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Canada's 'super secret spy agency' is releasing a malware-fighting tool to the public
The Communications Security Establishment acknowledges it needs to do a better job of explaining to Canadians what it does. The Internet Is Ripe With In-Browser Miners and It's Getting Worse Each Day
Ever since mid-September, when Coinhive launched and the whole cryptojacking frenzy started, the Internet has gone crazy with in-browser cryptocurrency miners, and new sites that offer similar services are popping up on a weekly basis. North Korea's hacking abilities 'beyond imagination,' defector says
A former North Korea cyber expert says hacking South Korea "a piece of cake."Secret files on jets and navy ships stolen in 'extensive and extreme' hack
Information about F-35 joint strike fighter was taken in cyberattack on Australian defence contractor, official reveals
Information about F-35 joint strike fighter was taken in cyberattack on Australian defence contractor, official reveals How Kaspersky AV reportedly was caught helping Russian hackers steal NSA secrets
Reports say Israeli spies burrowed inside Kaspersky’s network caught Russia red handed. Warning: Microsoft is using Cortana to read your private Skype conversations
Cortana is a decent voice assistant. Hell, "she" is probably better than Apple's woefully disappointing Siri, but that isn't saying very much. Declassified documents say U.S. saw Sputnik coming before 1957
The CIA released newly declassified documents on Wednesday revealing that while the American public was surprised when the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite 60 years ago, intelligence agencies weren't caught off-guard.Underground air-raid shelter feeding London restaurants
Under an anonymous back street in south London lies a vast underground air-raid shelter that has been turned into a pioneering urban farm supplying supermarkets and restaurants in the capital.
Under an anonymous back street in south London lies a vast underground air-raid shelter that has been turned into a pioneering urban farm supplying supermarkets and restaurants in the capital. Alberta town looks to install Canada's first geothermal heating system
An Alberta town is teaming up with academic researchers and the private sector to install what may be Canada's first geothermal heating system in its downtown core. U.S., Russia to collaborate on spaceport orbiting moon
NASA has signed a joint statement with its Russian counterpart to collaborate on a future spaceport orbiting the moon called Deep Space Gateway. 'Radical and overreaching': Bell wants Canadians blocked from piracy websites
Canada is a safe haven for internet pirates, Bell Canada says. The telecom giant wants the federal government to fight back by blocking Canadians' access to piracy websites and stiffening the penalties for violations.Apple is being sued for patent infringement by a Native American tribe
New IP rules: Patents can be reviewed, "unless you pay off some Indian tribe."
New IP rules: Patents can be reviewed, "unless you pay off some Indian tribe." Samsung opens AI lab in Canada
Samsung's artificial intelligence (AI) lab in University of Montreal will focus on developing core algorithms for use in robotics, autonomous driving, translation, and voice and visual recognition. Here's what could happen if North Korea detonates a hydrogen bomb
Should the nuclear crisis between the United States and North Korea escalate beyond hurling test missiles and insults like "madman" and "dotard," the list of possible effects is a long and frightening one, according to experts sharing some of the ramifica Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption fight
An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as global industry standards, reflecting deep mistrust among close U.S. allies.
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Back in 2014, the European Commission paid the Dutch consulting firm Ecorys 360,000 euros (about $428,000) to research the effect piracy had on sales of copyrighted content. The final report was finished in May 2015, but for some reason it was never publi
Back in 2014, the European Commission paid the Dutch consulting firm Ecorys 360,000 euros (about $428,000) to research the effect piracy had on sales of copyrighted content. The final report was finished in May 2015, but for some reason it was never publi Spacecraft on its way to asteroid will slingshot past Earth on Friday
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft — on a return mission to the far-off asteroid Bennu — will pass by Earth on Friday, and you're invited to wave as it goes by. Scientists want to sail the seas of Titan
Saturn's moon Titan has oceans made of methane. What would it be like to explore them, and how would we do it? CBC's Bob McDonald looks into the possibilities. The crazy quest to send spaceships to an Earth-like planet at Alpha Centauri
Scientists recently announced they had found an Earth-like planet in the star system next door. What will it take to send spacecraft there? And how close are we? Bear warning: How to stop trains from killing Canada's grizzly bears
With grizzly bears dying from train strikes at an alarming rate in the rail corridor between Banff and Yoho national parks since 2000, researchers have been studying why. Now there are signs that measures being taken by researchers, Parks Canada and the rA Proterra electric bus just drove 1,100 miles on a single charge
On Tuesday, Proterra revealed that one of its Catalyst E2 Max electric buses just set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single charge. The bus, which packs a hefty 660kWh of storage—equivalent to 11 Chevy Bol
On Tuesday, Proterra revealed that one of its Catalyst E2 Max electric buses just set a new world record for the longest distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single charge. The bus, which packs a hefty 660kWh of storage—equivalent to 11 Chevy Bol BlackBerry Inventor Says Canada's Challenge Is Keeping Techies
The former chief executive officer of BlackBerry Ltd. added his voice to the chorus of people saying that Canada’s main economic hurdle is keeping technology talent.ISPs claim a privacy law would weaken online security and increase pop-ups
The country's biggest Internet service providers and advertising industry lobby groups are fighting to stop a proposed California law that would protect the privacy of broadband customers.
The country's biggest Internet service providers and advertising industry lobby groups are fighting to stop a proposed California law that would protect the privacy of broadband customers. Billions of devices imperiled by new clickless Bluetooth attack
Blueborne exploit works against unpatched devices running Android, Linux, or Windows. In the Trump era of fake news, more U.S. schools focusing on media literacy
In first full school year of the Trump era, more U.S. classes are focusing on media literacy and fake news: "Canada is far better in terms of sensing when there is BS," says a UCLA education professor who uses Canadian material. Why the Equifax breach is very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever
It's a sad reality in 2017 that a data breach affecting 143 million people is dwarfed by other recent hacks—for instance, the ones hitting Yahoo in 2013 and 2014, which exposed personal details for 1 billion and 500 million users respectively; another tha Innovative radio telescope to scan the skies from Penticton
A new radio-telescope capable of reaching back into the history of the universe by 11 billion years is built largely from cellphone components, gamers’ graphics processors and “five truckloads of computers. A Simple Design Flaw Makes It Astoundingly Easy To Hack Siri And Alexa
Hackers can take control of the world’s most popular voice assistants by whispering to them in frequencies humans can’t hear.Everything you need to know about Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Harvey caused unprecedented flooding and devastation in Texas and parts of Louisiana. Now Hurricane Irma — a powerful Category 5 storm that has already made its first landfall in the northeast Caribbean— seems to have its sights set on Florida.
Hurricane Harvey caused unprecedented flooding and devastation in Texas and parts of Louisiana. Now Hurricane Irma — a powerful Category 5 storm that has already made its first landfall in the northeast Caribbean— seems to have its sights set on Florida.Hackers lie in wait after penetrating US and Europe power grid networks | Ars Technica
Nation-sponsored hackers have penetrated the operational networks multiple US and European energy companies use to control key parts of the power grid that supplies electricity to hundreds of millions of people, researchers warned Wednesday.
Nation-sponsored hackers have penetrated the operational networks multiple US and European energy companies use to control key parts of the power grid that supplies electricity to hundreds of millions of people, researchers warned Wednesday.Cummins unveils electric semi truck before Tesla
Cummins has unveiled its Aeos class 7 electric urban semi tractor, with a 140-kWh battery pack providing 100 miles of range.
Cummins has unveiled its Aeos class 7 electric urban semi tractor, with a 140-kWh battery pack providing 100 miles of range. 711 million email addresses ensnared in "largest" spambot
The spambot has collected millions of email credentials and server login information in order to send spam through "legitimate" servers, defeating many spam filters. When it comes to internet privacy, be very afraid, analyst suggests | Harvard Gazette
Cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier, a fellow with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, discusses what consumers can do to protect themselves from government and corporate surveillance. Quebec man fights back after dealer remotely disables car over $200 fee
A Quebec man is back on the road after a dealership remotely disabled his vehicle over his refusal to pay an extra $200 fee to remove the device used to immobilize it - something consumer advocates say may have broken the law. 'Data is the new oil': Your personal information is now the world's most valuable commodity
Data has surpassed oil as the world's most valuable resource, much of it controlled by just five mega-companies — and jurisdictions are struggling with how to contain, regulate and protect all those ones and zeros. The CIA built a fake software update system to spy on intel partners
Anyone relying on the CIA for tech support got a nasty surprise this morning, as documents published by Wikileaks revealed a secret project to siphon out data through its technical liaison service, dating back to 2009. Hacker Helps Family Recover Minivan After Losing One-Of-A-Kind Car Key
After getting locked out of their Toyota Estima minivan for almost two months, a Canadian family has regained access to their car after a hacker agreed to help them. In fight for free speech, researchers test anti-censorship tool built into the internet's core
What if the routers and servers that underpin the internet could also double as one big anti-censorship tool? Maybe Americans don’t need fast home Internet service, FCC suggests
By saying mobile is good enough, FCC could find that deployment problem is solved. Americans might not need a fast home Internet connection, the Federal Communications Commission suggests in a new document. Instead, mobile Internet via a smartphone might Disney sued for allegedly spying on children through 42 gaming apps
A federal class action lawsuit filed last week in California alleges that the Walt Disney Company is violating privacy protection laws by collecting children’s personal information from 42 of its apps and sharing the data with advertisers without parentalMazda announces breakthrough in long-coveted engine tech
Mazda Motor Corp said it would become the world's first automaker to commercialize a much more efficient petrol engine using technology that deep-pocketed rivals have been trying to engineer for decades, a twist in an industry increasingly going electric.
Mazda Motor Corp said it would become the world's first automaker to commercialize a much more efficient petrol engine using technology that deep-pocketed rivals have been trying to engineer for decades, a twist in an industry increasingly going electric. FBI tracked 'fake news' believed to be from Russia on Election Day
The FBI monitored social media on Election Day last year in an effort to track a suspected Russian disinformation campaign utilizing "fake news," CNN has learned.First Evidence That Social Bots Play a Major Role in Spreading Fake News
Automated accounts are being programmed to spread fake news, according to the first systematic study of the way online misinformation spreads
Automated accounts are being programmed to spread fake news, according to the first systematic study of the way online misinformation spreadsDefending Tor - gateway to the dark web
Roger Dingledine co-created Tor, the software that criminals use to anonymously access the internet.
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Roger Dingledine co-created Tor, the software that criminals use to anonymously access the internet. Canadian military developing surveillance system to monitor Arctic waters
Department of National Defence scientists arrived this week on Devon Island, Nunavut, to work on a new system to monitor Arctic waters. System could consist of unmanned mobile sensors, underwater microphones and artificial intelligence Canadians' personal data on the table in NAFTA negotiations
The personal information of Canadians will be on the negotiating table along with auto parts and labour standards when North American free trade talks begin this month. Free TV! Gotta Be Illegal, Right?
Dan Sisco has discovered a technology that allows him to access half a dozen major TV channels, completely free. “I was just kind of surprised that this is technology that exists,” says Mr. Sisco, 28 years old. “It’s been awesome. It doesn’t log out and i It is easy to expose users' secret web habits, say researchers
Two German researchers say they have exposed the porn-browsing habits of a judge, a cyber-crime investigation and the drug preferences of a politician. The pair obtained huge amounts of information about the browsing habits of three million German citizenBack to Canada News
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