Creating trust is vital for any organization. It’s also one of the factors criminals rely on. The city of Burlington, Ont., found that out the hard way last month when an employee fell for an increasingly common scam: An email supposedly from what it calls a “trusted vendor” to change the bank account where the […]

Get rid of old Windows, a warning for Evite users and fake but-kind-of-true news Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday June 14th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cyber security for ITWorldCanda.com. To hear the podcast click on the arrow below: Attention IT pros and company owners: Those outdated Windows servers and computers still […]

“Aunty, do you happen to have any waste paper at home? I need them for my Environment Day project,” chirped a bright little thing standing at my door early Sunday morning. “I am sure I have. What is your project this year?” “Oh! I want to emphasize on ‘Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.’ by making durable paper […]

When dealing with blood transfusion and organ transplant services, the safety and availability of data is absolutely vital, and when all of that data is stored in one data centre, the risk of losing it to something like a tornado is a serious concern for Canadian Blood Services. “It’s core and fundamental to our mission […]

Cutting back on the number of security tools you’re using can save money and leave you safer. Here’s how to get started. Industry reports vary, but experts estimate that the modern CISO uses somewhere between 55 and 75 discrete security products. Vendors are often guilty of overpromising and underdelivering — the reality rarely lives up […]

Customers often ask us how to implement the suggestions provided in our blogs and threat advisories to better protect their environments. The goal of this blog is to do just that. By showing you how to better use our products, you’ll be able to protect against Emotet and other malware. Emotet is a Trojan downloader […]