by Admin | Oct 27, 2020 | Corporate Frauds, Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud, phishing
Yellowknife (October 27, 2020) – A BEC (Business Email Compromise) scammer attempted to dupe the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) using invoice fraud. The RCMP explained that a business partner of the GNWT was the subject of a phishing attack. The...
by Admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Corporate Frauds, Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud
Montreal (September 10, 2020) – The RCMP charged two Montreal men, Jacob Costanzo-Peterson and Félix Costanzo-Peterson, for conducting high-profile cyberattacks against Canadian Tire Corporation, BMO, and Simplii Financial in 2017 and 2018. In August 2018, the two...
by Admin | Jul 17, 2020 | Cybercrime, Featured, International Fraud, Online Fraud, phishing
Ottawa (July 17, 2020) – The Canadian Communication Security Establishment (CSE) and its international counterparts said that the Russian hacker group, APT29, aka ‘Cozy Bear’ or ‘the Dukes’, targeted health organizations and vaccine research entities in Canada, the...
by Admin | Jun 17, 2020 | Cybercrime, Featured
Halifax (June 17, 2020) – The Halifax District RCMP issued a warning against ransomware scams targeting businesses. A local company reported that its network had been hacked with ransomware. The hackers demanded $270,000. Any business or individual could be a target...
by Admin | Jun 5, 2020 | Cybercrime, Featured, phishing, Privacy Breach
Toronto (June 5, 2020) – Chartered Professional Accountants Canada (CPA) fell victim to a cyberattack. Their website was targeted and the personal information of more than 329,000 subscribers of CPA Magazine was breached including names, addresses, emails, and...
by Admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Cybercrime, Featured, Identity Fraud
Bethesda, USA (April 02, 2020) – Marriott International confirmed that they were hit by a cyberattack involving a property system in mid-January. The data breach is the second cybersecurity incident in two years for the multinational hotel company leaving its...
