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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...

The Russia-Ukraine cyber war: one year later

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To soften up Ukraine just prior to its February 24, 2022 invasion, Russia, or Russian-backed threat groups, unleashed a wave of wiperware against the...

Telus investigating sale of alleged code, employee information

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Someone on a criminal forum is selling what they claim is data on all Telus employees, as well as the Canadian telecommunications company’s GitHub...

Breaking news: Canadian privacy commissioners investigating TikTok

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Canada’s federal privacy commissioner, along with three provincial privacy commissioners, has started an investigation into TikTok, examining how the video-streaming platform collects the personal...

Updated: Indigo admits cyber attack was ransomware, employee data accessed

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Two weeks after suffering a cyber attack, Indigo Books and Music has acknowledged it was hit by ransomware and employee data was compromised. “On February...

Phishing still the leading way attackers breach security controls: IBM

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IBM’s annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, an analysis of data gathered from network sensors and incident investigations, is filled with a dizzying array of...

Toronto startup to test its quantum-resistant key distribution solution

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The federal government is giving a Toronto startup an opportunity to prove that its fledgling technology could help protect today’s encrypted Canadian communications from...

Veeam puts its money where its mouth is with ransomware warranty program

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The big news from Veeam’s Software’s launch on Tuesday of what it simply called the new Veeam Data Platform was not the introduction of...
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