You can quickly report a suspicious email using the Report Junk or Report Phishing buttons available in Microsoft Outlook, whether you’re using the desktop app, mobile app, or Outlook on the web.

Classified as: Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, IT Announcements
Published on: 11 Sep 2025

Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.

Classified as: McGill experts, Apple, iPhone, Data Privacy, big data, Facebook, Google, Allen Mendelsohn, Faculty of Law, Grant McKenzie, Department of Geography, Ignacio Cofone, Renee Sieber, Bieler School of Environment, Privacy Law, School of Computer Science
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Published on: 29 Apr 2021

The scam, known as "SIM swapping," involves fraudsters moving or "porting" phone numbers to a new device and then gaining access to personal information through apps and other data. Researchers at Princeton University's Center for Information Technology detailed the many ways that SMS two-factor authentication can go wrong, including multiple failings on the part of carriers to vet SIM-swap requests. (WIRED)

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Classified as: McGill experts, cyber security, Data Privacy
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Published on: 22 Jan 2020

Two websites claiming to be the pages for newspapers located in Quebec are the latest in a series of fake sites.  The sites have extensive mastheads with staff titles, pictures and names.  Stories posted on this site are translations or rewrites of original stories posted by other media outlets.  These sites are earning revenue with little effort through Google AdSense.  CBC

Classified as: Fake news sites, Ignacio Cofone, Kimiz Dalkir, fake news, Data Privacy, School of Information Studies
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Published on: 30 Jul 2019
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