/channels/taxonomy/term/17518/all en /channels/channels/news/important-please-review-your-ms-public-teams-groups-may-27-2024-357285 <p><em>La version française suit.</em></p> <p>The following is a message from ƻ����Ժ IT Services.</p> <p><strong>ALL owners of "Public" MS Teams groups are required to audit their groups.</strong></p> Fri, 17 May 2024 16:00:10 +0000 webfull 200116 at /channels /channels/channels/event/virtual-book-talk-privacy-fallacy-harm-and-power-information-economy-354150 <h2>Virtual Book talk: The Privacy Fallacy - Harm and Power in the Information Economy </h2> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:41:06 +0000 webfull 196307 at /channels /channels/channels/news/enhanced-anti-phishing-and-anti-malware-protection-be-enabled-full-mcgill-community-342936 <p>On October 24th 2022, IT Services will be adding enhanced anti-phishing and anti-malware protection to your ƻ����Ժ email and Microsoft Teams conversations. Here are some details on what’s changing: </p> Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:42:11 +0000 webfull 183818 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-apple-users-can-say-no-being-tracked-new-software-update-330714 <p>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.</p> Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:10:15 +0000 webfull 170250 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-sim-swapping-311044 <p>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. (<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/apple-fbi-iphones-skype-sms-two-factor/">WIRED</a>)<br /><br /> Here is an expert from ƻ����Ժ that can provide comment on this issue:</p> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:56:15 +0000 webfull 157559 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-fake-newspaper-sites-298965 <p>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.  <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/quebec-fake-newspapers-1.5228905?cmp=newsletter-news-digests-montreal">CBC</a></p> Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:07:06 +0000 webfull 151115 at /channels