Cybersecurity

Cyberattack forces Canada’s financial intelligence agency to take systems offline

Canada’s financial intelligence agency FINTRAC has announced pulling its corporate systems offline due to a cyber incident that struck over the weekend. In a statement on its website, the agency said: “Over the last 24 hours, FINTRAC has and continues to manage a cyber incident. The incident does not involve the Centre’s intelligence or classified […]

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CBS, Paramount owner National Amusements says it was hacked | TechCrunch

National Amusements, the cinema chain and corporate parent giant of media giants Paramount and CBS, has confirmed it experienced a data breach in which hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of people. The private media conglomerate said in a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general that hackers stole personal information on […]

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What the SEC weighed in finalizing the cyber disclosure rules

The leader of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporate Finance downplayed concerns that the agency’s new cybersecurity rules will provide a roadmap to threat groups about their attacks or place an undue burden on security executives.  Erik Gerding, director of the Division of Corporate Finance, said staff carefully considered those issues as part […]

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BatLoader Unleashed in Ongoing Webex Malvertising Campaign | Cyware Hacker News

A recent malvertising campaign has been found focusing on corporate users who are downloading the widely used web conferencing application, Webex. In this campaign, malicious actors have purchased an advertisement that mimics Cisco’s branding, and it appears as the top result when conducting a Google search.  Diving into details The ad appears completely legitimate at […]