Welcome to Cyber Security Today. From Toronto, this is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, September 16th, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.
In few minutes I’ll be joined by Terry Cutler, head of Montreal’s Cyology Labs, to discuss what’s been going on in security. But first a look back at some of what happened in the past seven days:
A private British bank last weekend urged iPhone and iPad customers not to install the new iOS 16 operating system. Terry and I will discuss why, and why this could have given the bank a black eye.
More about iOS 16: It has a security feature for people worried about being victims of spyware such as executives, IT leaders and reporters. Lockdown Mode reduces the attack surface by limiting functions that might be exploited by malware.
Cisco Systems released updates to fix three vulnerabilities in some of its Small Business routers. But the company made it clear it won’t patch the same vulnerability in older routers. It’s another warning that hardware and software from any vendor that are no longer supported are a security risk.
Microsoft issued a reminder to…
