Ottawa announced it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices in response to privacy and security concerns. The federal government said it will also block the Chinese-owned social media app from being downloaded on official devices in the future. The new rule follows the app’s intense scrutiny in the United States and also concerns of covert Chinese influence on Canadian affairs. (Globe and Mail

Classified as: School of Information Studies, Benjamin Fung, Cybersecurity
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Published on: 1 Mar 2023

McGill-managed desktop and laptop Windows computers will receive an important security update beginning on October 31, 2022. Cisco Secure Endpoint, McGill’s antivirus software, will receive its regularly scheduled, monthly update. The process to update all affected machines will take approximately 2 weeks.

Classified as: IT Announcements, anti-virus, Antivirus, Cybersecurity, IT Services
Published on: 28 Oct 2022

On October 24th 2022, IT Services will be adding enhanced anti-phishing and anti-malware protection to your McGill email and Microsoft Teams conversations. Here are some details on what’s changing: 

Classified as: IT Announcements, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Microsoft, anti-phishing, Stay Safe Online
Published on: 20 Oct 2022

"WhatsApp has revealed a vulnerability in its system that could have allowed hackers access to its users' phones, with a London-based human rights lawyer possibly among the targets.
The encrypted messaging service, owned by Facebook (FB), said Monday that it had discovered and fixed the vulnerability the attackers had sought to exploit. The hackers could implant malicious code on a victim's phone by placing a voice call to the victim on WhatsApp." (CNN)

Classified as: WhatsApp, Cybersecurity, Faculty of Law, Ignacio Cofone
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Published on: 14 May 2019

“Some major internet companies suffered service disruptions for several hours on Friday morning as internet infrastructure provider Dyn said it was hit by a cyber attack that disrupted traffic mainly on the U.S. East Coast.” (CBC)

Classified as: hackers, Cybersecurity, ddos, cyber security, internet, hacktivism
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Published on: 21 Oct 2016

"Tech giant Apple and the FBI appeared headed for a deepening confrontation Wednesday after the company’s chief pledged to fight federal demands to help mine data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in San Bernardino." (The Washington Post)

Classified as: security, iPhone, Apple, CASE, Benjamin Fung, Cybersecurity, fbi, cellphone, cyber, techn
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Published on: 17 Feb 2016
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