On Monday, The Security Service of Ukraine (also known as the SBU) had announced that they had discovered and destroyed five bot farms since the war had started with Russia. These bot farms were spreading misinformation to Ukrainian citizens during the war, causing panic among them. These bot farms had over 100,000 fake social media …
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Faced with stiffening sanctions from Western countries over its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is considering accepting bitcoin as payment for its oil and gas exports. In a news conference held last week, the head of Russia’s State Duma committee on energy, Pavel Zavalny said that when it comes to “friendly” nations such as China or …
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The state of Saskatchewan is a member of Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada since the March of 2020 and has been considering implementing a Digital ID system in the province. In its current standing Alberta already has a similar application implemented. The intended purpose of this system is to speed up the government …
Honda is a renowned multinational automobile manufacturer known for affordability, safety, and reliability. Honda is the eighth largest automaker in the world and the largest producer of internal combustion engines. In Canada, Honda vehicles are extremely popular. The Honda Civic is a household name that everyone is familiar with. In fact, The Honda Civic is …
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Cyberattacks present a new challenge to the concept of jurisdiction. Attackers can commit devastating crimes in countries that they will never visit in person. Targeting systems outside of one’s home country is advantageous: it makes reprisal from the owners of those systems difficult for jurisdictional reasons. Extraditing criminals is not easy; investigating criminals who reside …
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Okta Inc (OKTA.O), whose authentication services are used to grant access to networks by firms such as FedEx Corp (FDX.N) and Moody’s Corp (MCO.N), and more than 15,000 clients, announced on Tuesday that it had been hacked and that some clients may have been affected. Okta reported that in the “worst-case” 366 of its clients …
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Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard or HP is a multinational information technology company that is widely known for their consumer-grade electronic equipment. Most offices today will use HP in some form, whether that be through their laptops, monitors, printers etc. HP was the leading PC manufacturer from 2007-2013, this alone shows us how widespread HP products are, which …
Cryptocurrency has lately been at the forefront of a lot of scams. It has been the very tool which has allowed scammers, thieves and hackers to all be able to net huge profits without getting caught. Just recently on March 24th, there was a flash loan attack on One Ring Protocol which allowed the scammers …
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What are the allegations? The accused are alleged to have installed backdoors and launched malicious software designed to compromise the safety of energy facilities. The accused are alleged to have installed backdoors and launched malicious software designed to compromise the safety of energy facilities. Two separate groups are accused. According to the indictment, between May …
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On March 17, 2022, CafePress’ past owner was fined $500,000 for security problems. What is CafePress? CafePress is an online retail store that allows customers to create their own products, like custom T-shirts, bags, mugs and other merchandise. ‘Shoddy’ Security The Federal Trade Commission(FTC) claims that CafePress stored the customers’ information in readable text, kept …
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