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U.S., South Korea issue alert on North Korean-based ransomware groups

North Korean state-sponsored ransomware groups are targeting hospitals and other critical infrastructure organizations, U.S. and South Korean law enforcement and intelligence agencies are warning. “The...

Indigo suffers ‘cyber incident,’ knocking it offline

Canada’s biggest book chain has suffered what it calls a cyber incident that knocked it offline on Wednesday. “We experienced a cybersecurity incident earlier today...

Give tax break so small Canadian firms can invest in cybersecurity, Parliament told

Ottawa should deploy a wide range of strategies, including tax breaks, to encourage small businesses to take cybersecurity more seriously, a member of a...

Income tax scams targeting Canadians – and Americans – have already started

It’s time to start preparing your personal income tax return in Canada and the U.S. Just remember that crooks are preparing, too. Researchers at Sophos...

Use these phishing-resistant authenticators, says NIST

Want to stop hackers from using phishing as leverage to get into your IT environment? Start using phishing-resistant multifactor authenticators such as hardware keys...

Ontario hospital recovering IT systems after cyber incident

Another Canadian hospital has been hit by a cyber attack, the second in three months. Ross Memorial Hospital in the eastern Ontario community of Lindsay,...

Customer database of Canadian mortgage broker left open on internet

A Canadian mortgage broker’s database containing personal information on thousands of people was left open on the internet, according to security researchers. Access to the...

Why cybercrooks love Telegram Messenger

The Telegram text and video messaging service has become a “thriving ecosystem” for cybercrime and will likely continue to be a major challenge for...

Cyber attacks work because CISOs don’t do basic security: Microsoft

Infosec leaders are still behind in cybersecurity basics, leaving their organizations unnecessarily open to attacks, says the vice-president of Microsoft Security. Cyber attacks aren’t successful...

Gift card lure was alluring to many in phishing test

A significant number of employees are still falling for phishing scams, according to the results of a global test by a Canadian-based firm. Seven percent...

Trulioo deploys unified platform for its identity verification solutions

A Canadian-based provider of identity verification services for banks and e-commerce sites has merged its individual products into a cloud platform, promising to make...

Why boards tune out CISOs, and 4 ways to get them to listen

Imagine an adult in front of you talking in an unintelligible foreign language. That, says Jeffrey Wheatman, is how most chief information security officers (CISOs)...

Free cybersecurity resources for Canadian retailers now available

Retailers across Canada now have access to a free online and bilingual cybersecurity program. Called the Retail CyberSecure program, it’s an effort of the Retail Council...

B.C. college says info of students, employees at risk following cyber attack

A British Columbia community college says personal information of some students and employees may have been copied by a cyber attacker earlier this month. Okanagan...

Updated: FBI shuts down Hive ransomware gang’s IT infrastructure

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized the website of the Hive ransomware gang after penetrating the group's computer networks -- apparently...

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