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Scraped images of sexually abused children found in AI training database

Thousands of images of sexually abused children scraped from the internet are part of a commonly-used database used to train artificial intelligence image generators,...

Threat actors still exploiting old unpatched vulnerabilities, says Cisco

The exploitation of a vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer application was one of the biggest cybersecurity news headlines of the year. However, according...

U.S. drug store chain banned from using facial recognition for five years

Rite Aid, an American drug store chain, will be banned by a regulator from using facial recognition applications to identify suspicious customers for five...

AlphV/BlackCat ransomware gang’s websites seized, FBI releases decrypter

U.S. authorities have confirmed the disruption of the AlphV/BlackCat ransomware gang, including the seizure of several of the group’s data leak and communications sites...

Southern Ontario school board acknowledges ‘cyber incident’

One of the biggest public school boards in Southern Ontario has publicly acknowledged a cyber attack, over a month after it was detected. The York...

Dental benefits group notifying almost 7 million Americans of MOVEit data theft

Almost 7 million U.S. residents are being notified by a dental benefits provider that their personal information was stolen in one of the biggest...

Hackers abusing OAuth to automate cyber attacks, says Microsoft

Threat actors are misusing OAuth-based applications as an automation tool for authentication, says Microsoft. “Threat actors compromise user accounts to create, modify, and grant high...

Channel Bytes December 15, 2023 – RackWare launches channel program; MSP360 adds end-user restores to Managed Backup; Intel launches Core Ultra with NPU; and...

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BlackBerry names new CEO, will split cybersecurity and IoT businesses

BlackBerry’s new leader is the former head of its cybersecurity business unit. The Waterloo, Ont., company said this morning that John Giamatteo is its new...

European political agreement paves the way for AI law

The European Union has reached agreement on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence law. According to the Associated Press, negotiators from the European Parliament and...

Channel Bytes December 8, 2023 – OneSpan launches new partner program; Microsoft to offer extended security updates for Windows 10; High-end firewall market declines...

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Canadian mid-sized firms pay an average $1.13 million to ransomware gangs

The average ransomware payment made by mid-sized Canadian companies this year was just over $1 million, according to a new survey. The survey of IT...

Canadian privacy czars release principles for responsible development of AI

On the heels of cybersecurity guidance for generative AI systems issued by the federal government, Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial privacy regulators have issued...

Nova Scotia privacy commissioner investigating provincial MOVEit hack

Why were thousands of organizations seemingly defenceless against the zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer service, a hole that so far has...

Small Canadian energy producer reports cybersecurity incident

A Calgary oil and gas producer says it has suffered a cybersecurity incident that impacted certain aspects of its business. Clearview Resources Ltd. made the...

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