A botnet exploits old routers, a new malware loader discovered, and more warnings about downloading code from open source repositories. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday March 27th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Despite repeated warnings that old internet-connected devices are being compromised by […]
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A suspected China threat actor going after unpatched F5 and ScreenConnet installations. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, March 25th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Hundreds of organizations in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia and other countries are being targeted by a China-based […]
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Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, March 22nd, 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 Montreal’s Cyology Labs will be here to talk about recent news. That includes lessons […]
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Mac CPUs are vulnerable to encrypted key theft, white hat hackers win a second Tesla, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, March 22nd, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. IT pros have heard about side channel attacks on Intel and AMD processors that […]
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Misconfigured Firebase instances are leaking passwords, a China-related threat actor is hacking governments and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, March 20th. 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Misconfigured web services on 900 sites that use Google’s Firebase web application development platform are leaking […]
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Fix this Python vulnerability, patch these industrial control system products, the latest data breaches and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, March 18th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. I’m back after some time away. A big thanks to Jim Love for doing […]
Google adds real time phishing protection to Chrome. A security bug is found in Kubernetes that allows attackers to remotely execute code on Windows nodes. The French government suffers an enormous cyber-attack and vulnerabilities in ChatGPT plug-ins. Welcome to Cybersecurity Today for Friday March 15th, 2024. I’m your host Jim Love, filling in for Howard […]
A new phishing scam uses car insurance savings as to lure its victims, a report by Sophos shows that small businesses are being targeted by cybercriminals at an increasing rate. Okta says that data claiming to be from hacking them is not their customer data. These stories and more… Welcome to Cybersecurity Today for Wednesday […]
Breaking Bad in cybersecurity – UK companies are warned that cybersecurity employees may moonlight on the dark web. Microsoft reveals that Russians hackers’ attack is still ongoing. A system used by US government states and agencies has a critical flaw and a new attack vector using fonts has been detected by marketing software Canva. Welcome […]
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VMware and Apple rush out security updates, a new ScreenConnect malware is found, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, March 6th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. VMware has pushed out security updates to close four vulnerabilities in major products. They must […]