Security News

Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume
2024-11-11 03:28

Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more in brief One of the suspected masterminds behind the widespread Snowflake breach has been arrested in Canada – but the...

Canada Orders TikTok to Shut Down Canadian Operations Over Security Concerns
2024-11-07 04:39

The Canadian government on Wednesday ordered ByteDance-owned TikTok to dissolve its operations in the country, citing national security risks, but stopped short of instituting a ban on the popular...

Canadian Suspect Arrested Over Snowflake Customer Breach and Extortion Attacks
2024-11-05 05:08

Canadian law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual who is suspected to have conducted a series of hacks stemming from the breach of cloud data warehousing platform Snowflake earlier...

Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years
2024-10-31 05:34

India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time A report by Canada's Communications Security Establishment (CSE) revealed that state-backed actors have collected valuable information...

U.K., U.S. and Canadian Cyber Authorities Warn of Pro-Russia Hacktivist Attacks on Operational Technology Systems
2024-05-03 16:37

The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre and other international cyber authorities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have warned about pro-Russia hacktivist attacks targeting providers of operational technology. Pro-Russia hacktivists exploit both virtual network computing remote access software and default passwords to access the software components of internet-exposed industrial control systems associated with OT devices.

LabHost cybercrime service lets anyone phish Canadian bank users
2024-02-27 19:19

The Phishing as a Service platform 'LabHost' has been helping cybercriminals target North American banks, particularly financial institutes in Canada, causing a notable increase in activity. LabHost isn't a new provider, but its popularity surged after introducing custom phishing kits for Canadian banks in the first half of 2023.

Hacker arrested for selling bank accounts of US, Canadian users
2024-02-18 15:06

Ukraine's cyber police arrested a 31-year-old for running a cybercrime operation that gained access to bank accounts of American and Canadian users and sold it on the dark web. "To distribute his virus, the hacker created and administered several websites, offering users to download various software for free," reads the police's announcement.

ALPHV blackmails Canadian pipeline after 'stealing 190GB of vital info'
2024-02-13 19:20

Canada's Trans-Northern Pipelines has allegedly been infiltrated by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware crew, which claims to have stolen 190 GB of data from the oil distributor. ALPHV added Trans-Northern to its blackmail site on Tuesday and said the purloined files include "All important information."

Canadian Citizen Gets Phone Back from Police
2024-01-18 12:02

After 175 million failed password guesses, a judge rules that the Canadian police must return a suspect's phone. Judge] Carter said the investigation can continue without the phones, and he noted that Ottawa police have made a formal request to obtain more data from Google.

Third-party data breach affecting Canadian government could involve data from 1999
2023-11-21 13:21

Any govt staffers who used relocation services over past 24 years could be at risk The government of Canada has confirmed its data was accessed after two of its third-party service providers were...