Security News

New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches
2019-04-27 10:48

Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner. Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to...

Canada Says Facebook Violated Privacy Laws
2019-04-26 12:18

Privacy Commissioner Will Go to Court to Enforce RecommendationsCanada's privacy commissioner says Facebook violated its privacy laws by failing to protect users' personal data. The commissioner...

Canada Privacy Watchdog Taking Facebook to Court
2019-04-26 04:47

Canada’s privacy czar said Thursday that he is taking Facebook to court after finding that lax practices at the social media giant allowed personal information to be used for political purposes. read more

Zuck it up: Facebook hit with triple whammy of legal probes, action in Canada, US, Ireland
2019-04-26 01:53

Ignoring privacy laws, storing plain text passwords, slurping millions of contact details come back to bite web giant Here's a triple Thursday whammy: Facebook has been accused of breaking...

Leap in Cyber Attacks Against Elections in OECD Countries: Canada
2019-04-08 21:23

Cyber attackers targeted half the member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that held national elections in 2018, the agency that monitors Canada's telecoms...

Canada Helping Australia Determine 'Full Extent' of Hack
2019-02-20 21:42

Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency said Wednesday it is working with Canberra to try to determine the scale of computer hacking on Australia's parliament and political parties just months...

Snowden’s Attorney Urges Canada to Take in Whistleblower Helpers (Part Two)
2019-01-07 17:12

Robert Tibbo discusses being pushed to leave Hong Kong under pressure and efforts made to the Canadian government to grant refugee status to the “Snowden refugees.”

Fake Bomb Threat Emails Demanding Bitcoins Sparked Chaos Across US, Canada
2018-12-14 13:03

"Pay $20,000 worth of bitcoin, or a bomb will detonate in your building" A massive number of businesses, schools, government offices and individuals across the US, New Zealand and Canada on...

Singapore Signs Cybersecurity Agreements With US, Canada
2018-11-19 13:32

Singapore last week signed cybersecurity-related agreements with both Canada and the United States as officials from both countries visited Singapore for the 33rd ASEAN Summit. read more

Canada's Mandatory Breach Notification Rules Now in Effect
2018-11-01 12:33

Organizations Must Comply With Data Breach Reporting Requirements or Face FinesPrivate sector organizations in Canada must now report all serious data breaches to the country's privacy watchdog as...