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Maple Leaf Foods confirms it was hit by ransomware, won’t pay attackers

The Black Basta ransomware gang now lists Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods as one of its victims. It isn’t clear but this could be related to the cyber incident the company acknowledged earlie...

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Dell Technologies expands multicloud data protection capabilities

The new offerings include:Dell PowerProtect Data Manager ApplianceThis appliance automates discovery and protection of assets, and delivers VMware protection, ensuring the availability of all virtual...

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Government of Canada invests over C$4 million to support electric vehicle and clean technology

BluWave-ai is a cleantech company that uses AI (artificial intelligence) to help utility companies add renewable energy sources to their electricity grid. It obtained a repayable contribution of C$1.7...

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Switch to memory safe languages: NSA urges developers

In an advisory, the agency urges developers to think about dropping C and C++ and shifting to languages such as C#, Go, Java, Ruby, Rust, and Swift.In these languages, memory is managed automatically,...

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IBM and Net Zero Atlantic partner to enhance clean energy transition for Indigenous communities

IBM will work with Net Zero Atlantic, a not-for-profit company, to create an interactive digital tool that will help Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada to understand how transitioning to a carb...

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Meta lays off 11,000 employees as its metaverse bet still isn’t paying off

“Today I’m sharing some of the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history,” said Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg in a letter to his employees. “I’ve decided to reduce the size of...

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Use of multifactor authentication increasing Cisco data shows

The numbers, which come from an analysis of the use of Cisco’s Duo MFA platform, show authentications through Duo were up almost 15 per cent in the U.S. this year over 2021, almost 24 per cent in the...

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How to stop attackers from moving laterally through your network

Some attackers may be satisfied with compromising one device — and if they get lucky, it may be the only one they need. But usually attackers want to move around, and up, to get administrative privile...

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Cisco brings new customer experience capabilities to contact centers

“Digital-first consumers now demand a more responsive and personalized experience from the brands they love,” said Jeetu Patel, executive vice president and general manager of Cisco Security and Colla...

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OpenSSL update to fix critical vulnerability

The last time OpenSSL issued a critical vulnerability patch was in 2016, researchers at Venafi noted, and this is just the second patch to be assigned a critical rating.It isn’t known exactly what Ope...

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