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Canada’s Onex acknowledges being caught by GoAnywhere MFT compromise

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One of Canada’s biggest asset management companies is the latest victim of the hack of Forta’s GoAnywhere MFT managed file transfer platform. A spokesperson for...

Canada is moving faster on digital ID than most think, says ATB Ventures

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Canadian businesses should be working on digital ID solutions in anticipation of the release of federal and provincial initiatives, says an Alberta government innovation...

Remcos Trojan back on Check Point’s top 10 list of global threats

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Check Point Software Technologies’ Global Threat Index for February has seen Remcos Trojan return to the top 10 list for the first time since...

Canada’s allies buy more Canadian cybersecurity products than Ottawa does, parliament told

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Canada’s Five Eyes allies buy three times as much as Ottawa does of Canadian cyber products and services, an industry association has complained to...

FBI buys stolen health data that included members of U.S. Congress

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The FBI has purchased personal data stolen from a Washington D.C. health insurance marketplace whose subscribers included thousands of members of Congress, their staff,...

Hackers using OneNote instead of macros to deliver malware: Report

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For years, threat actors have been hiding macros in emailed Microsoft Office documents as a way to deliver malware. When an unwitting employee clicks...

Report sets out cybersecurity objectives for Canadian non-profits

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Most Canadian not-for-profit organizations struggle to have a cybersecurity strategy, but a just-released report details what their objectives should be. They are contained in a...

Acer confirms data breach, says no customer data involved

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Computer manufacturer Acer has confirmed that it has been hacked. Security Week quotes an Acer spokesperson saying it recently detected unauthorized access to one company...

Alleged principals behind DoppelPaymer ransomware gang arrested

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The DoppelPaymer ransomware gang has been toppled by the combined efforts of German, Ukraine and other police forces. In an announcement today, the European police...

Indigo refuses to pay ransom to LockBit gang

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Indigo Books & Music won’t pay the LockBit ransomware gang for data stolen last month, according to a news report. The Globe and Mail reports...

MapleSEC webinar: AI can be used by defenders, and threat actors

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There’s no doubt threat actors are either using or will soon use artificial intelligence to build malware and craft their attacks, says an expert. “Bad...

Zero trust advice: Start small, but get started

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Moving to a zero trust environment is so important that CEOs may have to appoint a manager to complete their projects, says a senior...

Employees still too gullible, falling for phishing lures: Report

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Employees continue to fall for phishing lures that endanger their organizations, according to Proofpoint’s latest annual international survey of IT/infosec managers and employees. Eighty-four per...

Senior LastPass developer’s home computer hacked as part of last year’s data theft; decryption keys stolen

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Password management provider LastPass has admitted that part of last August’s breach of security controls included hackers compromising the home computer of one of...

Canada bans employees from using TikTok on federal devices

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Federal employees have been banned from using the Chinese-based TikTok video app on Canadian government-issued computing devices. “Effective Feburary 28, the TikTok application will be...
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