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Ontario hospital group confirms attack was ransomware

The Daixin Team ransomware gang is taking credit for attacks that have hobbled five Southwestern Ontario hospitals that share a service provider. The gang has...

Proposed privacy, AI legislation doesn’t limit business use of facial recognition, complain rights groups

New legislation limiting the use of facial recognition in Canada is needed according to civil liberties groups, who say proposed privacy and artificial intelligence...

SlimAI’s John Amaral discusses open source security and the responsibility of software vendors

2023 has been the year for regulators to really get their teeth into the blight of security issues that continues to plague the open...

SolarWinds allegedly misled public on its security before Sunburst cyberattack: SEC

SolarWinds and its CISO have been accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud and internal control failures relating to allegedly...

Chen to leave BlackBerry at the end of the week

After a decade of trying to resuscitate BlackBerry Ltd., John Chen is leaving the company. In a statement issued this afternoon, the company announced the...

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: ‘Staff training far most cost-effective than going through a cyber compromise’

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to a close, let’s face the elephant in the room: Employee awareness training is expensive and time-consuming. In reply, meet...

Toronto Public Library hit by cyber attack

Toronto Public Library’s services have been impacted following a cyber attack. The library’s 100 branches are open and material can be loaned.  The free Wi-Fi...

Canadian government issues call for proposals to support fight against misinformation

The Government of Canada has announced a large step in combating the spread of misinformation and disinformation online. Pascale St-Onge, minister of Canadian heritage,...

Channel Bytes October 27, 2023 – Cohesity adopts RHEL; Case IQ acquires WhistleBlower Security; Backblaze, HYCU partner on data protection; and more

Staying informed is a constant challenge. There's so much to do, and so little time. But we have you covered. Grab a coffee and...

Downtown Toronto hospital investigating ‘data security incident’

A major downtown Toronto hospital is investigating what it calls a data security incident. Michael Garron Hospital, part of a group of healthcare institutions called...

MapleSEC: How Kyndryl built cyber resiliency into its new IT infrastructure

Next month will mark an independence day of sorts for IT infrastructure provider Kyndryl Inc. In 2021, what was then called IBM Global Technology Services...

Cost of data breach up 12 per cent: Survey

Inflation is up for all sorts of products and services, including the cost of a data breach. The median cost of a data breach to...

Canadian CEO confidence in facing cyber attacks varies, according to KPMG surveys

While Canadian infosec pros struggle in the trenches with cyber attacks, CEOs stand at a higher level looking over the entire organization. From their...

Five Southern Ontario hospitals impacted by cyber attack on shared services provider

The shared services model adopted by governments and non-profits has many advantages, including efficiency and economies of scale. However, a cyber attack on a firm...

MapleSEC: How infosec pros can make their organizations safe for AI

Artificial intelligence applications are a two-edged sword: They can be used by employees to improve productivity and make better products and services, and they...

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