Why Make Cybersecurity A Key Priority in Your Organization? The series of data breaches and ransomware attacks reported in 2020 have taught security practitioners that it is no longer a matter of “if” but “when” a cyber attack will occur. … Read More
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California Sees Up To 27% of Fraudulent Unemployment Claims During COVID
California Sees Up To 27% of Fraudulent Unemployment Claims During COVID When the Canadian Government set up the CERB program in the Spring of 2020, speed was its main focus. Canadians were losing their job to government-mandated lockdowns, and they … Read More
How MSS Providers Can Leverage Digital Risk Protection to Boost Competitive Advantage
How MSS Providers Can Leverage Digital Risk Protection to Boost Competitive Advantage The global shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals combined with a high demand for robust security will drive major growth in the managed security services provider (MSSP) market over … Read More
Inexperienced Malicious Actors Leak Data about Themselves
Inexperienced Malicious Actors Leak Data about Themselves There has been a flurry of news reports about malicious actors taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to steal personal and financial information from victims. Bleeping Computer recently reported that malicious actors were … Read More
Execs Report Increase in Cyberattacks, 83% to Outsource Security in 2021
Execs Report Increase in Cyberattacks, 83% to Outsource Security in 2021 Over 1.6 million people residing in the state of Washington are prone to identity theft and fraud after sensitive information in their unemployment claims was compromised following a software … Read More
The Russians or the Victims: Who’s to Blame for Carding?
The Russians or the Victims: Who’s to Blame for Carding? Whenever Russians are mentioned in a story about the criminal underground, they were most likely part of some illicit activity. A few years ago, Russians appeared to be deeply involved … Read More
Why Should MSS Providers Add Digital Risk Protection (DRP) to Their IT Offering?
Why Should MSS Providers Add Digital Risk Protection (DRP) to Their IT Offering? Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are among the organizations that have taken the hardest hit from the pandemic in 2020. With daily reports emerging about another variant, … Read More
Flare Systems Enters Partnership with In Fidem
Flare Systems Enters Partnership with In Fidem Flare Systems’ innovative cybersecurity platform has been chosen by In Fidem to enhance its product offering. See In Fidem Article (in French) February 4 2021, Montreal – Flare Systems, a leading provider of … Read More
Canadian Proxy Market More Fragile than Expected, Research Finds
Canadian Proxy Market More Fragile than Expected, Research Finds To hide their true identity, malicious actors route traffic through relays called proxies. Since the criminal underground abounds in offers for proxy services, Flare Systems’ threat intelligence team investigated the Canadian … Read More
What’s new at Flare Systems: check out the latest updates from 2020
What’s new at Flare Systems: check out the latest updates from 2020 Yohan Trépanier Montpetit – co-founder of Flare Systems and Head of Product – shares some insights on the latest product updates. In 2020, we actively focused on adding … Read More