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Gartner unveils their cybersecurity predictions with some good news and some bad news, more Apple AI rumours, Oracle tries a no-hype approach to AI, the US government may lose the ability to combat disinformation on social media and Microsoft aims to power through initial lukewarm responses to its AI integration. These and more top tech […]

Apple buys Canadian AI startup: Hashtag Trending for Monday March 18, 2024

Apple buys a Canadian artificial intelligence startup, a new chip could promises to decrease costs and reduce the environmental footprint of AI, Citrix angers its partners and clients as rumours of new pricing and product bundling hit the street and are tech layoffs the “new normal?” All this and more on the “how to lose […]

Bug in Kubernetes allows remote code execution on Windows’ nodes: Cyber Security Today for Friday, March 15, 2024

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 […]

Google’s enhanced protection from phishing in Chrome: Hashtag Trending for Friday, March 15, 2024

Google announces enhanced protection from phishing and malware in the Chrome browser. Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not the creator of Bitcoin as he has claimed for the past 8 years. Most subscription software doesn’t make money and the opposing argument for banning TikTok. All this and more on the “open your mind” edition […]

Is your connected car “ratting you out” to your insurer? Hashtag Trending for March 13th, 2024

Optical fibre cables in the UK are under attack. Meta sues a Vice President for stealing information when he moved to a competitor. ChatGPT uses in a day enough electricity to power 17,000 households and is your connected car ratting you out to your insurance company? All this and more on the “what else does […]

Okta says that leaked data is not their clients: Cyber Security Today for March 13th, 2024

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 […]

AI presents an “extinction level threat” – US Gov’t Report: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, March 12, 2024

A new US government report warns that AI presents an “extinction level threat to the human species. Elon Musk is outsourcing his Grok AI code. Hackers have breached the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the US and a researcher shows how to steal a Tesla by leveraging a feature of the Tesla charging stations. […]

IT World Canada fights for survival

Facing an unprecedented crisis, IT World Canada, a beacon of technology journalism, is on the brink of closure. This poses a critical question: Without IT World Canada, who will narrate Canada’s tech story? After decades of serving the Canadian tech industry, IT World Canada needs help to survive. As of midnight tonight, the company is […]

RingCentral drills down the opportunities for AI to revamp customer interactions

Yesterday, chief information officer (CIO) of IT World Canada Jim Love sat down with Amir Hameed, senior vice president of worldwide solution sales and engineering, and Kevin Krempulec, Canada country manager, from cloud communications platform RingCentral, to discuss how AI can transform the conversation across both customer and employee journeys. The first step for organizations […]

Pilot cybersecurity training program for women to recruit third cohort

A pilot program aimed at training women and non-binary persons for careers in cybersecurity will soon start recruiting its third group of students. The program, offered to students in computer science and related courses in seven Canadian post-secondary institutions, should start looking for candidates next month for the fall academic year, said Vivian Lee, team […]