Security News

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...

Canadian government discloses data breach after contractor hacks
2023-11-20 17:23

The Canadian government says two of its contractors have been hacked, exposing sensitive information belonging to an undisclosed number of government employees. These breaches occurred last month and impacted Brookfield Global Relocation Services and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving Services, both providers of relocation services to Canadian government employees.

Cyberattack on health services provider impacts 5 Canadian hospitals
2023-10-24 14:18

A cyberattack on shared service provider TransForm has impacted operations in five hospitals in Ontario, Canada, impacting patient care and causing appointments to be rescheduled. Yesterday, the service provider released a statement stating that their IT systems are experiencing an outage due to a cyberattack.

Rogers silent as Canadian customers report internet outages
2023-09-07 12:27

Rogers customers, primarily those located in Downtown Toronto and parts of Ontario, are reporting outages this week affecting their internet service. Rogers customers took to X to voice their concerns about internet outages in their area.

Largest Canadian bookstore Indigo shuts down site after cyberattack
2023-02-09 20:28

Indigo Books & Music, the largest bookstore chain in Canada, has been struck by a cyberattack yesterday, causing the company to make the website unavailable to customers and to only accept cash payments.The exact nature of the incident remains unclear but Indigo is not ruling out that hackers may have stolen customer data.

Canadian owes bosses for 'time theft' after work-tracking app sinks tribunal bid
2023-01-13 18:43

A woman in Canada failed in her claim for wrongful dismissal due to evidence from laptop software designed to track working time activity. 07 for part of the advance she received before starting work, and for the wages equal to the commensurate time lost.