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B.C. New Democrat government makes pledges to homebuyers, renters, in throne speech - CHEK News + MORE Feb 21st
B.C. New Democrat government makes pledges to homebuyers, renters, in throne speech CHEK NewsHomeowners, renters promised more security in B.C. throne speech CBC.caHousing, affordability take centre-stage in B.C. election-year throne speech Global NewsB.C. government.... More »
Untangled Money’s Kristine Beese on why financial plans aren’t gender-neutral Aug 9th
Kristine Beese didn’t originally set out to disrupt Canada’s financial planning industry. She began her career as an engineer in the oil and gas sector, but after a bad experience with a financial advisor at a bank, she was inspired to learn how to manage her own investments. Beese went back to .... More »
How to talk to your parents about crypto Mar 14th
After hearing countless success stories from crypto investors on social media, Martin Dasko, a 36-year-old money blogger in Toronto, could no longer ignore the hype. His father happened to be an early adopter of the cryptocurrency ether (the native coin of the Ethereum platform). But when .... More »
How to buy Fidelity ETFs in Canada Dec 14th
As an investor in Canada, chances are you’ve invested in, or thought about investing in, exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These pooled investments offer a blend of convenience and built-in diversification. When you buy shares of an ETF, you gain exposure to several company stocks at once. ETF shares .... More »
The Gorpcore Fashion Trend Is Giving a Boost to the Outdoor-Apparel Market Nov 7th
The term “gorpcore” was coined in the mid-2010s to describe the type of utilitarian clothing worn by the “good old raisins and peanuts” (hence GORP) crowd—hikers, campers and the like. When celebrities like Hailey Bieber and Frank Ocean started wearing grip-sole shoes and multi-pocket pant.... More »
How a Government Worker Extorted Millions From Canadian Businesses
– canadianbusiness.com
On a Friday night in August 2020, Arthur Keech was working late from his home office in Vancouver. Keech is an IT manager for Amacon, a large real estate developer. He had only been in the role for about seven months when he received a curious note from one of his colleagues: They had tried to open a network file but couldn’t. Keech figured it was an error—someone had screwed up a file name. But when he went to log into the company’s operating system, he couldn’t. “That’s weird,” he thought. He used a different login and managed to gain access, but he only needed to take one look to realize he had a big problem.
Keech immediately noticed that all of the file extensions had been changed from the standard .doc to “random garbage.” And when he tried to access any of the Windows files, a note popped up: “Hi! Your files are encrypted,” it began. Keech’s heart was pounding. He knew exactly what was happening: It was a ransomware attack. Someone, or some group of people, had exploited a technical vulnerability or used social engineering—like phishing—to hack into his company’s system…