Security News > 2017 > September

Researchers have analyzed Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer, and found Chrome to be the most resilient against attacks. “Modern web browsers such as Chrome or Edge improved...

Equifax revealed on Tuesday that the recent data breach affects roughly 100,000 Canadian consumers, but the company’s systems in Canada were not compromised. read more

54% of respondents to a Ponemon Institute study that involved more than 1,000 IT professionals said negligent employees were the root cause of a data breach. Password practices The study found...

Equifax suffered another breach of its systems, back in March, the company revealed Monday.

On Monday, Cisco and Piriform – the Avast-owned company behind the popular CCleaner utility – announced that certain versions of the software have been backdoored by hackers. A blog post by...

“Civilization is a progress from indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.”  ― Herbert Spencer read more

Tens of millions of Android users potentially had their information collected by a security application distributed through Google Play, Check Point security researchers warn. read more

Alex Mosher of CA Technologies Discusses Breach Prevention StrategiesMany recent data breaches, including the Equifax incident, show that "applications are really the vulnerable entry point into...

Gord Jamieson Outlines How Canada Is Responding to New Wave of CNP IncidentsCanada led North America in EMV adoption, and now it is seeing a commensurate growth in card-not-present fraud. Gord...

The European Union unveiled plans Tuesday to step up its response to cyber attacks, including a new intelligence-sharing agency, cyber war games and product safety labels. read more