Have been invited to appear as an expert and provide testimony before the Canadian Parliamentary Ethics Committee — formally the House of Commons of Canada Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) — for their ongoing study on the Protection of Privacy and Reputation on Platforms such as Pornhub...Watch the feed or Read the report
Understanding Android Malware Families (UAMF) – Adware and Backdoor (Article 5) Mobile adware refers to the advertising material hidden inside legitimate apps infected by malware. Most of these apps are available from third-party sources. Adware continuously shows unwanted advertisements on mobile screens even if the user attempts to force-close the app...Read PDF
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Understanding Android Malware Families (UAMF) – Riskware – is it worth it? (Article 4) Riskware is defined as a legitimate program that presents potential risks to the security vulnerabilities on a device. Although it is a legitimate program, bad actors use Riskware to steal information from the device and redirect users to malicious websites or perform functions at the expense of device security... Read PDF
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Understanding Canadian Cybersecurity Laws: refactored — our series in summary (Article 10) In this tenth and final article in our Understanding Canadian Cybersecurity Laws series, we will look back through the previous nine articles and revisit the topics covered in each of them. Our journey begins with the first article, The Foundations, first published by IT World Canada on January 13, 2020... Read PDF
New dataset from UNB to help detect man-in-the-middle attacks The Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC) at the University of New Brunswick has released its first-ever DNS over HTTPS (DoH) dataset funded by CIRA’s Community Investment Program. The benchmark cybersecurity dataset, named CIRA-CIC-DoHBrw-2020, ... Read PDF
Cybersecurity research project releases new dataset A new dataset to support the development of real-time cyberattack detectors has been released by the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC) at the University of New Brunswick... Read PDF