Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, January 26th 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S.
In a few minutes Terry Cutler, head of Montreal’s Cyology Labs will be here to discuss recent headlines. That includes looking at recommendations from the Network Resilience Coalition on how hardware and software manufacturers can help beef up the security of IT networks, a U.K. report predicting the impact artificial intelligence will have on cyber threats, a Canadian hospital’s response to a ransomware attack and Microsoft’s admission about a hacking incident.
But before we get to the discussion a quick review of other news from the past seven days:
Another tech company has admitted to being hit by a Russian threat actor. Hewlett Packard Enterprise says a group dubbed Midnight Blizzard by some researchers, and Cozy Bear by others, was able to access the company’s cloud-based email system last year. The attack started last May but HPE was notified only in December. The attack on the email system is likely related to the theft of…
