February 5, 2024 | Local, Defence and Security
Warnings to AnyDesk and Mastodon administrators, a lesson from a Cloudflare breach, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday, February 5th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. IT administrators allowing the use of the AnyDesk remote desktop connection software should immediately force users to
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Government authorities have scored another -- if perhaps temporary -- win in the fight against cybercriminals. Police in seven countries, including the U.S., said Tuesday they infiltrated and took down the infrastructure behind the Qakbot botnet, and then used that access to order infected computers to delete the malware. The action, dubbed Operation Duck Hunt,
March 16, 2023
Ottawa should improve the nation's cybersecurity maturity by helping small and medium businesses buy IT gear, as well as promoting post-secondary cyber defence.
November 23, 2023
Canadian organizations are nowhere near ready for the new environmental, social and governance standards and reporting regulations, a study finds. With the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) mandate, sustainability reporting pressures on Canadian companies are becoming demanding and complex. The mandate requires that, by 2025, companies both inside and outside the European Union have