Ontario Court Adopts New Cause Of Action To Combat Online Bullying!
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ad075e41-6079-40ae-854a-3564c287fae0&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2016-05-31&utm_term=The Ontario Superior Court ordered a man to compensate his ex-girlfriend after he posted an explicit video of her online without her consent. In doing so, the Court explicitly adopted a new privacy tort and acknowledged the "devastating harm" that can result when the...
DNS: Worst-case scenario
http://itincanadaonline.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1660:dns-worst-case-scenario&catid=100:eric-jacksch&Itemid=629&utm_source=newsletter_2762&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=itc-daily. A great article this morning at IT in Canada by Eric Jacksch lays out a hacking scenario possible when DNS security is lax, well worth a read, along with questions to ask of your DNS Registrar/Name Server. The Control of your domain name is vital to your security on...
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Weak Passwords and simply using the ‘Default’ Password opens the door to your data!
http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/most-data-breaches-leverage-weak-default-or-stolen-passwords-report/382781#ixzz47EthTxiNCyber attackers are well-funded, cunning, ruthless and otherwise mean people But they get a helping hand from their victims, according to the Verizon 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report. Released this week, the report found after examining 64,199 incidents and...
Use of trademarks as keywords not infringement, Australia court holds - Lexology Australia, Canada The purchase of a competitor’s trade-mark as an online advertising keyword is not an infringement, according to a recent Federal Court of Australia decision., the...
5 social media marketing lessons from the non-profit industry
http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/5-social-media-marketing-lessons-from-the-non-profit-industry/69890?utm_source=enews&utm_campaign=itbother&utm_medium=newsletter&scid=965b25a8-e613-a85c-6e0f-4e601092471fWhether private, public, or non-profit, audience engagement is the name of the game when it comes to social media marketing, a recent panel hosted by Facebook Canada concluded – and while the few steps required sound simple, each one is crucial. The panel, made up of...
New Top Level Domains Could Go Dark, Making Web Sites Unreachable
gTLD Websites Go Dark When the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the Domain Name System, began the process to issue hundreds of new gTLDs in 2013, the possibilities seemed limitless. Today, gTLDs run the gamut from...
Turo Launches in Canada, Letting Users Rent Out Their Cars for Cash
http://www.techvibes.com/author/techvibes-newsdeskby Techvibes NewsDesk3 hours ago | News, Technology Car rental marketplace Turo announced today it will launch in Canada, marking its first expansion outside of the US. Empowering Canadians to turn their idle cars into earnings engines, Turo is the first peer-to-peer...
How cybercriminals can access your Gmail account
http://itincanadaonline.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1613:how-cybercriminals-can-access-your-gmail-account&catid=83:security&Itemid=500&utm_source=newsletter_2696&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=itc-dailyCyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and ruthless according to the Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 21 issued by Symantec in April 2016. The comprehensive 80-page report reveals a disturbing trend that malware and cyber related crimes are rising at a...
Uninstall ASAP: Trend Micro uncovers critical vulnerabilities affecting QuickTime for Windows
Currently using Apple Inc.’s multimedia software QuickTime for Windows within your business? You might want to reconsider: Trend Micro Inc.’s Zero Day Initiative’s discovery of two new, critical vulnerabilities affecting the software have been revealed as Apple...
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