Cybersecurity Today

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming this weekend, we have more tips for making better shopping decisions online and for buying Internet-connected devices. Also, two surveys on Canadians' opinion of the cyber security

Today's podcast covers the good, the bad and the ugly in recent breakdowns in password protection and encryption

It’s the holiday gift-buying season, which means it’s time to carefully consider security features when buying Internet-connected devices. Plus, a kid's watch with big security problems and a warning for Black Friday.

Today's podcast looks at good guy hackers who earn money at a security conference, a new report on how criminals use the Internet to get you to call them and a push for a US privacy law

Today’s podcast looks at four recent email scams, including one impersonating a Canadian cabinet minister, and advice on how not to be taken in

Beware of Twitter messages promising free cryptocurrency, a drone manufacturers’ web site patched and how to make passwords safter

Stop swiping your credit card, problems with self-encrypting hard drives and another patch for Adobe Struts

Researchers accuse China Telecom of hijacking Internet traffic for the government, Radisson Hotel’s reward card program hacked and vulnerabilities found in a Bluetooth Wi-Fi chip

A FIFA data breach is about to make headlines, how to hack a pumpkin, and Facebook’s new system to prevent fake ads is easily fooled.

Americans are worried about threats to next week’s mid-term elections; searching for Chrome using Bing leads to unexpected results, and why using a company computer to visit adult web sites can lead to a very embarrassing audit.