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U.K. authorities banned passengers from taking electronic items on board airplanes following the arrests of 21 people Thursday in connection with an alleged plot to blow up aircraft mid-flight en route to the U.S.

Researcher creates first BlackBerry Trojan

Robert McMillan - August 9, 2006

A security researcher has developed what he bills as the first Trojan horse malware for Research in Motion Ltd.'s (RIM's) BlackBerry e-mail device. The software appears to be a free tic-tac-toe download.

Fatal flaw puts Xerox printers at risk

Robert McMillan - August 7, 2006

Xerox Corp. is scrambling to update a security patch following the disclosure of a major security flaw in its WorkCenter multifunction printers.

Aggressive mobile worm uses alarming new tricks

Jeremy Kirk - August 7, 2006

A new variant of an aggressive Russian mobile worm uses some alarming new tricks. Like its earlier relatives, Commwarrior.Q will jump onto another phone using a short-range Bluetooth wireless connection. But the worm has new traits that make it particularly aggressive and it appears to be one of the most complex pieces of mobile malware created to date.

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How attractive are our Canadian cities to cybersecurity professionals – and why does it matter?

RCMP charges two in Montreal over Bell customer data theft

DocuSign invests in Canada with new Microsoft Azure partnership

Elevate: The smart city debate

Mobile containers only good for medium-risk data: Gartner

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Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) Part 2

MohammadMoein Shafi and Arash Habibi Lashkari - March 5, 2024

This second article of the Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) series delves into Microsoft's Windows Phone, a mobile OS that has undergone significant changes...