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Biggest risk with mass email theft is phishing, malware distribution, NuData Security says following Bell Canada hack
May 17, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe biggest risk with mass email theft is phishing and malware distribution, the vice president of business development with Vancouver-based NuData Security said in a statement on Wednesday, two days after Bell Canada confirmed an “illegal access” of customer information.…
Cyber Aware
April 1, 2017 Hershel Sahian, Partner; and Andrew Cottreau, Student-At-Law, Hughes Amys LLPCyber crime is on the rise. A study released by Juniper Research in mid-2015 projected that by 2019, the global cost of cyber crime will reach more than US$2 trillion, increasing to almost four times the estimated cost of breaches…
Almost 40% of industrial computers worldwide faced a cyberattack in the second half of 2016: Kaspersky
March 29, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterTwo in five computers around the globe related to the technological infrastructure of industrial enterprises faced cyberattacks in the second half of 2016, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab. Research from Kaspersky released on Tuesday showed that the percentage of…
Half of all phishing attacks in 2016 aimed at stealing money: Kaspersky analysis
February 22, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAlmost half of all phishing attacks registered in 2016 by Kaspersky Lab were aimed at stealing victims’ money, the cybersecurity company reported on Wednesday. According to the Financial Cyberthreats in 2016 report, 47.48% of all phishing attacks – fraudulent email…
Only 43% of Canadian companies could detect a sophisticated cyberattack, EY study finds
February 15, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterOnly 43% of Canadian companies could spot a “significant cybersecurity incident,” compared to 50% globally, according to EY’s Global Information Security Survey, released on Wednesday. The survey captured the responses of 1,735 participants around the globe from more than 20…
Cloud security company discovers new cyberattack targeting Office 365 business email users
December 15, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterExperts with New York City-based cloud security platform Avanan reported on Wednesday that they have discovered a new cyberattack targeting business email users of Microsoft’s Office 365. Avanan said in a blog post that the phishing attack was found using…
Seven in 10 polled organizations expect to do away with passwords within five years: U.S. survey
October 14, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterReliance on largely ineffective traditional authentication techniques is building as efforts to do away with passwords – cited by 69% of polled respondents in the United States – is ebbing, note new survey results from SecureAuth Corporation. Commissioned in conjunction…
Fifth of surveyed U.S. businesses have not done any recent security testing for vulnerabilities
September 15, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterAbout a fifth of surveyed businesses south of the border admit not having done any security testing for at least six months despite the lion’s share of respondents also reporting their organizations have encountered at least one security issue, notes…
85% of polled companies victims of phishing scams in 2015, a 13% increase from 2014: Wombat Security
September 7, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterMore than 8 in 10 organizations were victims of phishing scams in 2015, a 13% increase over 2014, according to companies polled recently by Pittsburgh-based information security company Wombat Security Technologies. Wombat Security compiled data from the “millions of phishing…
Malware an increasingly efficient, effective way to perpetrate data breaches
June 28, 2016 by Angela StelmakowichEverything is going automatic – and those looking to perpetrate data breaches with malware are no different – emphasizing the need for individuals and organizations to be better prepared to keep the cyber door closed to potential threats. With the…
Nearly half of polled firms with cyber insurance unsure if their policies are up-to-date for covering new attacks
June 7, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterAlmost half of firms with cyber insurance are unsure if their policy is up-to-date for covering new cyber social engineering attacks, according to research from Mimecast Limited, an email and data security company. Research from the company into the growing…