March is the Fraud Prevention Month and also a good time to remind people that even if Internet represent a major opportunity for corporate and individuals businesses transactions it also provides opportunities for criminals to target and attack victims in order to scam them. Internet scams aim to defraud victims with scammers applying different methods …
Pour la version française, consultez cette page. In Canada and elsewhere, statistics are essential for the development of evidence-based and effective public policies. The use of consolidated statistics in the prevention and control of cybercrime is all the more important since the Canadian government has now a roadmap for Canada’s path forward on cyber security …
(English version will follow) Cette semaine, nous avons eu le plaisir de nous entretenir avec Serge-Olivier Paquette, chercheur en cybersécurité et intelligence artificielle chez Delve Labs, une startup montréalaise spécialisée dans le développement d’outils de sécurité autonome. Parlez-nous de vous. Chez Delve Labs, j’exerce un rôle hybride de scientifique de données, programmeur, statisticien et expert en cybersécurité. …
(English version will follow) Les cyberattaques coûtent approximativement 445 milliards de dollars par an à l’économie mondiale. Les rapports de renseignements sur les cyber menaces (cyber threat intelligence (CTI) en anglais) sont conçus pour aider les organisations à se protéger contre les cyberattaques. Pour créer ces rapports, les compagnies s’appuient sur des données collectées à …
(English version below) Alors que l’horloge approchait de la nouvelle année, vous avez certainement, comme des millions de personnes, décidé de prendre de bonnes résolutions concernant votre condition physique. Pour vous aider à tenir vos résolutions, vous avez certainement décidé d’acheter un moniteur d’activité ou un bracelet intelligent. Ces bracelets d’activité sont des systèmes intégrés …
(French below) Every year more and more people are doing their Christmas shopping online. Online Christmas shopping can come as blessing, as you can beat the queues in stores and get it all delivered to your door without leaving your house. However there are risks associated with online shopping. Cybersecurity challenges are continually evolving and …
Nowadays, organizations collect, transmit, and use data to perform a variety of business-related functions. The proliferation of data makes organizations targets for cyber criminals. This threat has resulted in large investments in secure data storage, networks, and cyber-defense systems. In spite of these investments, cybercrime is still very prevalent with massive breaches being reported almost …
Hospitals have hundreds—even thousands—of workers using countless electronic devices that are vulnerable to security breaches, data thefts and ransomware attacks. Health care data breaches are a growing threat to the health care industry, causing data loss and monetary theft but also attack on medical devices and infrastructure. Hospital data security breaches in particular have the potential to …
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is coming to an end in Canada. This is an opportunity to introduce another initiative to enhance outreach, research and education for cybersecurity. It is a well-known fact that there is a shortage of trained cybersecurity professional. Industries and governments are looking for ways to attract students into the field of cybersecurity …
Metadata is data that provides information about other data. When it comes to online social networks (OSN), metadata are associated to most of the information we produce in our daily interactions and communications. Privacy concerns are rising for online social networks users and in response, OSN platforms have introduce controls for users to manage their …