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Ontario privacy commissioner investigating hospital group ransomware attack

Ontario’s privacy commissioner is looking into the ransomware attack that hit five hospitals linked to a common shared IT provider. "Our office is actively investigating...

Organizations struggling with oversight over employees’ mobile devices: Report

A report released today by enterprise software provider SOTI found that 52 per cent of organizations do not have the budget to ensure real-time...

Southwestern Ontario hospitals over a month away from restoring full service as IT network rebuilt

The five southwestern Ontario hospitals and their shared services provider hit by ransomware won’t be able to restore full IT services — including rebuilding...

Why recovering quickly from a cyber attack should be infosec pros’ prime goal

Because a determined threat actor will likely penetrate any organization, the prime goal of a cybersecurity plan should be getting quickly back online, a...

AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park all about trust: Champagne

Last week’s AI Safety Summit, held at Bletchley Park in the U.K., was all about acknowledgement, action, adaption, and, most importantly, trust, says François-Philippe...

Ransomware gang continues to publish data stolen from Ontario hospitals

The Daxin Team ransomware group has released its third tranche of data stolen from southwestern Ontario hospitals that share an IT services provider because...

A cautionary tale: The tragic case of two Danish hosting firms who lost all their clients’ data

Cybersecurity incidents of all kinds happen frequently, but one of the most extreme occurred in mid-August, when two Danish cloud hosting firms – CloudNordic...

Channel Bytes November 3, 2023 – Syncro and Acronis partner on offering for MSPs; Zoom launches ISV program; HP revamps sales and partner...

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Analyst says Bletchley Declaration delivers the right type of signals

The signing yesterday of the Bletchley Declaration, a document that focuses on the safe development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, by representatives...

Ontario hospital group confirms attack was ransomware

The Daixin Team ransomware gang is taking credit for attacks that have hobbled five Southwestern Ontario hospitals that share a service provider. The gang has...

Proposed privacy, AI legislation doesn’t limit business use of facial recognition, complain rights groups

New legislation limiting the use of facial recognition in Canada is needed according to civil liberties groups, who say proposed privacy and artificial intelligence...

SlimAI’s John Amaral discusses open source security and the responsibility of software vendors

2023 has been the year for regulators to really get their teeth into the blight of security issues that continues to plague the open...

SolarWinds allegedly misled public on its security before Sunburst cyberattack: SEC

SolarWinds and its CISO have been accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud and internal control failures relating to allegedly...

Chen to leave BlackBerry at the end of the week

After a decade of trying to resuscitate BlackBerry Ltd., John Chen is leaving the company. In a statement issued this afternoon, the company announced the...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: ‘Staff training far most cost-effective than going through a cyber compromise’

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to a close, let’s face the elephant in the room: Employee awareness training is expensive and time-consuming. In reply, meet...

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