Blog / Cyber Security Compliance Requirements Text book about internet law and cyber security compliance An introduction to some common compliance standards. Computer security is a complicated issue. Making sure important information is adequately protected is an easy statement to make. But “important” and “adequate” are subjective statements. This is part of the problem when trying to get guidance about how to secure your organization. Much of the advice you […] August 17, 2021
Blog / Homewood Health Data Breach Data Breach How NOT to handle a data breach. The other day I received an article about a data breach impacting a number of Albertans. Homewood Health had a large amount of its data stolen and sold on an internet marketplace. It took some digging but I eventually found a bit more information about the situation, but there doesn’t […] August 10, 2021
Blog / Have a plan for dealing with Ransomware It’s unfortunate to say but ransomware has become so pervasive that it’s become a fact of life in the world of computer security. It’s not a question of if you’re going to have a ransomware infection, it’s when. Now this doesn’t mean adopting a defeatist attitude, but it does mean recognizing the reality of the […] August 03, 2021
Blog / Cryptojacking: A Brief Look at a New Online Threat hacker performing cryptojacking In order to effectively communicate with people, it’s important to be able to speak the same “language.” This is true regardless of who you’re speaking to or what you’re talking about. Two botanists debating the best soil composition for growing drought resistant flowers are going to use very different language than two neighbours chatting about […] July 27, 2021
Blog / Have you heard of a little thing called juice jacking? Public charging station juice jacking target Computers change quickly. The language used for computers also changes. When new attack methods are found, sometimes the old ways of describing things no longer work. Take the terms ‘Virus’ and ‘Anti-Virus’ for example. These were originally used to describe any and all malicious pieces of software. Over time, as new and more varied types […] July 20, 2021
Blog / PrintNightmare Has Become a True Nightmare A computer on fire because of PrintNightmare The patch that wasn’t a patch. Last week we did an article about a vulnerability nicknamed PrintNightmare. I described things a bit but also gave reassurances that a patch was in the works, which was duly released late last week. Sadly, the patch Microsoft released didn’t actually fix the vulnerability. Shortly after the patch was […] July 13, 2021
Blog / PrintNightmare isn’t about a printer jam Windows’ print spooler is an unpatched risk. Do you remember the Microsoft Exchange vulnerability from a few months ago? The earliest attacks on it were detected approximately 12 minutes after the announcement that it existed. The reason was simple; the number of potential targets was in the hundreds of millions of computers, the attack was […] July 06, 2021
Blog / No TRINUS clients at risk from Kaseya VSA attack As you may have heard, the Kaseya VSA software platform was the victim of a serious and ongoing cyberattack. Please be advised that TRINUS does not use any Kaseya products and none of your machines have been compromised due to this high-profile attack. Kaseya VSA is a remote access tool used by some managed IT […] July 05, 2021
Blog / Website Ads and Tracking Lately it feels like every other newsletter I’ve written has been regarding ransomware. I keep a record of the topics I’ve written on and looking back over it, things aren’t actually that bad, but the topic of ransomware does come up a lot. That’s why this week I wanted to switch things up and talk about tracking […] June 29, 2021
Blog / A New Windows OS? Microsoft has just announced the end of Windows 10, and it’s Oct 14, 2025. That’s when Home and Pro versions of Windows 10 will no longer receive updates. Not to worry though; the newest incarnation of Windows will be announced in a few days, on June 24. This news came as a surprise to many […] June 22, 2021

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