Tag Archives: David Skillicorn

David Skillicorn comments on the recent data breach by Canadian real-estate company Brookfield Residential

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Aysha Tayab-Ratsep

Canadian real-estate company Brookfield Residential has faced a data breach by DarkSide,  a new ransomware group  has downloaded  confidential data from the company’s website.  Professor David Skillicorn provides further details on the hacker’s potential strategy behind the attack. Read the … Continue reading →

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David Skillicorn weighs in on whether Huawei contributed to the demise of Nortel

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Doug Martin

Dr. Skillicorn says it’s entirely plausible that technology robbed and copied by a rival was the final straw that took down an already struggling company. Read more in the National Post: Did Huawei bring down Nortel? Corporate espionage, theft, and … Continue reading →

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David Skillicorn discusses the risk of package theft on Global TV National

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Sara Perosa

Dr. Skillicorn says people stealing packages are taking a risk because they don’t know if the homeowner has a camera installed. A U.S. study shows over 11 million households have fallen victim to thieves stealing packages that are being delivered … Continue reading →

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David Skillicorn talks to Global News on Preventing Extremist Content on Social Media

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Aysha Tayab-Ratsep

In the wake of the shooting that was live streamed at the Christchurch Mosque on March 15th, 2019, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern  has called a Christchurch Call to Action Summit, a push for tech companies to prevent users … Continue reading →

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David Skillicorn In The News

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Aysha Tayab-Ratsep

The Globe and Mail reported that Christian Leuprecht, Art Cockfield, and David Skillicorn submitted a letter to the Finance Department, calling on Ottawa to remove $100 and $50 bill from circulation due to money laundering issues. Read the full article here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-growing-use-of-100-bills-at-odds-with-cashless-consumer-trend/ … Continue reading →

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David Skillicorn Talks to CBC News about the Arrest of Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Aysha Tayab-Ratsep

David Skillicorn comments on the recent report on the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer. Read more here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/huawei-china-telecom-arrest-spying-1.4934905

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David Skillicorn in Yahoo News Discussing Midland, Ontario Hacking

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Doug Martin

David Skillicorn was featured in a Yahoo Canada article talking about how the town of Midland, Ontario could have prevented their data from being held ransom by a hacker. You can read the full article here.

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David Skillicorn talks to CBC Radio about Wasaga Beach’s hacking crisis

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Doug Martin

Dr. Skillicorn discusses the hack and the ransom paid to recover some of the data. Source: CBC Radio

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David Skillicorn on Linguistic Clues to Fraud in Financial Reports

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Karen Knight

Professor David Skillicorn is in the news today.  The Smith School’s publication, Insight, has an article about the work he did with Lynette Purda-Heeler and Pam Murphy on fraud transmission via language: https://smith.queensu.ca/insight/articles/the_immaculate_deception

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David Skillicorn Talks To The Whig About Combating Child Pornography

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Karen Knight

The Queen’s School of Computing is pleased to announce that David Skillicorn is in the news today, interviewed by the Belleville Intelligencer in an article entitled Complex war on child porn

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