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Report Details Cyber Threats to Canada, Canadians in 2023-24

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Persistent ransomware threats, increasing risk to critical infrastructure, state-sponsored activity, more bad actors, and new, disruptive technologies are the five cyber threat narratives noted in the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024 recently released by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

OneRep provides a consumer service that scrubs your personal information from Google and dozens of privacy-breaching websites. Byron: I was initially drawn to cybersecurity as a USA TODAY technology reporter assigned to cover Microsoft. Erin: What cybersecurity technologies are you most excited about right now?

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IDIQ Names Industry Veteran Damian Bushnell Chief Product Officer

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

For more than two decades, Bushnell has been a technology and product leader in the consumer credit and identity theft protection industry. He began his career supporting mortgage-related products at First American CREDCO.

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IDIQ Names Industry Veteran Damian Bushnell Chief Product Officer

Identity IQ

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

For more than two decades, Bushnell has been a technology and product leader in the consumer credit and identity theft protection industry. He began his career supporting mortgage-related products at First American CREDCO.

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Comcast Launches New Video Doorbell for Xfinity Home Customers

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

“The Xfinity Video Doorbell, integrated with our other Xfinity services, provides a convenient, secure way for homeowners to check in on their front door from anywhere, anytime,” said Matthew Ecker, VP, Consumer Services, Comcast Cable. “We About Comcast Corporation.

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Cloud Computing Trends in 2016

Spinone

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

As more and more companies move to cloud services to increase productivity and reduce costs, we are seeing a shift in how businesses are working with digital technologies and their needs and requirements are also changing to fit these new ways of working. Certain industries have a higher adoption level of cloud services.

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The Race to Hide Your Voice

WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 1, 2022

Voice recognition—and data collection—have boomed in recent years. Researchers are figuring out how to protect your privacy.

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How we can use strong authentication to instantly activate digital banking cards

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 16, 2021

In today’s digital world, using our mobile phones to consume services is now a part of everyday life. With the average person now spending 2 hours and 51 minutes on their phone each day, service providers like ecommerce sites and entertainment channels have had to adapt their interfaces so that they also work on a smartphone.

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The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2022

Since surfacing in late 2021, LAPSUS$ has gained access to the networks or contractors for some of the world’s largest technology companies, including Microsoft , NVIDIA , Okta and Samsung. “They were calling up consumer service and tech support personnel, instructing them to reset their passwords.

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What will be your decisive moment to secure your cloud applications in a Zero Trust world?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The study also revealed that 94% of IT professionals say their organizations’ security policies around access management was influenced by breaches of consumer services in the last 12 months.

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NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Related: The Internet of Things is just getting started The technology to get rid of passwords is readily available; advances in hardware token and biometric authenticators continue apace. Username and password logins emerged as the go-to way to control access to network servers, business applications and Internet-delivered consumer services.

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Selecting the Right Cloud SSO Solution for Your Organization

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 7, 2021

Of those surveyed, 20% of respondents indicated that they have deferred on-premises technology spend. Originally developed for consumer services, the FIDO2 standard evolved and was adopted by Microsoft for Windows Hello. Short term vs. long term. IAM innovations for cloud-based remote access. FIDO Authentication.

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Evolution of JSWorm ransomware

SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

Energy and Utilities (10%), Finance (10%), Professional and Consumer Services (10%), Transportation (7%), and Healthcare (7%) were also at the top of their list. According to the victim list published by the threat actors, two-fifths (41%) of JSWorm attacks were targeted against companies in the Engineering and Manufacturing category.

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Ransomware by the numbers: Reassessing the threat’s global impact

SecureList

APRIL 23, 2021

WastedLocker also appeared in 2020 and made global headlines when it knocked most popular services by Garmin, the well-known fitness and GPS technology company, offline for three days as it held the company’s data for a $10 million ransom. The malware used in the attack was specifically designed for Garmin. Conclusion.

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Cyber Security Informer

Report Details Cyber Threats to Canada, Canadians in 2023-24

SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

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IDIQ Names Industry Veteran Damian Bushnell Chief Product Officer

IDIQ Names Industry Veteran Damian Bushnell Chief Product Officer

Comcast Launches New Video Doorbell for Xfinity Home Customers

Cloud Computing Trends in 2016

The Race to Hide Your Voice

How we can use strong authentication to instantly activate digital banking cards

The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers

What will be your decisive moment to secure your cloud applications in a Zero Trust world?

NEW TECH: ‘Passwordless authentication’ takes us closer to eliminating passwords as the weak link

Selecting the Right Cloud SSO Solution for Your Organization

Evolution of JSWorm ransomware

Ransomware by the numbers: Reassessing the threat’s global impact

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