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International experts to debate how nations can tackle cyber threats

03/17/2013 By

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OTTAWA — Fears over digital threats to Canada’s critical infrastructure — concerns that may be misplaced — are fuelling an arms race that experts believe countries need to better control, especially after the discovery of a powerful online surveillance tool on a Canadian commercial server.

Federal law prohibits the sale or transfer of technology that would allow anyone to hack into a computer or network. Domestic law enforcement agencies, such as local police and the RCMP, are responsible for enforcing the law in Canada; the Canada Border Services Agency polices the import and export of such technology.

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Internet Surveillance Bill is Dead but Canada’s Telecom Transparency Gap is Alive and Well

02/28/2013 By

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The government’s recent decision to kill its online surveillance legislation marked a remarkable policy shift. The outcry over the plan to require Internet providers to install surveillance capabilities within their networks and to disclose subscriber information on demand without court oversight sparked an enormous backlash, leading to the tacit acknowledgment that the proposal was at odds with public opinion. 

While many Canadians welcomed the end of Bill C-30, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) notes the year-long battle over the bill placed the spotlight on an ongoing problem with the current system of voluntary disclosure of subscriber information: Internet providers and telecom companies disclose customer information to law enforcement tens of thousands of times every year without court oversight.

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Computer scam uses RCMP threat as bait

02/16/2013 By

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GRAND PRAIRIE, ALTA. – Mounties are warning the public of a computer scam that sends out messages claiming to be from the RCMP and saying you must pay $100 for making illegal downloads – including pornography.

Police said the scam tells people to pay up within 72 hours or they will be violating a section of the Criminal Code.

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Police computer system flaws spark probe by auditor

01/27/2013 By

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Troubling security flaws within the B.C. government’s justice computer system have prompted the auditor general to probe the province’s massive police computer database.

Auditor general John Doyle said he has started gathering information on the PRIME B.C. computer system, which shares millions of police files, criminal records, aliases and other sensitive data between municipal police departments and RCMP detachments.

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Computer scam that locks screens prompts warning

01/17/2013 By

hi-bc-130115-computer-lock-8colA computer scam that uses malware to freeze your screen and then demands a $100 ransom to unlock it has prompted Vancouver police to issue a warning.

“The scam is a variation of an online extortion that involves ransom ware. Even if the fee is paid by a credit card, the scammers rarely unlock the computer,” police said in a news release Tuesday.

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Canada infrastructure vulnerable to cyber attack, RCMP report

01/17/2013 By

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Canada remains vulnerable to cyber attacks by “terrorist groups [which] have expressed interest in developing the capabilities for computer-based attacks against Canada’s critical infrastructure.”

The warning was contained in the annual departmental performance review filed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police late in 2012.

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CAFC and RCMP Caution Internet Users in Canada about Growing Internet Scams

01/05/2013 By

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A British Columbia province namely the port city of Prince Rupert in Canada has CAFC (Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) cautioning residents for remaining vigilant about a growing number of Internet-scams spreading across the region as they emanate largely from websites, published thenorthernview.com dated December 31, 2012.

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‘Improved capabilities’ needed to combat cyber-threats to national security, RCMP say

11/08/2012 By

OTTAWA – Terrorists are ready to target Canadian IT networks with Internet-based attacks, the RCMP warned Thursday, adding the force needed to better its ability to combat this emerging threat.

“One area that requires improved capabilities is countering cyber-threats to national security,” the Mounties wrote in the force’s annual review. “Terrorist groups have expressed interest in developing the capabilities for computer-based attacks against Canada’s critical infrastructure.”

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