Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday Dec. 15, 2023
Howard Solomon of Cyber Security Today. The Week in Review and Terry Cutler of Montreal’s Cyology Labs discuss several stories from the past seven days. These include a U.K. Parliamentary report saying the country isn’t prepared for a targeted ransomware attack, North Korea’s Lazarus group is still exploiting the two-year-old Log4j vulnerability and the latest…
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Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for Friday, August 25th, 2023. Terry Cutler speaks about Zero Trust. Below is a summary of what he talked about on the podcast Zero Trust has garnered considerable attention recently due to its departure from the conventional security approach of trusting devices solely based…
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, June 2, 2023
The following is an edited transcript of one of our four topics. To hear the full conversation play the podcast Howard: News item one: Newfoundland and Labrador’s privacy commissioner slams the provincial government for the way it handled a ransomware attack on the healthcare system in 2021. In the attack, the personal information of at…
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, March 24, 2023
The following is an edited transcript of one of the topics in our discussion. For the entire conversation, play the podcast) Howard: I want to touch on a report issued last month. It was published by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on a red team assessment of an unnamed critical Infrastructure organization. A red team…
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, January 27, 2023
You can hear the podcast here. Howard: Let’s start by talking about Data Privacy Week. It’s often thought of as a way to remind consumers how to protect their personal data online, but companies also play a role. What’s your experience with organizations treating privacy as opposed to cybersecurity? Terry Cutler: Let’s first differentiate the two: Generally,…
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, December 23, 2022
Listen to Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and Terry Cutler as they talk about the U.S. Justice Department seizure of 48 internet domains of crooks offering DDoS-for-hire services, a Canadian supermarket chain Empire Co. said they might have to take charge of $25 million financial costs not covered by cyber insurance. Personal information of…
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, November 25, 2022
To hear our podcast click here Howard: I want to start with news of the theft of money from subscribers to the DraftKings fantasy sports betting site. DraftKings is an American-based sport and casino betting site available in several countries. On Monday (Nov. 21), there were news reports of users noticing funds had been withdrawn from…
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, Nov. 11, 2022
Howard: Terry Cutler is now joining us from Montreal. Just before we were to record this episode on Thursday, news broke that police in Canada arrested a man believed to be part of the LockBit ransomware gang. It isn’t clear from the initial statements from the police if he is one of the operators or an…
Read MoreThis Week in Review for Friday, September 30, 2022
Terry Cutler, head of Montreal’s Cyology Labs, joined Howard Solomon of Cyber Security Today: This is the Week in Review edition of the podcast for the week ending Friday, September 30th, 2022. You can listen to the full podcast here. Howard: The Week in Review often gets caught out by the calendar for specific events — Fraud Awareness Month…
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, Sept. 16, 2022
You can listen to the podcast here Howard: I want to start with the story about a private British bank called Coutts. Over the weekend it told customers not to install the new Apple iOS 16 operating system on their iPhones and iPads. Why? Because it wouldn’t work with the bank’s mobile app. Not only were…
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