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Only 34% of small and medium-sized business employees report receiving mandatory cyber security awareness training


 New IBC report card shows there is room for improvement in cyber security awareness

TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2022 /CNW/ – New Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) research has found that small and medium-sized Canadian businesses have been slow to adapt to increasingly frequent and sophisticated cyber attacks. The results are featured in IBC’s first Cyber Savvy Report Card, which assigned Canadians a “C” letter-grade for cyber safety actions and knowledge.

IBC’s report card is informed by the results of a survey of 1,525 Canadians that work at small and medium-sized businesses (defined as businesses with fewer than 500 employees). The survey revealed a number of startling findings:

  • Two-in-five of employees surveyed (42%) say they have seen an increase in cyber scam attempts over the last year.
  • Only a third of surveyed employees (34%) report that their company provides mandatory cyber security awareness training.
  • Only half (50%) of employees surveyed report that their organization has introduced multi-factor authentication, a critical cyber security defence mechanism that requires a user to provide two or more verification factors to access a corporate network or application.
  • Only a quarter of employees surveyed (24%) report that their employer conducts phishing email simulations to help promote cyber vigilance.

“As cyber criminals get savvier, it’s our collective responsibility to stay one step ahead,” said Celyeste Power, Executive Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives and Advocacy, IBC. “That’s why IBC has launched cybersavvycanada.ca, a new cyber education initiative to help small business owners and their employees better understand the threat of cyber attacks and what they can do to reduce their risk.”

Employees’ actions increase their company’s cyber security risk

IBC’s survey also revealed that 7 in 10 employees of small and medium-sized businesses (72%) reported at least one behaviour that could allow a cyber criminal to gain access to their company’s computer systems. This strengthens the argument for more employers to take action to reduce cyber threats. According to survey respondents:

  • 27% use one password to access multiple websites they use for work;
  • 23% access public…

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Canada Resumes Mandatory Random COVID-19 Testing for International Arrivals


Canada has resumed mandatory random testing for COVID-19 for international arrivals entering by air. The government had previously paused the testing on June 11, 2022, as part of a broader strategy to transition testing for air travelers outside of the airports.

Mandatory random testing will resume as of July 19, 2022, for travelers who qualify as fully vaccinated, arriving in Canada by air to the four major Canadian airports, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto. To qualify as a fully vaccinated traveler to Canada, travelers must have been vaccinated with a primary series of a COVID-19 vaccine accepted by the Government of Canada for the purpose of travel at least 14 calendar days before entering Canada.

All testing for air travelers, for both those who qualify as fully vaccinated and partially or unvaccinated people, will be completed outside of airports, either via an in-person appointment at select testing provider locations and pharmacies, or a virtual appointment for a self-swab test. Travelers who do not qualify as fully vaccinated, unless exempt, must continue to test on Day 1 and Day 8 of their mandatory 14-day quarantine.

Moving testing outside of airports will support testing for travelers arriving by air while still being able to monitor and quickly respond to new variants of concern, or changes to the epidemiological situation. Mandatory random testing continues at land border points of entry, with no changes.

Air travelers who qualify as fully vaccinated and who are selected for mandatory random testing, as well as air travelers who do not qualify as fully vaccinated, will receive an email notification within 15 minutes of completing their customs declaration. The email will contain information to help them arrange for their test with a testing provider in their region. Unvaccinated travelers can complete their tests by a virtual appointment or an in-person appointment with the test provider at their store or at select pharmacies and still respect their quarantine requirements.

All travelers must continue to use ArriveCAN (free mobile app or website) to provide mandatory travel information within 72 hours before their arrival in Canada, and/or before boarding a…

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Mandatory Olympics iOS, Android app spying on athletes for China: Report



A researcher has found that the mandatory Beijing 2022 Olympics app for iOS and Android is reportedly collecting and sending audio to Chinese servers.


According to AppleInsider, researcher Jonathan Scott had posted his findings after reverse-engineering the mandatory MY2022 Olympics app.


As it turns out, the app is capable of spying on Olympians and attendees and sending the audio to Chinese servers to be analysed, the report said.


MY2022 is a non-optional app that must be used by both athletes and attendees of the 2022


The app is designed to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 and act as a central hub for information on events, weather, travel, and points of interest.


The App Store listing claims that the app does not collect data, though Scott has shown it does. The app doesn’t employ exploits or security holes, the report said.


Instead, it actively listens to all audio and sends it off to servers based in China, it added.


If the app is moved to the background, it will force itself to the foreground to ensure it has permission to listen in, claims Scott.


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Mandatory 10-digit dialing goes into effect Sunday


Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – It will soon be time to check how you are dialing your calls.

The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, announced last year that full 10-digit dialing must be done for all calls starting this month.

In 2020 the FCC adopted an order approving the designation of 988 as the preface for the existing National Suicide Prevention hotline.

Implementation does apply to Alaska and requires all utility providers to change from a seven-digit code to a ten-digit code.

The Commission said that also one of the reasons for changing to 10-digit local dialing is to avoid the need for people to change their telephone numbers.

If a person is calling someone Alaska, it would require 907 and then the phone number.

If an individual Dials 7-digits for a local call, a recording will play saying the call cannot be completed as dialed.

Steven Jones, Media Contact for the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, spoke on things to consider for people that have systems such as fax machines, Internet, Security, or making calls out of offices

“Make sure that those are now programmed with the 907 area code so that it does complete the call, there’s a lot of things that that people have that don’t don’t realize it, whether it be call forwarding or voicemail services,” he said. “On October 24th, you want to make sure that that takes place or the call may not go through.”

People looking to make long-distance calls will continue to dial 1, plus the area code, and then telephone number.

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