Get cracking on Patch Tuesday security fixes. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Wednesday, February 14th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Yesterday was Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for February. Patches for 80 vulnerabilities were released, including five critical ones. And of those, two are
A record US$1 billion paid to ransomware gangs last year, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Friday, February 9th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Organizations paid out more than $1 billion to ransomware gangs last year. That's according to numbers compiled by Chainalysis.
AI fakes are making trouble for facial recognition logins, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Friday, February 2nd, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. US AI-generated fake biometric images are so good that in two years many firms won't accept facial recognition alone for
A new ransomware strain found, and questions about the level of ransomware payments. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Wednesday, January 31st, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. A new ransomware strain has been circulating for almost a year. According to a researcher at Netenrich, the
SolarWinds demands fraud allegation be dropped, a Canadian sentenced for ransomware attacks, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Monday, January 29th, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. SolarWinds is going to court to fight the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations that