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Two-Year Long Phishing Campaign Impersonates Canadian Banks

Canadian banks are being impersonated in a phishing campaign targeting both individuals and businesses via a large-scale infrastructure shared with previous attacks going back to 2017 and pointing to the same attackers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 23, 2019
- 08:11 AM
- 0
Canadian Insurance Firm Hit By Maze Ransomware, Denies Data Theft

An insurance and financial services company based out of Manitoba, Canada is the latest victim of the Maze Ransomware with allegedly 245 computers encrypted during a cyberattack in October.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 18, 2019
- 06:13 PM
- 0
LifeLabs Data Breach Exposes Personal Info of 15 Million Customers

Canadian clinical laboratory services provider LifeLabs has announced a data breach that exposed the personal information for up to 15 million Canadians after an unauthorized user gained access to their systems.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 17, 2019
- 04:22 PM
- 0
Credit Info Exposed in TransUnion Data Security Incident

Using a credential stuffing attack, an unauthorized person was able to gain access to a TransUnion Canada web portal and use it to pull consumer credit files.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 07, 2019
- 04:40 PM
- 0
Cyber-Attacks Hit Defense Contractors in Europe and North America

Defense contractors Rheinmetall AG and Defence Construction Canada (DCC) were hit this month by cyber-attacks that impacted and disrupted their information technology systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 27, 2019
- 07:08 PM
- 0
Over 757K Fraudulently Obtained IPv4 Addresses Revoked by ARIN

The American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd. (ARIN) discovered a fraud scheme through which 757,760 IPv4 addresses worth between $9,850,880 and $14,397,440 were fraudulently obtained.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 15, 2019
- 05:10 PM
- 0
Hacker Who Worked With FSB Agents in Email Hacks Gets 5 Years in Prison

A 23-year-old Canadian man who hacked into Yahoo and Gmail accounts on behalf of Russian Secret Service (FSB) agents was sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 30, 2018
- 12:15 AM
- 5
Two Canadian Banks Announce Hacks Over the Weekend

Two Canadian banks put out statements on Monday announcing separate cyber-incidents affecting their customers. The two are Simplii Financial, a subsidiary of CIBC, and the Bank of Montreal —two of Canada's biggest banks.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 29, 2018
- 05:37 AM
- 0
Police Drop Charges Against Canadian Teen Who Downloaded FOIA Documents

Halifax Regional Police announced today they would not be pressing charges against a 19-year-old teenager accused of hacking government systems.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 07, 2018
- 05:22 PM
- 1
All Five Eyes Countries Formally Accuse Russia of Orchestrating NotPetya Attack

All the countries part of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance — the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand— have made formal statements accusing the Russian Federation of orchestrating the NotPetya ransomware outbreak.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- February 18, 2018
- 05:50 AM
- 5
Canadian Police Charge Man Behind LeakedSource Portal

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced today they've charged a 27-year-old man named Jordan Evan Bloom for running LeakedSource.com, a website that compiled public data breaches, including cleartext passwords, and sold access to this information for a few dollars.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 15, 2018
- 02:10 PM
- 0
Terdot Banking Trojan Grows Into a Sophisticated Threat

Everything else is new, and there's a lot of it. According to Bitdefender, Terdot can also operate a local MitM proxy server to sniff and reroute web traffic, can target more than just banking sites, and can also download and execute files from a remote server.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 20, 2017
- 12:05 AM
- 0
Hacker Holds University for Ransom, Threatens to Dump Student Info

A hacker is trying to extort a Canadian university, threatening to dump student information unless university top brass pay 30,000 CAD (23,000 USD).
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 03, 2017
- 05:45 AM
- 0
Hacker Helps Family Recover Minivan After Losing One-Of-A-Kind Car Key

After getting locked out of their Toyota Estima minivan for almost two months, a Canadian family has regained access to their car after a hacker agreed to help them.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 15, 2017
- 06:26 AM
- 1
Woman Accused of Hacking Company and Redirecting Money to Her Bank Account

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested and charged a Canadian woman for hacking into the email of a local company's CEO and redirecting 52,000 Canadian dollars ($38,600) to her own bank account.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 05, 2017
- 06:20 AM
- 0
Canadian Government Is Asking Citizens If They Want Encryption Backdoors

The Canadian government is asking citizens for their feedback on several privacy and cyber-security topics, as part of a public consultation period for upcoming changes to Canada's national security framework.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 06, 2016
- 05:45 AM
- 1
Canada Immigration Website Crashes as Trump Prepares to Become US President

Canada's immigration website has gone down on the night of the US Presidential Election after early poll results started coming in, showing Republican candidate Donald Trump holding a small lead, which slowly grew as the evening progressed.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- November 09, 2016
- 03:25 AM
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