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Canadian Stories

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Canadian firms flag AI-linked cyber risks from suppliers

Supplier oversight is becoming a bigger cyber priority as one in three Canadian businesses reported an AI-linked incident in the past year.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last month

Global Stories

Cyber attacks stories

Malware

Rubrik & MEDITECH team up on hospital cyber resilience

Hospitals using MEDITECH Expanse could restore records faster after ransomware, as Rubrik adds recovery tools across cloud and on-premises systems.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Education bodies boost AI budgets despite poor returns

Storage and cloud fees are eroding education AI returns, even as 46% of institutions plan bigger budgets this year.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Asia Pacific tops financial cyberattack target list

Banks and fintechs face mounting risk as application-layer attacks and bot activity increasingly exploit Asia Pacific's expanding digital finance links.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last month

Ransomware

Exploitation overtakes social engineering in Rapid7 report

Exposed systems are becoming the main target, as Rapid7 says flaws were used in 38% of incidents and patch windows shrank to five days.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Atsign AI platform wins Gold for zero-attack surface

Independent testing suggests enterprise AI can be deployed without exposed inbound ports, easing security concerns for firms handling sensitive data.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Malware

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…Cybersecurity was already hard

Attackers still exploit basic gaps for months, with 88% of SMB breaches in 2025 involving ransomware, the report says.

By Justin Carter • 5 min read • Last month

Ransomware

Akamai warns of surging DDoS attacks on financial firms

Sustained assaults are disrupting online banking and payments as EMEA becomes the main target for DDoS campaigns against lenders.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Security Operations Centres

Small businesses fear AI cyberattacks, WatchGuard finds

Rising incidents and compliance demands are pushing small businesses towards managed security support as 91% worry about AI-driven attacks.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

TrendAI expands bug bounty to cover AI vulnerabilities

The move widens defences for businesses as AI systems become a bigger target for attackers and zero-day flaws multiply across enterprise software.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Cyber attacks stories

Data Protection

The new UK cyber survey is out, but here's what the numbers aren't telling you

UK firms are still treating cyber security as an IT issue, leaving board oversight, supplier checks and proof of resilience dangerously thin.

By Mark Edgeworth • 6 min read • Last month

Data Protection

Ocean raises GBP £28 million to fight AI email fraud

AI-written phishing is forcing security teams to rethink email defences as Ocean claims its system already scans more than one billion messages a month.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month