2026 FIFA World Cup Faces Surge in Cyber Threats
Persistent cybercrime, social engineering, and infrastructure threats continue to plague the FIFA 2026 World Cup across the US, Canada, and Mexico.
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Persistent cybercrime, social engineering, and infrastructure threats continue to plague the FIFA 2026 World Cup across the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Stories about Chinese APTs attacking the US and Canada are plentiful. In a turnabout, researchers found what they believe is a North American entity attacking a Chinese entity, thanks to a mysterious issue in Microsoft Exchange.
Though the company's video surveillance products will be prohibited for government use, individuals and private businesses can still buy the vendor's products.
The Canadian Center for Cybersecurity has confirmed that the Chinese state-sponsored cyber-threat actor targeted one of its telecommunications companies in February via a Cisco flaw, as part of global attack wave.
Questions remain over what a corporate ban will achieve, since Canadians will still be able to use the app.
The suspect, tracked as UNC5537, allegedly bragged about hacking several Snowflake victims on Telegram, drawing attention to himself.
Chinese APTs lurked in Canadian government networks for five years — and that's just one among a whole host of threats from Chinese bad actors.
The evolving malware is targeting hospitality and other B2C workers in Canada and Europe with capabilities that can evade Android 13 security restrictions.
The two jurisdictions will work together to investigate the credential-stuffing attack that put the personal data of millions at risk.
London Drugs offered no details about the nature of the incident, nor when its pharmacies would be functioning normally again.
Operation Cronos, a collab between authorities in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Japan, and Australia — seizes data and website associated with the prolific cybercriminal organization and its affiliates.
US and Canadian government agencies find that new variants of the malware are increasingly being utilized.
Canada's largest bookseller rejected the pressure of the ransomware gang's countdown timer, despite data threats.
A threat actor has leaked data — purportedly, samples of Telus employee payroll data and source code — on a hacker site.
A dual Russian-Canadian citizen is being extradited to the US to face charges related to LockBit ransomware activities.
For the first time, CyberCatch's SMBVR detected significant vulnerability to 'session riding' attacks among North American SMBs.
An unauthorized employee accessed Ikea's customer database, but it's unclear what the intention was.
The Russian government is ratcheting up malicious cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in countries supporting Ukraine.
Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, allegedly responsible for some $28 million in ransomware losses from victims in the US.