The Post picked up my story on the CSIS hacking. I’m still perplexed by the comment from Tahera Mufti, a media liaison officer at CSIS, who said the websites are fine, when they clearly aren’t. I can only think of two explanations: The charitable explanation: CSIS fixed the sites after I first posted about the problem [...]
Rogue Viagra vendors have successfully hacked CSIS, the government agency charged with analyzing and investigating threats to Canada’s cyber security . Google search results show that CSIS sites are infected with so-called pharma malware. since 2011. The search engine warning “this site may be compromised” appears on dozens of pages in in both English and French for www.csiscareers.ca and www. carriereauscrs.ca. [...]
I was just looking up some information on CSIS and was shocked to see that, according to Google, its website may be compromised. After all, CSIS is responsible for assessing cyber security threats to Canada. How could it be possible that (part of) their website (second of three shown below) could be hacked by a bunch [...]
Today I got a visit (see above) from New York’s Tower Research Capital, owners of the mysterious Latour Trading. They stop by from time to time to check out certain information about Vigilant Global, the Montreal prop trading firm that used to be called Vigilant Futures. All this reminds me that I really need to [...]
Last week the Wall Street Journal reported: WASHINGTON—Federal law-enforcement authorities have reversed course and revived an insider-trading probe into how media companies transmit government data to investors, according to people familiar with the matter. The decision came after the Wall Street Journal in January disclosed the probe and reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation [...]
Take it with a shaker full of salt. Here’s a nice FT piece on DRW and its head honcho Don Wilson. I can be reached at ann.brocklehurst@gmail.com
Wattpad is a bit of a tech darling as of late. Not only does it have the venture capital crowd on its side, it’s also got Margaret Atwood. In fact, credit where credit’s due, Atwood’s the one who coined the name “what pad,” which inspired WTF pad, whch sounds a lot like making reading and writing [...]
Or does Cequity Int Limited just have two very similarly named directors? Yakov (Yankey) Mermelstein owns all or part of Econolive also known as Empire News.
All the news about Richard III has reminded me of Josephine Tey’s great 1951 detective novel, The Daughter of Time. The book began the most recent rehabilitation of Richard III, who until its publication was known in modern times mostly by his evil Shakespearian reputation. Tey’s hero, Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a [...]
The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting story Monday about an extensive investigation into media companies in lock-ups and the possible premature release of sensitive and potentially market-moving economic data. I think we’re supposed to read between the lines about why no charges are being laid as the explanation given by anonymous source(s) doesn’t really [...]
