CyberwarCon – focusing on the impact of cyber-badness
A welcome return to the hacker conferences of yesteryear
Cybersecurity
Cyberattacks on financial sector worries Americans most
A recent survey carried out by ESET has revealed that Americans are worried most about cyberattacks on the financial sector, listing it above attacks against hospitals, voting systems, or energy supply companies
Good deal hunting: Staying safe on Black Friday
As the unofficial beginning of the holiday shopping season catches us up in the frenetic hunt for all those fantastic bargains, the shopping bonanza presents a host of risks to your online safety. Here are a few tips for going on a shopping spree and staying safe
Cybersecurity a big concern in Canada as cybercrime’s impact grows
90% of Canadians surveyed agreed that cybercrime was an important "challenge to the internal security of Canada"
Employees’ cybersecurity habits worsen, survey finds
Almost all young people recycle their passwords, often doing so across work and personal accounts
The cyber insurance question
Prevention is the best option but people continue to search for the easiest way out
Growing pains: Skills gap meets expanding threat surface
The need to defend a growing threat surface highlights the widening cybersecurity skills gap
Defending your company from cyberattack
ESET CTO Juraj Malcho outlines some of the ways in which organizations can reduce their cybersecurity risk
Programmer’s Day: Resources to audit your code
Taking advantage of the celebration of the Day of the Programmer, we share some audit tools to evaluate the security of your code
A heated summer for cybersecurity in Canada
An overview of some of the cyberattacks that Canadian organizations faced in the summer months of 2018
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
The first week in security video round-up from WeLiveSecurity
Canada tackles malicious online advertising
Federal agency issues Notices of Violation to Datablocks and Sunlight Media for allegedly facilitating the installation of malware through online advertising
Going on vacation? Five things to do before you leave
You’ve set up an out-of-office auto-responder and packed your stuff, but have you done all of your “homework” before you rush out the front door for that well-deserved time off?
The principle of least privilege: A strategy of limiting access to what is essential
The principle of least privilege is a security strategy applicable to different areas, which is based on the idea of only granting those permissions that are necessary for the performance of a certain activity
Trends 2018: Critical infrastructure attacks on the rise
Healthcare sectors, critical manufacturing, food production and transportation also said to be targets for cybercriminals
Inside fake Interac transfer and tax refund SMS phishing
It’s tax season in Canada and scammers are using fake tax refund forms to lure victims into supplying their personal information via phishing pages
What’s the deal with session-replay scripts?
Some aspects of online tracking go beyond just website analytics
Anti-Malware testing needs standards, and testers need to adopt them
A closer look at Anti-Malware tests and the sometimes unreliable nature of the process.
The 5 IT security actions to take now based on 2018 Trends
Implementing the five actions described in this article can help reduce your organization's cyber risk and bolster its security defenses
Lazarus KillDisks Central American casino
The Lazarus Group gained notoriety especially after cyber-sabotage against Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014. Fast forward to late 2017 and the group continues to deploy its malicious tools, including disk-wiping malware known as KillDisk, to attack a number of targets.