/newsroom/taxonomy/term/6920/all en /newsroom/channels/news/using-online-ads-spot-human-trafficking-330687 <p>Researchers at ƻ����Ժ and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have designed an algorithm that detects organized human trafficking activity in online escort advertisements. Advertising is one the most common use of technology for human trafficking purposes.</p> Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:52:08 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261641 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-2020-national-cyber-threat-assessment-326374 <p>The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has named China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea’s state-sponsored cyber activity as posing the “greatest strategic threats” to Canada’s critical infrastructure, intellectual property, and political events like elections.</p> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:20:23 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 249782 at /newsroom /newsroom/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:<br /></p> Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:56:14 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 197705 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-cyber-security-cyber-attacks-and-data-breaches-303626 <p>Cyber security breaches at <a href="https://business.financialpost.com/technology/lifelabs-hack-may-have-compromised-personal-info-of-15-mln-canadians-2">LifeLabs</a>, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/potential-scope-of-desjardins-data-breach-widens-to-include-another-2-million-credit-card-holders-1.5391021">Desjardins</a>, <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/capital-one-target-of-massive-data-breach-6-million-canadians-impacted-1.4528804">Capital One</a>, and <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/6012007/transunion-data-compromised-canadians/">TransUnion</a> underscore t</p> Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:56:16 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 191323 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-cyber-security-289924 <p>Organized crime is moving online and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is struggling to keep up, according to a briefing note prepared for RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki when she took over the top job earlier this year. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lucki-briefing-binde-cybercrime-1.4831340">CBC</a></p> <p><a href="http://allenmendelsohn.com/mcgill/">Allen Mendelsohn</a> – Faculty Lecturer, Faculty of Law, ƻ����Ժ</p> <p>Allen Mendelsohn is a Montreal lawyer specializing in internet law. He teaches The Internet and Privacy course at the Faculty of Law.</p> Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:56:11 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 84845 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ddos-attack-what-does-it-tell-us-263621 <p><span>“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.” (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/dyn-ddos-attack-websites-down-1.3815417">CBC</a>)</span></p> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 21:07:44 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26312 at /newsroom