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Follow ISA on LinkedIn to get notified of the latest cybersecurity news. WhatsApp privacy announcement uproar On January 4, WhatsApp published an update to its terms of use and privacy policy. The changes have created a good deal of confusion amongst many of WhatsApp’s userbase of over two billion people. A new pop-up message in the app notifies users that, as of […]
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Follow ISA on LinkedIn to get notified of the latest cybersecurity news. SolarWinds breach fallout continues As we enter 2021, the news continues to be bad for SolarWinds as a result of the Orion supply chain hacking incident disclosed in mid-December. The breach is now believed to have affected up to 250 American federal and […]
2020 Cybersecurity, A Year In Review
Read this article and more on Kevin Dawson’s LinkedIn Blog. 2020 has been a challenging year for many of us. We’ve endured lockdowns, learned terms like “flatten the curve” and “social distancing”, and adapted to seeing friends, family, and co-workers in little boxes on our screens. With the rollout of vaccines this past December, I […]
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Follow ISA on LinkedIn to get notified of the latest cybersecurity news. SolarWinds Breach Fallout Continues The biggest story in cybersecurity today remains the SolarWinds malware compromise. The first indications of the incident came to light on December 8 when FireEye announced that so-called “Red Team” tools (software used by FireEye to conduct penetration testing […]
ISA Threat Brief: SUNBURST – SolarStorm Hack
What happened at SolarWinds? On Monday, December 14, SolarWinds Inc. published a statement advising that selected SolarWinds® Orion® Platform software builds have been compromised. A cyberattack on their systems inserted a vulnerability into versions 2019.4 HF 5, 2020.2 with no hotfix installed, or 2020.2 HF 1. The compromise appears to have been created by cyber attackers who quietly tampered […]
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Follow ISA on LinkedIn to get notified of the latest cybersecurity news. Cyberattacks on Distribution of Coronavirus Vaccines IBM’s threat intelligence research task force (named “X-Force”) has identified a series of cyberattacks aimed at the logistics of the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Various companies and government organizations have been targeted, with speculation for the […]
The Crucial Role of GRC in Cybersecurity
GRC – governance, risk, and compliance – is playing an increasingly important role in the operations of many organizations. Today we’ll discuss what GRC is, and how it can help support your cybersecurity infrastructure. The concept of formal GRC evolved in the early 2000s after a number of high-profile corporate bankruptcies drove the need for improved […]
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Follow ISA on LinkedIn to get notified of the latest cybersecurity news. Fake social media buttons delivering payment card skimming malware Sansec, a security company that specializes in eCommerce malware and vulnerability detection, has released a study and report identifying new payment card skimming malware. According to the report, hackers are “hiding in plain […]
A Partnership Success Story: ISA & IBM
As a strategic partner of IBM Security, ISA Cybersecurity was invited to present a partnership success story at the recent IBM Think Summit Canada 2020 in the Security and Cyber Resilience track. This story recognizes the shared achievements of our team, our client, and our partner. Watch the 10 min talk here. Enza Alexander, ISA […]