Watch out for scam emails at work this season

Cybercriminals are increasingly abandoning the technique of casting a wide net by blasting thousands of email accounts with a phishing scam. That’s not nearly as lucrative as a spear-phishing attack, which might take more work, but has the potential for a much bigger payoff, according to Rohyt Belani, CEO of…

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Tech Q&A: Does anti-virus software work?

Q: Does anti-virus software protect my PC from hackers? A: Anti-virus software can protect your machine from certain tools that hackers have been known to use, like Trojan horse programs (designed to steal passwords) that you may get in an email attachment. A hacker trying to break directly into your…

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Civil servant surfed porn at work

OTTAWA A naughty federal employee who surfed fetish oriented pornographic websites at his Industry Canada work station may still be working for the federal government. QMI Agency has obtained a copy of a security report that says a Montreal-based employee used his work computer to access porn between November 2009…

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