Think Twice Before Taking A Facebook Quiz
With more time on our hands over the last few months, some of us have been on social media more than ever. Seemingly innocuous entries on many Facebook feeds are personality quizzes or profiling games that promise to reveal your spirit animal, or favourite ice cream, or whatever. While these may seem harmless, pause to […]
Latest Cybersecurity News
ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Gmail spam filtering outage could affect millions According to reports by Android Police and Forbes, a Gmail delivery outage on June 30 disrupted the mail filtering service on the popular email platform. As a result of the incident, there […]
Law Enforcement and Cybercrime
Stop! Thief! Does your cyberattack incident response plan include notifying the police? This is an important step that many organizations dismiss, but should consider. Today we’ll address some of the common reasons that companies give for not involving law enforcement, and explore why it’s time for a second look. Reason 1: I don’t know how […]
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ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. PCI Security Standards Council updates payment card standards If your business accepts or processes payment cards, a recent change to PCI data security standards may affect you. The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has released a major new […]
IT Staff Burnout During Pandemic
How is your IT staff coping during the pandemic? It’s been well-documented that the number of remote workers has exploded over the last few months. IT operations and the cybersecurity teams that defend your digital infrastructure may have never faced such relentless demands. Many IT staff have been on call 24×7 as users, unfamiliar with […]
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ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Six months to go for Adobe Flash The demise of Adobe’s “Flash” software is not news – back in July 2017, Adobe issued a statement advising that Flash would reach end-of-life (EOL) at the end of 2020. However, earlier […]
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ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Zoom Video Communications Inc. under fire for limiting end-to-end encryption On May 7, Zoom’s CEO Eric Yuan announced the acquisition of security startup Keybase to help Zoom build and “offer an end-to-end encrypted meeting mode to all paid accounts” […]
Businesses to Increase Their Investment in Cybersecurity Controls After COVID-19 Pandemic
Organizations to Increase Cybersecurity Spending following COVID-19 Pandemic. Sophisticated hacking groups and fraudsters are seizing the current COVID-19 pandemic to target unsuspecting victims and already disrupted businesses. They are exploiting the prevailing fear, uncertainties surrounding the situation, as well as the muddle caused by the rapid shift of business operations from office to remote environments. […]
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ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. CPA Canada data breach affects up to 329,000 The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA) organization has issued a web posting and news release confirming that a cyberattack against their flagship CPA Canada website provided unauthorized access to the […]