The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday unsealed an indictment against an Iranian national for his alleged involvement in a multi-year cyber-enabled campaign designed to compromise U.S. governmental and private entities. More than a dozen entities are said to have been targeted, including the U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State, defense contractors that […]
Monthly Archives: March 2024
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DevOps platforms have demonstrated immense importance in accelerating software delivery and fostering collaboration between development and operations teams. In the fast-paced landscape of software development, the culture of DevOps has been widely recognized and adopted as it unites people, processes, and technologies. The joint solution of GitHub and Azure, combined with the power of Visual […]
Since its launch, Microsoft Fabric has changed the data analytics game by offering a one-stop solution for cloud analytics—a central hub that unites multiple Microsoft services like Power BI, Data Factory, and Synapse Analytics under one umbrella. Learning the ins and outs of Fabric isn’t just about acquiring new skills; it’s about unlocking knowledge and […]
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We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Storage Actions, a fully managed platform that helps you automate data management tasks for Azure Blob Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage. With exponential growth in data estates, organizations face spiraling challenges with data management. Effective data management is essential for businesses to fully leverage […]
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With competition heating up in the foundry business – India this week approved three new semiconductor plants involving Tata Group and CG Power,, and is looking to achieve dominance in the industry – existing foundries have to up their game. Chief among them is Intel, which has been trying to recover from historical missteps that […]
How private is your internet address? Very, says the Supreme Court of Canada. Police can’t just walk into a company and demand a suspect’s IP address by saying a Canadian resident doesn’t have an expectation of privacy of that information, the court ruled today. An IP address is vital enough that every resident expects it […]
In a new report, KPMG has broken down the provincial adoption rate of generative AI across Canada, and found that Quebec led with 26 per cent, ahead of Alberta (23 per cent), British Columbia (22 per cent) and Ontario (20.5 per cent), which nearly tied with Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Atlantic Canada saw the lowest adoption […]
Ransomware attacks on healthcare over the last few months have been relentless, with numerous ransomware operations targeting hospitals and medical services, causing disruption to patient care and access to prescription drugs in the USA. […]
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Welcome to Cyber Security Today. From Toronto, this is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday March 1st, 2024 I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes Terry Cutler of Cyology Labs will join me to discuss some of the news from the […]
The Competition Bureau has announced that it has expanded its investigation into Google’s online ad practices. This is the first major update to the investigation since it began in 2020, and a year later the competition watchdog obtained a court order from the Federal Courts of Appeal, requiring Google to produce records and written information […]