Domains now part of NFT craze
The recent trend of using music, art or text as NFTs (non-fungible tokens) has extended to the world of domains. Domains are probably the most…
Category: Security
Cloudflare opens first Canadian office
Internet security and performance provider has opened its first Canadian office as reported by IT World Canada, the latest addition to the company’s Canadian presence,…
Internal email reveals Facebook intended to downplay data breach: report
The BBC is reporting that an internal Facebook email accidentally sent to Belgium-based Data News indicates that Facebook was planning to downplay the recent data…
Report: Facebook breach not reported to watchdog
The National Post is reporting that a recent Facebook breach was not reported to the federal privacy watchdog. Over the weekend, a cybersecurity expert revealed…
CRA locking 800K user accounts
In light of recent reports of a security breach at the Canadian Revenue Agency that took place in August and September of last year, the…
Whatsapp Lays Down The Gauntlet — Share with Facebook or Lose Access!
TrustedReviews.com is reporting that the latest Terms of Service update for Whatsapp contains a remarkable new demand — allow the app to share data with…
CIRA Releases 2020 Cybersecurity Report
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has published its annual cybersecurity report for the year and its findings are not positive. Here are some of…
ICANN69 Concludes General Meeting
ICANN69, ICANN’s regular general meeting, concluded earlier this month. Among the list of topics for the meeting were governance of the ccNSO (country-code names supporting…
Surge in George Floyd and BLM domains draws attention to “typosquatting”
No more than three days after the widely-publicized death of George Floyd–which sparked waves of protests under the banner of Black Lives Matter–a large number…
Canada Not Prepared For Cyberthreats, says CIRA Head
Testifying before Canada’s Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU), CIRA Director Byron Holland reported that the country has not adequately prepared itself for…