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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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