Authorities take down Qakbot infrastructure, issue commands to delete the malware

Government authorities have scored another — if perhaps temporary — win in the fight against cybercriminals. Police in seven countries, including the U.S., said Tuesday they infiltrated and took down the infrastructure behind the Qakbot botnet, and then used that ...

Privacy czars urge websites to block data scraping

Privacy and information commissioners from 12 jurisdictions including Canada, the U.K., China, and Australia have urged social media companies to do more to prevent threat actors from scraping personal data from their IT systems. “Social media companies and the operators ...

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 25, 2023

Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 25th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. I had internet trouble this week when ...

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 18, 2023

Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, August 18th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes David Shipley of ...

Cyber Security Today, August 18, 2023 – CISA urges action on a Citrix ShareFile vulnerability, and more

The CISA urges action on a Citrix ShareFile vulnerability, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, August 18th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. A vulnerability in the storage ...