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Another supply chain attack: Infected IObit promotion installs ransomware

A number of cybersecurity experts predicted at the end of the year that hackers will quickly learn lessons from the SolarWinds Orion supply chain hack to distribute malware. It seems they already have.

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Another supply chain attack: Infected IObit promotion installs ransomware

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Microsoft Office 365 gets big boost from Asigra’s backup protection

Toronto-based backup and recovery firm Asigra announced a major update to its Cloud Backup with Deep MFA solution by integrating it with Microsoft Office 365.

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Malicious update to SolarWinds’ Orion platform blamed for global hacks, including FireEye

CISOs around the world whose organizations use SolarWinds’ Orion IT management platform are scrambling to patch the suite and look for signs of data theft after reports Sunday that updates for the platform had been infected with malware.

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Software security continues to be good news for the channel, and enterprises are looking at ROI seriously, says analyst

A recent webinar shed light on the cybersecurity market during the remote work era and shared important info for both buyers and sellers of security software.

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Malware attacks in Canada up 103 per cent over 2018, says SonicWall

Canada faced the second biggest increase in malware attacks last year among customers according to corporate security vendor SonicWall.

Datto report highlights massive disconnect between MSPs and customers around ransomware

Datto Inc.’s annual Canadian State of the Channel Ransomware Report released this week, and among the laundry-list…

BlackBerry creates Washington subsidiary to serve U.S. government

Waterloo, Ont.-based BlackBerry Ltd. announced on Tuesday it’s creating a new subsidiary based in Washington, D.C. called…

General Dynamics, Scalar and others help Canadian Army with ‘new initiative’ through $621M contract

Ottawa’s General Dynamics Mission Systems was recently awarded three contracts valued at more than $621 million by the federal government to improve the Canadian Army’s (CA) ability to protect the communications and information systems they depend on.