RCMP: Spyware only used with court approval
At a parliamentary committee hearing the force admits spyware has been used since b
U.S., Canada Urged To Toughen Fight Against Commercial spyware
US intelligence agency employees should be banned from joining foreign spyware firms, Citzen Lab researcher tell
Ontario Town Still Recovering From Ransomware Attack
A small Ontario town is in the fifth day of dealing with a ransomware attack that has encrypted data. St. Marys, Ont., a town of about 7,500 just over an hour and a half drive north-west of Toronto, says critical municipal services, including fire, police, transit, and water/wastewater systems were unaffected by the incident and
Breaking News: Government files latest attempt at privacy legislation reform
The Liberal government has introduced its second attempt at overhauling the country’s privacy laws covering the business sector. Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne introduced Bill C-27 in the House of Commons this morning. Details of the legislation weren’t immediately available, so it isn’t clear how it will differ from the proposed legislation the government tabled in
Mixed reaction to Canada’s proposed cybersecurity law
One expert says the propose law isn’t innovative, while another says it’s ‘going in the right direction’
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Designated Canadian firms would have to report cyber breaches under proposed law
Certain companies in four federally-regulated Canadian critical infrastructure providers — including banks, telcos, energy providers and transport companies — would have to toughen their cybersecurity and share cyber threat information with Ottawa under proposed legislation introduced today by the federal government. Specific companies would be designated after the legislation passes, although in a briefing with […]
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G7 needs group to share best cybersecurity practices in light of Russian attacks on Ukraine, says Canada
In the face of what it calls Russia’s “malicious cyber activities” in its war against Ukraine, Canada is urging the G7 nations to create a working group to share cybersecurity best practices for protecting their IT and telecom critical infrastructure. Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne told reporters Friday he made that suggestion after […]
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Canada, U.S. in group of 61 nations vowing to work for an open internet
Signatories promise to resist efforts to splinter the global Internet
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Canada and Five Eyes allies issue another plea to critical infrastructure firms to prepare for Russian cyber attacks
Canada and its allies in the Five Eyes intelligence co-operative have issued another warning to organizations in the critical infrastructure sectors to be prepared for cyberattacks from Russia as a response to governments helping Ukraine. Similar to a warning issued in March, it says “evolving intelligence” indicates that the Russian government is exploring options for […]
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Canada, U.S. to negotiate treaty to speed up police data access requests
Treaty would make it easier for cross-border data production court orders to be enforced
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