cybersecurity

Various computer scientists, researchers, lawyers and other techies have recently been attending bi-monthly meetings in Montreal to discuss life's big questions — as they relate to our increasingly intelligent machines.

Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the provincial government needs tighter controls on potential fraud by senior public officials who have access to taxpayers’ money.

Equifax Inc. says it has revised down the number of Canadians affected by its high-profile data breach to about 8,000 customers - from 100,000 previously estimated.

Canada's interconnected banks are vulnerable to a cascading series of cyberattacks that could undermine broad confidence in the financial system, the Bank of Canada warns.

David Vigneault, a senior government official with experience at several federal security agencies, will be the next head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Perpetrators demand hundreds or thousands of dollars to unlock the victims' computers — essentially holding the documents, photos and other items on the computer for ransom.

"This gold nugget is a decoy, a sparkly lure, a ball thrown for puppies," writes National Observer columnist Sandy Garossino after new allegations of scandal against President-elect Donald Trump.

The Canadian government is "simply not up to the overall challenge" of fending off cyberthreats on its own, warns a federally commissioned report.

Canadian and Australian officials have discovered that the site that attracted millions of users in search of discrete infidelity had inadequate security measures in place.

They say criminals increasingly use encryption to hide illicit activities.