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 […]
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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 […]
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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” […]
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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 […]
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ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Microsoft Response to COVID-19 Microsoft has released a new version of their Edge browser that includes two key features designed to help users during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Edge 83”, in beta release to customers starting May 20, features the […]
Law Firm Cybersecurity
Lawyers and law firms are prime targets for cyber attacks. Few other lines of business have access to, and guardianship of, so much personal, private, sensitive, and confidential information. Cyber criminals know this, and are looking for ways to steal this data for financial or strategic gain, or simply hold it for ransom. Historically, the […]