Canada Faces 12 Billion Cyberattacks in Just Six Months**
Canada is staring down an unprecedented wave of cyber threats. In the first half of 2025, over 12 billion attack attempts were tracked targeting Canadian networks—an alarmingly high volume that’s stretching cybersecurity teams to their limits. Behind the data is Fortinet, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity firms. At their Burnaby, B.C. campus—a global operations hub—security […]
Fortinet highlights risks associated with remote working in new research
Fortinet, a provider of cybersecurity solutions, conducted a study titled Work-from-Anywhere. A global study highlighting the trend of people working from anywhere found that two-thirds of organizations had breaches caused by remote working. The study surveyed 570 businesses and discovered that 60% still allow employees to work from home, while 55% are embracing a hybrid […]
Indigo admits cyber attack was ransomware, employee data accessed
Two weeks after suffering a cyber attack, Indigo Books and Music has acknowledged it was hit by ransomware and employee data was compromised. “On February 8, 2023, Indigo experienced a ransomware attack,” the company says in an updated FAQ on its website. “Through our investigation we learned there is no reason to believe customer data
FTC fines Fortnite maker Epic Games $520M
Epic Games, the creator of the popular Fortnite video game, will pay $520 million in fines and refunds to resolve grievances about children’s privacy after it breached the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and used design gimmicks known as dark patterns to trick millions of players into making unintentional purchases, according to U.S. federal […]
Cyber Security Today, Oct. 12, 2022 – Toyota blames contractor for five-year data leak, code from Intel is leaked and more
In this episode a data leak reported by Toyota, loss of some source code from Intel, DDoS attacks on US airports
