In Shelburne, the Wansbrough family is trying to set things right, but finding there’s no easy way. All wish to honour Brigadier General, and local dentist, Elgin McKinnon Wansbrough, but they can’t agree on a solution. Brigadier General Elgin McKinnon Wansbrough served in both World Wars...
The Mossack Fonseca data breach, more commonly known as the Panama Papers breach, is one the largest and most damaging data breaches in history. It is still the largest data breach which resulted in data delivered to journalists to date. The "Panama Papers" involve 11.5...
REUTERS/Kacper Pempel By Caroline Humer and Jim Finkle | NEW YORK/BOSTON Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital operators,...
Twitter, Spotify and Reddit, and a huge swath of other websites were down or screwed up this morning. This was happening as hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It’s probably safe to...
Dozens of the nation’s most popular websites — including Twitter, PayPal, Airbnb , Netflix, Reddit and Spotify — were disrupted Friday by a major cyber attack that exposed the fragile nature of the Internet. <<Read the Article Here>> Source: Who launched cyber attack that hit Twitter, Paypal, HBO? – The San Diego Union-Tribune More...
Ryerson University Executive Director Ann Cavoukian, previously Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner, has launched the International Council on Global Privacy and Security, by Design. The mission, according to a press release, “is to dispel the commonly held view that organizations must choose between privacy and public safety...
Mobile tablets, commonplace in many aspects of clinical practice in health care settings, have arrived in the dental industry with the introduction of the 3M™ Mobile True Definition Scanner, a one-of-a-kind tablet-based intraoral scanner that fits in your hand. <Read the Press Release Here> Source: 3M Launches...
Josh Hallquist uses skills learned during his time at Tyler School of Art for dentistry. <Read the Article Here at The Temple News> Source: Tyler and Temple dentistry school create partnership – The Temple News Related Reading When art and dentistry collide | Temple Now NASA technology used in Digital...
Thornhill dentist, Dr. Alex Toivis, was attacked, but little more is known, so far. <Read what information there is at yorkregion.com> Source: Thornhill dentist ‘fine now’ after being attacked with knife Related Reading CBC News: Is it safe to go to my dentist? Your COVID-19 questions answered Wireless Medical Device...
The hackers who stole the data of hundreds of millions of Yahoo users two years ago were two cybercriminal gangs, InfoArmor reported. That finding contradicts the notion that state-sponsored actors were behind the attack, which Yahoo suggested when it disclosed the breach. Further, the number...
A class-action lawsuit against three of the dental industry’s biggest companies will be allowed to proceed after a U.S. District Court judge refused to dismiss the proposed litigation, according to multiple reports. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan ruled on September 28 that a class-action lawsuit...
Advice – Online Security Every day, thousands of individuals fall victim to online scams and malicious activities. The dangers online are varied and increasingly difficult to recognize. As these threats become more pervasive and complex, it’s important to educate yourself. Online security and the activities required to...
Protein drugs of the future, plant-made antimicrobial peptides, may target dental plaque and gum tissues. Protein drugs, which derive from biological sources, represent some of the most important and effective biopharmaceuticals on the market. Some, like insulin, have been used for decades. Newer products, based on...
BY ALISA HRUSTIC Put off the dentist and your smile isn’t the only thing that can suffer: Poor oral hygiene could hurt your heart health, suggests a new study from Finland. After examining the teeth and the arteries of more than 500 people, the researchers discovered that those...
Carestream Health Inc., Rochester, New York, has been awarded a maximum $150,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for digital imaging network picture archiving communications system products and maintenance. This is the second contract competitively awarded under the open solicitation, SPE2D1-15-R-0004. This was a competitive acquisition...
