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The PowerSchool Breach...Again

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Our 2025 Videos.

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U.S. Telecom Organizations Have Been Hacked

Posted January 31, 2025

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What Can We Learn From the PowerSchool Breach?

Posted February 7, 2025

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Understanding the PowerSchool Breach (& Signing Up For Monitoring)

Posted March 13, 2025

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23andMe Went Bankrupt but What About Your Data?

Posted April 4, 2025

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The PowerSchool Breach...Again

Posted May 8, 2025

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Our 2024 Videos.

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Privacy in Your Organization

Posted November 1, 2024

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Have You Practiced Being Breached? Tips for Resiliency

Posted October 24, 2024

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Communicating with Customers in a Breach

Posted October 16, 2024

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First Steps in Learning About Cybersecurity

Posted on October 8, 2024

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Revisiting the October 2023 Cy-Phy Exercise

Posted September 27, 2024

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The Telegram CEO's Arrest, Content Moderation, and You

Posted September 12, 2024

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Taylor Swift, Deepfakes, and Cyber Safety

Posted August 29, 2024

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More Data Breaches, Do We Still Care?

Posted August 16, 2024

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What Happens When Good Code Goes Bad?

Posted August 2, 2024

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Diving Into the Infostealer Ecosystem

Posted July 19, 2024

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Our 2023 Videos.

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Our Favourite Brands Hacked, Pay-Less Ransom, and Meta Strikes Again

Posted January 27, 2023

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FBI Helping Cyber Victims, Nunavut’s Energy Co. Hit with Ransom

Posted February 3, 2023

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Spy Balloons and the State of the Union: Does Canada Care?

Posted February 9, 2023.

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Taking a Deep Dive in the Cyber Incident at Indigo and Discussing Incident Response
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The Face that Stopped a Thousand Ships, Get Cyber Money

Posted March 23, 2023

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A Spy Balloon in Our Phones? Recent TikTok Bans
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Ticking TikTok, and Sobeys and Indigo Incident Response 101
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You Got Zero Days, FBI Catches Hacker Forum Owner
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The Announcement of Security Copilot and What It Might Mean

Posted March 31, 2023

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Another FBI Takedown, Genesis Market, and Remote Work Sins

Posted April 7, 2023

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Russian Cyberwarfare Files Leaked, PM Trudeau Website DDoS Attacked

Posted April 14, 2023

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Watchdogs Bite Down on ChatGPT & Beware Russian Hacktivists & ChatGPT

Posted April 21, 2023

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Malware on CISCO Routers and Ransomware Attack Record Number

Posted April 28, 2023

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Anonymous SUDAN Attacks, Juice Jacking, and Cyber Bullying

Posted May 5, 2023

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Spyware Taken Down, Google Tracking Visits to Abortion Clinics, and Other Data Breaches

Posted May 12, 2023

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The New Record Breaking Fine Goes to Meta

Posted May 31, 2023

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Protecting Against Holiday Scams - Holiday Edition

Posted December 2023

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Papers, Newsletters and More

Canadian Municipal Cybersecurity in 2025

Published January 2026

PDF: Canadian Municipal Cybersecurity in 2025 – Trends, Threats, and Resilience December 2025

Cyber Defence at the Local Level: Cybersecurity Challenges and Lessons at Canadian Cities in 2024

Written January 2025

PDF: Municipalities 2024 – Jan 2025

The Byte Stops Here: When Canadian Federal Departments Exercise Cybersecurity Preparedness

Published September 27, 2024

PDF: The Byte Stops Here – Sept 27, 2024

Profile Suspended: The Telegram CEO's Arrest, Content Moderation, and You

Published September 13, 2024

PDF: Profile Suspended – Sept 13, 2024

Look What You Made AI Do: Taylor Swift, Deepfakes, and Cyber Safety

Published August 29, 2024

PDF: Look What You Made AI Do – Aug 29, 2024

More Data Breaches... Do We Still Care?

Published August 16, 2024

PDF: More Data Breaches – Aug 16, 2024

Understanding the Ransomware Ecosystem

Published July 19, 2024

PDF: Understanding the Ransomware Ecosystem – Jul 19, 2024

Beyond the Digital Status Quo

Published September 28, 2021

Authors: Richard McDonald, Michael Power, Aron Feuer, and Julian Botham

PDF: BeyondTheDigitalStatus-Quo-PPF-Sept2021-EN-1

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