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Canadian recreational vehicle maker BRP, Ontario Cannabis Store dealing with cyber attacks

One of the country’s biggest manufacturers of recreational vehicles is still struggling with the aftereffects of a cyber attack. Quebec-based BRP Inc., better known as...

Beware of simultaneous cyber attacks, warns Sophos

It’s bad enough to be victimized by one threat actor at a time. But according to researchers at Sophos, some organizations are being struck...

RCMP: Spyware only used with court approval

The RCMP keeps adding new information about its court-approved use of spyware on the wireless phones of criminal suspects, leading some members of Parliament...

Many North American firms have no cyber insurance coverage: Survey

Many North American organizations still don’t have cyber insurance, warns a new study, and those that don’t have enough coverage. Only 55 per cent of...

OpenText launches CE 22.3 to fuel cloud information management innovation

Information management company OpenText has announced OpenText Cloud Editions 22.3 (CE 22.3), designed to provide customers with the flexibility to operate on a private or public cloud through...

Channel Bytes August 5, 2022 – Extreme Networks enhances partner program; Cisco re-org with Nightingale’s departure; Next Pathway partners with Microsoft; and more

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Continuous scanning key to keeping SMBs safe: Report

The goal of implementing Zero Trust security is finding its way into small and medium sized business (SMB) environments, and a vital step involves...

U.S.-based cyber insurance broker expands to Canada, seeks MSPs, VARs as partners

Small and mid-sized Canadian organizations have a new choice for cybersecurity advice. DataStream Insurance, a California-based brokerage that specializes in cyber insurance coverage, has begun...

U.S., Canada urged to toughen fight against commercial spyware

U.S. government intelligence employees should be banned for life from working for "foreign offensive operators" as one means of fighting commercial spyware, a member...

Channel Bytes July 29, 2022 – D&H becomes authorized Microsoft CSP program provider; OSF Digital acquires Aarin; Checkmarx launches MSSP program; and more

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Average cost of a data breach to Canadian firms studied hit $7 million, says IBM

The average cost of a data breach is still going up, according to a new survey. The 25 Canadian companies that suffered a breach in...

PrestaShop urges administrators to update application to close vulnerabilities

Administrators of e-commerce sites using the open-source PrestaShop platform have been warned to update the application immediately to close serious vulnerabilities. PrestaShop says it first...

More conditions may be imposed on telcos as result of Rogers outage, says government

The federal government may impose more conditions on telecommunications providers to improve their resiliency as the investigation into the huge July 8 Rogers outage...

Public explanation of Rogers outage has lots of blanks

Rogers Communications has filed a 39-page reply to questions from the Canadian telecommunications regulator about the unprecedented outage of its internet and wireless network,...

Canadian Anti-fraud Centre name used in phishing campaign

The name of the Canadian Anti-fraud Centre, a clearing house for police for fraud reports of all types, is being used for a phishing...

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