began saying that Macs were less secure than Windows, everyone thought I was an idiot,
Date: March 23rd, 2010 Obama's twitter account 'hacked' Source: bbc.com A French national going by the name of “Hacker Troll” was arrested for hacking into several celebrity twitter accounts...
Date: March 22nd, 2010 'Malvertisements' infect millions Source: cnet.com An antivirus company recently released information regarding a slew of web advertisements embedded with malicious code...
Date: March 18th, 2010 Dangerous delusions about e-mail and online safety Source: itbusiness.ca Certain misconceptions about e-mail and Web site safety could have dangerous consequences. Here are some common ones...
Date: March 18th, 2010 What's in your copier? Source: torontostar.com Your office copier...a machine which scans, prints and copies all your valuable documents while also saving them to the built in hard drive...
Date: March 08, 2010 Small Businesses, Big Problems Source: NetworkWorld.com A recent study by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shows that online banking scams have been on the rise...
Date: March 5th, 2010 Are Arrests Preventing The Spread of Cybercrime? Source: cnn.com On, March 3, 2010 authorities arrested three individuals who according to CNN were responsible for one of the largest virus networks on the web. The network in question was a well known virus and is speculated to have affected over 13 million computers across 190 countries.
Date: January 29th, 2010 Ontario privacy commissioner admonishes Facebook Source: itBusiness.ca On International Data Privacy Day, Ontario's Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian had harsh words for those who neglected to encrypt sensitive information on mobile storage, and for Facebook's apparently new approach to privacy.
Date: January 15th, 2010 China says ways to resolve Google issue, U.S. cautions Source: Financial Post China sought on Friday to play down a threat by Google Inc to quit the country on hacking and censorship concerns, saying any decision by the Internet search giant would not affect U.S. trade ties.
Date: December 22nd, 2009 Ontario's privacy commissioner probing missing health records in Durham Region Source: the Canadian Press Ontario's information and privacy commissioner has launched an investigation after the health information of more than 83,000 people who attended H1N1 flu clinics in Durham Region, east of Toronto, was apparently lost.
Date: September 4th, 2009 Canada’s CAs unveil SME-focused data breach guide Source: IT World Canada While large enterprises often dominate the news coverage when it comes to data breaches, SMEs are targeted just as much. The Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants release a guide for smaller shops.
Date: April 19th, 2009 Larry Keating: Data Security in a changing economic landscape Source: Connect IT As Canadian companies continue to fight the economic storm, the solution provider community has to go 'back to basics' and remember even though customer budgets are tighter, the need for secure technology remains a constant.
Date: February 17, 2009 Larry Keating: New technology boosts productivity in challenging economy Source: Canadian Lawyer Magazine Lawyers today are well advised to consider technology as a means to achieving greater efficiencies and client data security, but are often overwhelmed with managing the complexity of their computers, especially in smaller firms.
Date: May 7th, 2009 35 percent of Canadian SMBs 'lack even basic security' Source: itbusiness.ca A significant number of Canadian small and midsized firms haven't yet taken even basic security measures, such as deploying anti-virus and backup /recovery products, a recent Symantec Canada sponsored survey indicates.
Date: November 3rd, 2008 Terrible Trojan steals 500,000 bank account, credit card logons Source: itbusiness.ca It's dubbed the Sinowal Torjan horse. And the gang behind it has managed to obtain access to nearly half a million bank accounts and credit cards – a volume security experts say is 'extraordinary.'
Date: July 3rd, 2008 10,000 Laptops Stolen Each Week from US Airports Source: ExportFocus.com According to a survey conducted by The Ponemon Institut, over 10,000 laptops are lost or stolen each week at U.S. airports, with half them containing confidential corporate information.
Date: June 4th, 2008 Companies 'gambling' with personal data Source: the National Post According to a survey conducted by The Ponemon Institut, over 10,000 laptops are lost or stolen each week at U.S. airports, with half them containing confidential corporate information.
Date: June 1st, 2008 Interview with Ann Cavoukian, Subject: Biometric Encryption Source: Nymity Biometric data, such as fingerprints and facial images, are unique and permanent identifiers that are widely understood to be private and personal information, worthy of legal protection.
Date: June 1st, 2008 Failing the basics will get you hacked Source: InfoWeek.ca Information security firm Sophos evaluated 580 PCs over a 40-day period and found businesses of all sizes can't tackle even the most basic things when it comes to IT security.
Date: May 8th, 2008 Hacker-controlled server discovered that houses 1.4GB of stolen data Source: ConnectItNews.com Finjan Inc., makers of secure web gateway products, has discovered a server controlled by hackers that contained more than 1.4 gigabytes of business and personal data stolen from infected PCs.
Date: May 1st, 2008 Stolen laptop contained 32,000 farmers' financial data Source: CBC.ca The laptop was stolen when a programmer working for the Canadian Canola Growers Association took the machine off-site for routine maintenance.
Date: Feb 21st, 2008 New coverage designed for cyber-liability and privacy breaches Source: Canadian Underwriter In a seminar in Toronto, Executive Risk said its insurance product is being developed to tackle cyber-liability risks not often covered under traditional insurance policies.
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