Canadian Security News

All around the world, the COVID-19 Pandemic has drawn in an army of scientific advisers -doctors, epidemiologists, and health strategists- to help combat both its spread and effects. In this, Canada is no exception, but whereas most nations...

The right to be left alone is often treated as one of the most fundamental rights of mankind, but according to the company Clearview AI, this right doesn’t extend to your image- well, not if you happen to be Canadian it doesn’t. The Company,...

The stories about faults in Zooms data privacy have been coming thick and fast these past few months, with Zoom-bombed classes, threats to children’s privacy, and even governments banning the platform altogether. The COVID-19 lockdowns...

Canada is one of the many nations using -or attempting to use- contact tracing as a way to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier in the year, Ontario launched a health data platform called the PANTHR system, an AI that intended to collate...

Scammers, Phishers and other assorted online criminals are nothing if not adaptable, and the COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately proven that. Whether for your data, cash, or privacy, this new wave of scams and malware has made the internet...

Zoom-bombing, the act of jumping into zoom meetings uninvited and unwanted to cause chaos and confusion started, like many things do, as a joke. Unfortunately, from security leaks to a vehicle for racism, this is a joke that’s already gone too...

COVID-19 has hugely digitised many of the ways we interact, and education is no exception. With schools potentially being one of the most at-risk vectors of the pandemic, they were quick to close. But even in an epidemic, education couldn’t...

Zoom has seen a meteoric rise these past few months, its stock value has grown 150% as a result of its user-base surging by almost 3,000%. From a respectable 10 million users in December 2019, it now boasts over 300 million, over a third of...

Facebook Fights Canadian Court's Privacy Verdict “lacking impartiality” “not independent” and “Improper”, these are just a few of the accusations Facebook has thrown at Canada's privacy chief and his investigation into the corporation....

With the Digital Services Act currently under review in the EU, Brussels is striving to set new standards and drive a fresh economy - one where big data and digital interaction make up the heart of the society. With this, undoubtedly, comes...