There’s no need to man the ramparts, a new wave of antisemitism in not about to descend on Canadian society. Nevertheless, reports from Germany naming 74 individuals linked to neo-Nazi and white supremacist websites should alert Canadians to the fact that the “classical” antisemitic attitudes have not been vanquished.
Pwn2Own, one of the most anticipated hacking contests that takes place each year at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, is set to unfold under dramatically different rules this year.
First and foremost, smartphone hacking is no longer on the table - Pwn2Own returns to its roots and will welcome only researchers targeting Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, running on Windows or Mac OS.
As Ottawa mulls whether to update Canada’s existing privacy laws, one consumer rights group argues the proposal doesn’t go far enough.
Bill C-12, which went through first reading in the House of Commons three months ago, would change the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) to require Canadian companies to report incidents involving the theft or loss of personal information. Currently PIPEDA does not require disclosure of data breaches and Alberta is the only province to have mandated such a requirement.
