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An Amazon Prime Spoofing Campaign is Using Malicious PDF to Steal Credit Card Information

Threat intelligence experts at Unit 42 discovered the phishing campaign in January 2025. The attack starts with an email about the target's expiring Amazon Prime membership. Similar to the Amazon Prime membership phishing campaigns that ran rampant from 2022 to 2024, this tells the customer that there was an issue with the credit card on file and that failure to update the payment method will cause suspension of Prime benefits.
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What You Need To Know About Golang-Based Malware

Golang is becoming the programming language of choice for many malware developers. According to cybersecurity firm Intezer, there’s been an almost 2000 percent increase in the number of Go-based malware strains found in the wild since 2017. The number of attacks using this type of malware is expected to increase in the next couple of years. What’s most alarming is that we’re seeing many threat actors who are targeting multiple operating systems with strains from a single Go codebase.
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What Is Cybercrime as a Service?

The cybercrime landscape has evolved to become a highly lucrative and organized business. Using the as-a-service business model, cybercriminals are now offering their services and hacking tools to anyone willing to pay for them or split the profits. Here’s what this trend is about and why we should all be worried about our digital security. What Is Cybercrime as a Service? Cybercrime as a Service (CaaS) is the umbrella term used to describe an organized business model that involves malware de
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Your Website Has Been DDoSed - But What Does DDoS Mean?

You may have heard of hackers taking down websites in a DDoS attack. During a DDos strike, users will see a server error message whenever they try to access the website or service. Companies who get DDoSed suffer thousands of dollars' worth of damages. The longer hackers keep their sites down, the more money victims lose. So what is a DDoS attack? What is the actual definition of a DDoS attack? A DDoS or Distributed Denial of Service is a type of cyberattack that targets web servers, database
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Global trends report shows AI adoption still lags in Canada

A new report, shared at the ALL IN conference in Montréal on Wednesday by data platform company WEKA, reveals key findings on the lagging adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Canada. The study, conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence, gathered responses from 1500 AI professionals and decision-makers. The data, which offers an overall look at the current trends shaping AI adoption worldwide, noted an “astonishing rate of change” since the onset of ChatGPT 3 and the first wave of gener...
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Watch Out for These Holiday Cyberattacks

The year's jolliest season can also be the most dangerous. Cybercriminals don't take holidays and are known to be more aggressive when people are thinking about Christmas, shopping, and eating. In 2023, online holiday sales reached $222.1 billion in the US alone. The boost in sales around the holidays attracts threat actors who want to take advantage of the increase in online transactions. According to SIRP, ransomware attacks surged 30%, and phishing attacks increased 35% during the 2023 ho...
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'It used to be lonely being Indigenous in tech' : How one tech founder’s question led to a community of hundreds

A series of conversations that sprung from one question soon evolved into a vibrant community of more than 340 Indigenous tech leaders, founders, and professionals spread geographically across Turtle Island. The Indigenous Tech Circle, which officially became a non-profit entity on National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21st, 2024), now includes hundreds of members spread across the United States (US) and Canada. The group has monthly meet-ups and workshops, weekly intro sessions for new members...
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