Julio Rivera

LATEST STORIES BY JULIO RIVERA

RIVERA: Trump-Canada collaboration crucial in the digital arms race

The digital battlefield knows no borders. An attack on Canadian systems inevitably impacts American security, and vice versa.

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January 23, 2025 Columnists

RIVERA: Maple shield or digital dud? Canada's latest cybersecurity gamble

As an American cybersecurity researcher keeping a watchful eye on Canada’s approach to digital security, I can’t help but feel a mix of skepticism and dread when I read about the country’s latest funding initiatives for cybersecurity.

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June 16, 2024 Columnists

A person types on a neon computer keyboard.

RIVERA: Canada's cybersecurity catch-up a crucial leap forward

As Canada embarks on a pivotal moment in enhancing its cybersecurity and privacy framework, it’s clear that catching up to its southern neighbour’s readiness level is not just an option but a necessity.

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February 12, 2024 Columnists

RIVERA: Avoid cyber pitfalls when shopping online this holiday season

Consumers must exercise due diligence and remain on guard for scams from insidious cyber Grinches

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November 25, 2023 Columnists

More than two million Canadians have been scammed in the past on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, according to a new survey by the cybersecurity company NordVPN.

RIVERA: How Big Tech enables cybercriminals via 'malvertising'

The lack of due diligence on the part of Google is startling, especially when its 2022 ad revenue was $224.47 billion

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March 24, 2023 Columnists

RIVERA: How Big Tech enables cybercriminals via 'malvertising'

RIVERA: The Trudeau government gets serious with rapid cyber response, Huawei ban

The Ukraine War is now entering into its 4 th month and the savagery has not been limited to conventional warfare, as Russian cyberattacks have had a devastating effect on the Ukrainian economy and have also targeted the allies of the embattled nation.

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May 29, 2022 Columnists

In this file photo taken on June 25, 2019 this illustration picture taken in Brest, France, shows a close-up view of a computer keyboard.

RIVERA: Will Trudeau still 'hang tough' on Huawei?

The global drama playing itself out for the international media, between Canada, China and the United States, continues to occasionally pop up in headlines, but the enormity of the stakes here seems lost on most observers.

March 9, 2019 Columnists

In this Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, a woman browses her smartphone as she walks by a Huawei store at a shopping mall in Beijing.

RIVERA: Browser hijacking, the American midterms and elections around the world

It has been almost two years since the historic 2016 American presidential election that saw the GOP retain control of both chambers of Congress in addition to Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency. In the time since, left-leaning media outlets and conspiracy theorists have attempted to paint the results as anything other than a referendum on the failed policies of the democrats and their former President Barack Obama.

September 22, 2018 Columnists

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while speaking at the Harris Conference Center in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Aug. 31, 2018.

RIVERA: Canada needs to work with FEMA on cyberattacks

Its perhaps the most devastating method of attack that can be carried out on American or Canadian soil. Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure that potentially endangers thousands of lives.

June 28, 2018 Columnists

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 11, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Julio Rivera

LATEST STORIES BY JULIO RIVERA

RIVERA: Trump-Canada collaboration crucial in the digital arms race

RIVERA: Maple shield or digital dud? Canada's latest cybersecurity gamble

RIVERA: Canada's cybersecurity catch-up a crucial leap forward

RIVERA: Avoid cyber pitfalls when shopping online this holiday season

RIVERA: How Big Tech enables cybercriminals via 'malvertising'

RIVERA: The Trudeau government gets serious with rapid cyber response, Huawei ban

RIVERA: Will Trudeau still 'hang tough' on Huawei?

RIVERA: Browser hijacking, the American midterms and elections around the world

RIVERA: Canada needs to work with FEMA on cyberattacks

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