Cyberattack on University of Winnipeg part of growing trend: expert

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After the University of Winnipeg discovered it was the victim of a cyberattack, a technology analyst said there are shortfalls in cybersecurity that need to be addressed.

Experts say cyberattacks are getting more numerous, more complex and easier — and that Canada's regulations don't go far enough to help companies stay safe. Global's Nathaniel Dove explores the rise and what it means – Mar 5, 2024 discovered it was the victim of a cyberattack, which it said targeted the school’s network.

Along with being a public organization that has lots of stakeholders, confusing the digital landscape, he said they are rich grounds for hacking, not to mention usually a little underfunded in the cybersecurity department.“We know full well that many public-facing institutions, including governments, universities, health-care institutions, often struggle with cybersecurity because they don’t have the money,” he said.

“Cybercriminals count on us not talking about their attacks,” he said, “but that only makes it easier for them to execute additional attacks.”“Many of these attacks are often initiated by an employee clicking on the wrong thing in a phishing or spear-phishing email. And then, of course, that allows the attack to proceed,” Levy said.

“Always hover over the email address and the testing address of messages that come in to you to make sure that it is, in fact, coming from the legitimate source, not someone pretending to be them,” he said.

 

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