Critical national infrastructure organizations face different types of security threats, such as cyber-attacks and physical security breaches which threaten critical vital assets of a country. In addition to threats from actors outside the organization, those organizations can also face insider threats. That is considered to be an important security concern for organizations and government agencies …
(English version will follow) PROFIL DE COMMUNAUTÉ Cette semaine, nous avons eu le plaisir de nous entretenir avec Olivier Bilodeau co-fondateur de Montréhack. Il y a bientôt 6 ans, vous avez fondé Montréhack, un groupe de professionnels de la sécurité et d’étudiants qui se rencontrent une fois par mois pour partager leurs compétences dans un …
(English version will follow) Le harponnage est un problème majeur et lorsqu’ignoré, les effets de ce phénomène on des conséquences dévastatrices. Le harponnage est une méthode d’hameçonnage qui cible des individus ou des groupes à l’intérieur d’une organisation et est difficile à détecter, car il utilise une approche ciblée afin de baisser la garde des …
Les sites de pari extraterritoriaux (offshore) en ligne sont ceux qui offrent des services aux consommateurs résidant dans des juridictions où ils ne détiennent pas de licence. Du point de vue d’un régulateur ou d’un gouvernement, ces sites sont indésirables, car ils sont en concurrence avec les sites nationaux et ne paient pas de taxes. …
URL shortening services provide a short link in place of a long URL. Attackers sometimes use these services to mask the URL of a malicious destination, making it harder for a person to detect a link that they shouldn’t click on. A group from the university of Ottawa and IBM collected 300 thousand malicious …
Strangers on a Train (1951) Perhaps its a result of the advances made in security technologies, or just our understanding of the risks, but the ‘insider threat’ has become a part of the security landscape on par with massive DDoS and State driven Advanced Persistent Attacks. The insider threat is the risk of an employee …
The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre produces regular bulletins to help Canadians to better protect themselves against fraud. Phishing scams are traditionally associated with misleading and deceptive emails, falsely claiming to be from a legitimate organization such as a financial institution, business or Government agency in an attempt to have the consumer surrender private and personal information. Scammers …
Cyber New Brunswick will be hosting a two day event at the Fredricton Convention Centre on the 15th and 16th of May 2018 on the Development of Cybersecurity. It will feature presenters from across the globe speaking on the development of the cybersecurity workforce in Australia, Paris, the Netherlands and North America. Get …
Dr. Mashatan is currently a faculty member at the Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management of Ryerson University where her research focus has been on Information Systems Security and Privacy. Prior to joining Ryerson University, she was a Senior Information Security Consultant and Solutions Architect at CIBC. Prior to that Dr. Mashatan was …