Ransomware payments in 2017 will hit a record $2 billion, according to a new research from the cybersecurity firm Bitdefender. That figure would make 2017 the most costly year ever for ransomware, doubling the $1 billion paid out by ransomware victims in 2016 and skyrocketing above the $24 million paidRead More →
HACKED MEDICAL DEVICES make for scary headlines. Dick Cheney ordered changes to his pacemaker to better protect it from hackers. Johnson & Johnson warned customers about a security bug in one of its insulin pumps last fall. And St. Jude has spent months dealing with the fallout of vulnerabilities inRead More →
Technology runs the world — and 2016 was the year to prove it. The internet and the gadgets it runs on were at the centre of several of the year’s biggest stories, most notably the U.S. presidential election. From Facebook’s alleged fake news problem and concerns Russian hackers may haveRead More →
Although many enterprises have user access security measures in place, both on-premises and in the cloud, they may not have enough, warned the Cloud Security Alliance in a new report. The report, “Identity Solutions: Security Beyond the Perimeter,” was released April 21. It’s based on 325 online interviews conducted worldwideRead More →
Canada is lagging behind the U.S., Britain and other countries in defending citizens and businesses against malicious hackers and cyber-criminals, say numerous groups involved in trying to police the internet. “We’re failing, we’re falling behind,” warns Katherine Thompson of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance, one of Canada’s largest private-sector high-tech advocacy groups.Read More →
Is your cloud (online web-based) application vulnerable to hackers? Do you even know if the OpenSSL security flaw and bug affected your important data? Are you paying attention to your investment? Or do you even care? With many moving full steam ahead with cloud-based solutions, recent developments have casted aRead More →