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DOJ Says KimWolf Powered Massive DDoS-for-Hire OperationsU.S. prosecutors charged a Canadian man accused of operating the KimWolf botnet, alleging the DDoS-for-hire platform compromised nearly two million IoT devices and powered attacks that reached record traffic volumes worldwide.

ManuSec Canada Speakers From Subaru and Toronto Transit Discuss Cyber ResilienceCanadian manufacturers face rising cyber risk as IT and OT systems converge. Leaders from Subaru Canada and the Toronto Transit Commission outline how ransomware, supply chain exposure and legacy OT vulnerabilities demand stronger resilience, segmentation and incident response readiness.

Also: EU Bans AI Tools, Notepad++ Secures Updater, Apple Patches iOS Zero-DayThis week, Cambodia shuttered 200 scam centers. EU Parliament banned AI tools. Canada Goose disputed a ShinyHunters leak. Notepad++ patched an updater flaw. Apple fixed a decades-old iOS zero-day. BeyondTrust and Dell patched critical flaws under active exploitation.

New Rules Tell Power Grid Operators to Log All OT Network TrafficA new reliability standard for U.S. and Canadian electric grid tells major power companies to monitor and log traffic on their operational technology and industrial control systems networks. The rules will be a heavy lift for the electricity sector.

Chinese-Linked Malware Campaign Targets Critical Environments With Weak MonitoringU.S. and Canadian cyber authorities say Chinese state-backed actors used a backdoor dubbed BRICKSTORM to maintain long-term access into critical infrastructure, exploiting VMware environments to exfiltrate credentials and evade detection through encrypted covert channels.

NAV Canada CISO Tom Bornais on Keeping IT and OT Systems RunningWith threats targeting aviation infrastructure, NAV Canada CISO Tom Bornais explained how his team focuses on building resilience rather than chasing perfection. He outlined why internal alignment, incident simulation and supply chain security are critical to defending IT and OT systems.

Also: F5 Revenue Dips, Swedish Utility Operator BreachedThis week, critical infrastructure breaches in Canada, a Swedish grid operator breached, an Australian guilty of selling cyber exploits, Gmail wasn't breached, F5 projected a revenue dip, PhantomRaven targeted developers, a Pakistan-linked actor targeted India and Dentsu confirmed a data breach.

OTsec Canada Chairman on Balancing Wellness, Collaboration and ComplianceOrganizations defending critical infrastructure must shift from compliance-focused strategies to holistic resilience. Ahead of the OTsec Canada Summit, Énergir CISO Martin Laberge outlines why people-first leadership and national coordination are essential for OT security resilience.

Also: Astra Nova RVV Token Plummets, Canada Fines Cryptomus $126MThis week, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, Astra Nova RVV token plummeted, an investor lost $3M in a wallet breach linked to Huione Group, Canada fined Cryptomus, a U.K. regulator sued HTX over illegal crypto promotions and hacked LuBian wallets moved $1.8B in bitcoin.

Also: Texas Brothers Charged in $8M Crypto-Linked Kidnapping CaseThis week, Brian Quintenz won't lead the U.S. CFTC, Canada fined KuCoin $14M, Texas brothers charged in an $8M kidnapping case, South Korean actor given suspended sentence for embezzlement, phishing campaign used robots.txt and an ex-LASD deputy pleaded guilty in a business extortion scam.

Microsoft Urges Immediate Mitigation as State Actors Target SharePoint FlawHackers breached a sensitive database containing office locations and personal details of elected officials and staff in Canada's House of Commons. Hackers were able to "exploit a recent Microsoft vulnerability," according to an internal email sent to members and staff.

Chinese Surveillance Firm Faces Canada National Security BanChinese video surveillance manufacturer Hikvision must close operations in Canada, a government official said Friday, citing national security concerns. The ban is the latest in a string of Western prohibitions against equipment made by partially state-owned Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology.

Also, O Canada, Oh Brother and More Probable Chinese HackingThis week, ransomware kills, Salt Typhoon hit Canada, Russian backdoors, SAP and Citrix patches, China hackers in the oil and energy sector. Brother printers have an unfixable flaw. Ransomware hit a U.S. dairy cooperative. Hackers in Albania and Oxford. European lawmakers heard cybersecurity advice.

Canadian Cyber Agency Warns of Rising Chinese Cyberthreats.The Canadian Center for Cybersecurity on Tuesday said it has observed "increasing levels" of malicious cyberactivity from China-linked hackers, including the group tracked Salt Typhoon. Exposed edge devices are at risk of attacks can be detected through mass scanning.

Customers Question Why PowerSource Support Tool Had Direct Access to Their SystemsEducational software-maker PowerSchool faces over 20 lawsuits seeking class-action status, filed in the wake of a massive data breach involving current and former student and faculty data being held by an as-yet-unknown number of school districts across the U.S., Canada and Bermuda.

No Patch Yet Available for Second Zero Day to Be Recently Found in VoIP SoftwareSecurity researchers warn of a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in widely used VoIP telephony software, a discovery that comes as the United States struggles to evict Chinese nation-state hackers from telecom networks. The software is the MiCollab software suite from Canada-based Mitel.

Hacking Suspect Tied to Theft of Data From AT&T, TicketMaster, Santander and OthersCanadian authorities arrested a suspected extortionist tied to the hacking theft of terabytes of data from clients of cloud-based data warehousing platform Snowflake. Charges against the suspect, Alexander Moucka, aka Connor Moucka, have yet to be publicly detailed.

Canadian Cybersecurity Leaders Brace for Changing Security Landscape and RegulationsAt the recent Cybersecurity Summit: Canada East, hosted by Information Security Media Group, cybersecurity leaders, industry experts and top executives discussed the surge in ransomware attacks, the integration of AI into security frameworks and growing personal liability concerns for CISOs.

Also: U.S. Healthcare Cyber Bill, Insights from ISMG's Canada SummitIn the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed recent international law enforcement efforts against Russian cybercrime organizations, the latest U.S. cybersecurity bill aimed at protecting the healthcare sector and key takeaways from ISMG's Canada Summit.

Auto Dealership Software Firm Says Restoring Service Will Take 'Days and Not Weeks'CDK Global, the auto dealership software solutions firm that supplies services to an estimated 15,000 dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, said it has begun the restoration process for its customers after a debilitating cyber incident caused disruptions.