

Cyber attacks: Are you covered?
Include cyber insurance as part of a risk mitigation strategy.
Cyber attack targets Montreal health agency, forcing it to go off line
Internet connectivity as well as external and remote access to our networks have been suspended.
Ministers warn COVID-19 researchers of foreign actors threat
They urge strong cyber- and physical-security protocols to guard against aggressive targeting of research.
China launches initiative for global data security issues
Move comes with the US accusing Chinese technology companies of threatening American national security.

Tesla targeted in failed ransomware extortion scheme
Russian cyber crook tried to recruit a fellow Russian speaker who worked at the company’s battery plant.

Privacy breach: Reporting is mandatory. Are you ready?
What you need to know with the new provisions now in force.
Feds see internet data cloud as alternative to their creaky computer systems
…But concerns related to data control, protection and privacy have been raised.
Trudeau, allies talk Russian cyber attacks during London intelligence briefing
Using cyber as part of a wider effort to attack and undermine the international system: May
Federal cybersecurity strategy follows ‘overlap, lack of clarity’
New centre will offer cybersecurity guidance to SMEs lacking resources or know-how to fend off hackers and other threats.

Drones to cloud computing: Russian cyber hack wish list
Fancy Bear hackers exploited US national vulnerability in cybersecurity: poorly protected e-mail.

Prepare for an attack: Lessons learned from Verizon-Yahoo ordeal
Without adequate remedial action in place, cyber attacks can impact organizations in many ways.
Total number of Canadians impacted by Equifax cyber attack passes 19,000
Credit card records contain names, addresses, credit or debit card numbers, expiry dates and SINs.

Cyber crime’s grave threat to automated resource firms
Danger of a multi-tonne piece of equipment running amok or shutting down at a critical time.

Your industrial control system is vulnerable to cyber attack
Take stock of your assets and regularly assess vulnerabilities.
EU considers sanctions to respond to cyber attacks
Will develop a “cyber-diplomacy toolbox” to respond to malicious activities online.