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A hacker’s view of the civic infrastructure: Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition for March 23rd, 2024

What does the civic infrastructure look like through the eyes of a hacker? The legendary general Sun Tzu in the Art of War said that in order to defeat your enemy, you must first understand your enemy. How do you do this? He said, “to know your enemy, you must become your enemy.” If we

IT World Canada 2024-03-19 14:58:55

Gartner unveils their cybersecurity predictions with some good news and some bad news, more Apple AI rumours, Oracle tries a no-hype approach to AI, the US government may lose the ability to combat disinformation on social media and Microsoft aims to power through initial lukewarm responses to its AI integration. These and more top tech

40 thousand routers compromised: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, March 27th, 2024

A new cyberthreat is taking down home routers. Germany passes a law insisting on end to end encryption. Reports expose the craziness of tech hiring practices, the US government has had it with SQL injection attacks and Elon Musk gets a smackdown from a federal judge as we see more from the X files –

CIOs complain of “application sprawl” – Hashtag Trending, Monday March 25th, 2024

Apple may get an unexpected penalty from the US Governments new lawsuit, survey of CIOs complains of application sprawl but proposes that the way to get out of it is “more applications”, 1% of employees cause 89% of data loss events and information surfaces about some potentially enormous developments in AI in the coming months.

Apple buys Canadian AI startup: Hashtag Trending for Monday March 18, 2024

Apple buys a Canadian artificial intelligence startup, a new chip could promises to decrease costs and reduce the environmental footprint of AI, Citrix angers its partners and clients as rumours of new pricing and product bundling hit the street and are tech layoffs the “new normal?” All this and more on the “how to lose

AI presents an “extinction level threat” – US Gov’t Report: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, March 12, 2024

A new US government report warns that AI presents an “extinction level threat to the human species. Elon Musk is outsourcing his Grok AI code. Hackers have breached the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the US and a researcher shows how to steal a Tesla by leveraging a feature of the Tesla charging stations.

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Howard Solomon
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Pilot cybersecurity training program for women to recruit third cohort

The program is overseen by the Information and Community Technology Council (ICTC) and funded by Microsoft and the federal

Cyber Security Today, March 6, 2024 – VMware and Apple rush out security updates, a new ScreenConnect malware is found, and more

This episode reports on a survey of IT pros on insider attacks, US sanctions on a group that markets commercial spyware

Canada’s anti-money laundering agency hit by a cyber attack

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Robot startup uses ChatGPT to enhance its communications and reasoning skills

Humanoid robot startup Figure has secured a significant $675...

Lawsuit requires Pegasus spyware to provide code used to spy on WhatsApp users

NSO Group, the developer behind the sophisticated Pegasus spyware,...

OpenAI claims New York Times manipulated ChatGPT “fabricate data”

OpenAI has challenged the New York Times' copyright lawsuit,...

Companies experiment with four day work week enabled by AI

The dream of a four-day workweek is becoming a...

Nvidia CEO says we no longer need to teach children to code

At the World Government Summit in Dubai, Nvidia CEO...

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IMF reports that 40 percent of global employment could be disrupted by AI

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark...

Reverse ATMs becomes solution for cashless business

To accommodate the expanding number of cashless companies, reverse...

Shopify teams up with Melio to launch bill pay tool

Melio, a B2B payments firm, has teamed with Shopify...

Federal Budget 2023: Millions to fight foreign interference, threats and covert activities

A new National Counter-Foreign Interference Office will be created if the bud

Fintech Plaid adds identity verification to Canadian service

A U.S.-based data aggregator that allows consumers to connect their accounts with a variety of financial institutions through one app has now added its identity verification service for Canadian organizations. Last week, Plaid Financial began offering its Identity Verification and Monitor, a global verification and know-your-customer (KYC) solution, to help digital finance apps and services

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OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk: Hashtag Trending for March 7, 2024

OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk, 90 percent of statistics published on the Internet aren’t true, 30,000 Fidelity customers in the US have their data stolen and those hospital alarms sounds may not save lives – and they are responsible for a lot of deaths. All this and more on the “lies, damned liars and

Hashtag Trending Mar.6- Facebook goes down; Amazon nuclear-powered data centres; Public trust in AI sinking

Imagine a world without Facebook. For just half an hour. A group of AI leaders get together but don’t seem to invite Elon Musk. Amazon takes data centres nuclear. A new competitor for ChatGPT and Google. And public trust in AI is declining.    All this and more on the “just breath, Facebook will be

Hamilton confirms ransomware is behind cyber attack

"As of this moment," the city manager said, "we do not believe personal data has been

Hashtag Trending Mar.5- Apple Music fined for market dominance; LockBit back from the dead; OpenAI kills ChatGPT plugins

Apple Music gives a whole new meaning to the phrase the hits just keep on coming.  It’s not the opposing candidates, it’s public AI systems that are spreading election disinformation, and LockBit, the cybercriminal gang may be back from the dead and saying so long to the ChatGPT plugins, which went from innovation to legacy

Hashtag Trending Mar.5- Apple Music fined for market dominance; LockBit back from the dead; OpenAI kills ChatGPT plugins

Apple Music gives a whole new meaning to the phrase the hits just keep on coming.  It’s not the opposing candidates, it’s public AI systems that are spreading election disinformation, and LockBit, the cybercriminal gang may be back from the dead and saying so long to the ChatGPT plugins, which went from innovation to legacy

Is the BlackCat/AlphV ransomware gang self-destructing?

The ongoing saga of the BlackCat/AlphV ransomware gang continues, with a news report that the crew has shut down its servers after a controversial hack of an American healthcare services provider. Bleeping Computer says the gang’s data leak blog shut on Friday and the sites it uses to negotiate ransom payments closed today. This comes

Is the BlackCat/AlphV ransomware gang self-destructing?

The ongoing saga of the BlackCat/AlphV ransomware gang continues, with a news report that the crew has shut down its servers after a controversial hack of an American healthcare services provider. Bleeping Computer says the gang’s data leak blog shut on Friday and the sites it uses to negotiate ransom payments closed today. This comes

Is the BlackCat/AlphV ransomware gang self-destructing?

The ongoing saga of the BlackCat/AlphV ransomware gang continues, with a news report that the crew has shut down its servers after a controversial hack of an American healthcare services provider. Bleeping Computer says the gang’s data leak blog shut on Friday and the sites it uses to negotiate ransom payments closed today. This comes

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