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Suspected developer of Ragnar Locker ransomware arrested in Paris

The suspected developer of the Ragnar Locker ransomware strain is in custody in France and the malware’s IT infrastructure taken down after an international...

MapleSEC: How the Canadian government’s Cyber Centre helps infosec pros

What does the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security do for infosec pros? Quite a lot, according to Melanie Anderson, the federal agency’s director-general for secure...

MapleSEC: How to stop CSOs from saying, ‘Goodbye’

Increasing cyber attacks and the pressures COVID put on organizations is making chief security officers and their equivalents think of the unthinkable: Quitting. In fact,...

Chen mum on his future with BlackBerry

John Chen isn’t saying if he will stay with BlackBerry now that the board has decided to split the Waterloo, Ont. company into two...

‘Shocking’ cybersecurity numbers in survey of Canadian small businesses, says Mastercard

Few Canadian small business owners believe their cybersecurity defences are up to stopping a cyber attack, a new survey suggests. Only one-third of Canadian small...

Channel Bytes October 13, 2023 –  Last chance to register for MapleSEC; OpenText launches new partner program; New Asimily program focuses on IoT security,...

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Pure Storage intros new DRaaS, pledges to cover power, rack space costs

Pure Storage has released what it described as “new data resilience offerings” that include Pure Protect//DRaaS, which it said is targeted at VMware sites...

No one suspected the man in a FedEx uniform …

No one suspected the man in the FedEx uniform. He walked into offices in the Phoenix, Arizona area asking the receptionists for directions. Pretty common. But...

Gang says it stole more Air Canada data than the company admits

The BianLian ransomware gang says Air Canada hasn’t been forthright about the amount of data it stole in last month’s cyber attack. Last month the...

Warning to website admins: HTTP/2 zero-day causes massive DDoS attacks, patch now

Developers and administrators of web servers are being warned to install patches to fix a critical zero-day vulnerability in a key protocol that led...

MSPs told by security expert now is not the time to be complacent

A group of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) attending the recent ASCII Edge: The MSP Conference in Toronto received excellent advice and guidance during a...

ServiceNow adds integration with BlackBerry UEM

ServiceNow has added integration with BlackBerry’s UEM endpoint management suite to its digital workflow solution. The free solution, which integrates into ServiceNow’s Flow Designer, will...

Google execs predict GenAI could be major windfall for Canada

If used in a responsible way, generative AI (GenAI) represents a technology shift and breakthrough not witnessed since the advent of the mobile phone,...

Channel Bytes October 6, 2023 – Trend Micro revamps partner program; New channel chief at Dell; Zoom bolsters partner program; and more

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MGM Resorts attack cost it US$100 million in lost revenue — plus US$10 million in cyber expenses

Last month’s cyber attack by the AlphV ransomware gang on MGM Resorts cost the company at least US$100 million in disruption and lost business,...

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