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cybersecurity
Amazon Echo – the security risk you invite into your home?
An Amazon Echo user reported their private conversation had been recorded and emailed to a contact – without their permission
Online Genealogy Platform MyHeritage Has Been Hacked
A cyber leak involving the details of tens of millions of people was reported earlier this week. The sensitive data has been stolen from the…
Emergency Room Patients Targeted by Personal Injury Law Firms
Injury attorneys have found a way to deploy geofencing and geotracking marketing campaigns aimed at patients visiting hospitals, pain clinics, and chiropractor offices.
The FBI advises users to reset their routers to stop VPNFilter
Routers in Europe and Asia have been the clear goal for cybercriminals in the past weeks. The expansion of the malware Roaming Mantis, which attacks…
Canadian banks hacked, 90000 customers’ data stolen
Earlier this week more than 90,000 people have been affected by recent cyber-attacks aimed at two of the largest banks in Canada – Bank of Montreal (BMO) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce’s Simplii Financial (CIBC).
Cybersecurity Lessons from Pop Culture
We have all seen the classic Hollywood hacking. It usually involves a man in a basement dressed in all black. He can be seen typing at an unrealistic rate instantly hacking into a person or organization’s files. The reality?
How to get your company ready for a security audit
Companies must make sure their defense strategies for threats are performing to their full potential. To this end, carrying out a security audit can be a good way to find out the state of your company’s protection systems