Hackers increasingly target Canada key infrastructure: Spy agency

Global ransomware attacks increased by 151 percent in the first half of 2021 compared with 2020, Canada’s signals intelligence agency has reported, as hackers become increasingly brazen. Key Canadian infrastructure has regularly been targeted in ransomware attacks in which hackers essentially hold computer information hostage until they are paid, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said […]

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Cyber attacks on the UK hit new record – with COVID vaccine research prime target

Britain’s cyber security agency had to tackle a record 777 cyber incidents over the past year, with coronavirus vaccine research a prime target for attack. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, said a number of the incidents were linked to hostile states, including Russia and China. This included a global hacking campaign, blamed on Russia’s foreign […]

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Safety Detectives: Q & A With TSFactory

Safety Detectives recently interviewed TSFactory’s CEO, Thomas Kucmierz. Safety Detectives: Please share your company background, how you got started, and your mission. TSFactory: TSFactory was founded in 2005 by Claudio Rodrigues, the first Microsoft MVP, with the intent to market and sell its newly designed remote session recording product, RecordTS. Claudio left TSFactory after a couple of […]

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Hackers Compromise FBI Email System to Spam Fake Cybersecurity Alerts

Tens of thousands of people received fake email alerts on Friday and Saturday purporting to come from the Federal Bureau of Investigation after hackers compromised an FBI-run online portal. Hackers used a “software misconfiguration” to temporarily gain access to the Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP) and send out an email blast from what appeared to […]

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If healthcare doesn’t strengthen its cybersecurity, it could soon be in critical condition

It’s hard to imagine anything more cynical than holding a hospital to ransom, but that is exactly what’s happening with growing frequency. The healthcare sector is a popular target for cybercriminals. Unscrupulous attackers want data they can sell or use for blackmail, but their actions are putting lives at risk. A cyberattack on healthcare is […]

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