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Dr. Rima Khatib

@Informasec

Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, Business Technology Management. Special interest in #InformationSecurity #Cybersecurity #InformationSystems

 Ontario, Canada
Joined March 2017
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🔥 Data Leak Alert! #Microsoft accidentally exposed 38TB of private data, including secrets, keys, passwords, and 30K+ internal Teams messages, on AI #GitHub repository due to a security glitch. Read more in this article: thehackernews.com/2023/09/mi… #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech
Microsoft AI Researchers Accidentally Expose 38 Terabytes of Confidential Data

Microsoft AI Researchers Accidentally Expose 38 Terabytes of Confidential Data

Microsoft accidentally exposed 38TB of private data, including secrets, keys, passwords, and 30K+ internal Teams messages, on GitHub due to a security

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Malwarebytes blocks #Google, #YouTube as #malware go.theregister.com/feed/www.…
Malwarebytes blocks all Google, YouTube domains as malware

Malwarebytes blocks all Google, YouTube domains as malware

Sounds like fair comment

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Uber blames security breach on Lapsus$, says it bought credentials on the dark web #data breach #infosec zdnet.com/article/uber-blame…
Uber blames security breach on Lapsus$, says it bought credentials on the dark web - ZDNET

Uber blames security breach on Lapsus$, says it bought credentials on the dark web - ZDNET

The hacking group apparently gained access to several internal Uber systems after stealing a third-party contractor's credentials and then convincing the contractor to approve a two-factor authenti...

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Data breach at hospital network may have exposed personal information about patients cp24.com/news/data-breach-at… via @cp24 #Canada #databreach #CyberSecurity #healthcare
Toronto, Canada and Global Breaking News – CP24

Toronto, Canada and Global Breaking News – CP24

Most recent News stories and video from CP24

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Toyota suspends domestic factory operations after suspected cyber attack reuters.com/business/autos-t… #cyberattacks #RussiaUkraineWar
Toyota suspends domestic factory operations after suspected cyber attack

Toyota suspends domestic factory operations after suspected cyber attack

Toyota Motor Corp said it will suspend domestic factory operations on Tuesday, losing around 13,000 cars of output, after a supplier of plastic parts and electronic components was hit by a suspected...

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Chipmaker Nvidia Suffers a Major Blow thestreet.com/technology/chi… #Nvidia #cyberattacks #CyberSecurity
Chipmaker Nvidia Suffers a Major Blow

Chipmaker Nvidia Suffers a Major Blow

The sector itself has been on high alert during Russia's conflict with Ukraine, with many chipmakers steeling themselves for cyber warfare.

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Hackers target Canada's foreign ministry in cyber attack #cyberattack #cybersecurity #Canada cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/…
Hackers target Canada’s foreign ministry in cyber attack | CNN Politics

Hackers target Canada’s foreign ministry in cyber attack | CNN Politics

A “cyber incident” first detected last week has interrupted some of the Canadian foreign ministry’s “internet-based services,” the Canadian government said Monday.

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SLGA targeted in Christmas Day cyber attack regina.ctvnews.ca/slga-targe… #CyberSecurity #CyberAttack
SLGA targeted in Christmas Day cyber attack

SLGA targeted in Christmas Day cyber attack

The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) is investigating following a cyber attack on Christmas Day.

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Cybersecurity company identifies months-long attack on US federal commission | ZDNet zdnet.com/article/cybersecur… #cybersecurity #cyberattack #hacking #USA
Cybersecurity company identifies months-long attack on US federal commission - ZDNET

Cybersecurity company identifies months-long attack on US federal commission - ZDNET

Avast said the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) was hit with a cyberattack.

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Scope of N.L. cyberattack grows as officials confirm breach of social insurance data ctvnews.ca/health/scope-of-n… #CyberAttack #cybersecurity #informasec #Canada #databreach
Facing cybersecurity threats, Quebec shuts down government websites for evaluation cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/… #log4j #Canada #Quebec #cybersecurity #informasec
Facing cybersecurity threats, Quebec shuts down government websites for evaluation | CBC News

Facing cybersecurity threats, Quebec shuts down government websites for evaluation | CBC News

The province is checking nearly 4,000 government websites for potential vulnerabilities, including sites for the education and health networks.

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Canada Revenue Agency shuts down online services over global ‘security vulnerability’ globalnews.ca/news/8444254/c… #cybersecurity #CybersecurityNews #Canada #CRA #informasec
Canada Revenue Agency shuts down online services over global ‘security vulnerability’ - National |...

Canada Revenue Agency shuts down online services over global ‘security vulnerability’ - National |...

The Crown transit agency said it took the site down on Friday after it was informed by the federal government about the global cyber "vulnerability.''

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Robinhood's data breach involved about 7 million customers. Here's how to protect your credit from fraudsters cnb.cx/3Dchfp2 #databreach #informasec #Robinhood #CyberAttack
Robinhood's data breach involved about 7 million customers. Here's how to protect your credit from...

Robinhood's data breach involved about 7 million customers. Here's how to protect your credit from...

While the majority of compromised information was limited to email addresses and full names, it's worth taking steps to guard your credit.

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Expert says N.L. cyberattack worst in Canadian history, deserves federal response globalnews.ca/news/8350768/n… #CyberAttack #informasec #Canada #Newfoundland
Expert says N.L. cyberattack worst in Canadian history, deserves federal response - National |...

Expert says N.L. cyberattack worst in Canadian history, deserves federal response - National |...

Thousands of medical appointments have been cancelled, including chemotherapy treatments.

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Toronto transit system hit by ransomware attack, TTC says no significant disruptions cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t… #cyberattacks #informasec #Ransomware
Toronto transit system hit by ransomware attack, TTC says no significant disruptions | CBC News

Toronto transit system hit by ransomware attack, TTC says no significant disruptions | CBC News

The Toronto Transit Commission said it was a victim of a ransomware attack on Friday, but adds the incident caused no service disruptions.

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Can the #internetdown raise enough awareness during the cybersecurity awareness month? Yet, up to this moment, we don’t have enough evidence that this is a cyberattack incident #infosec #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #cybersecurity #facebookdown #instagramdown #WhatsAppisdown
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The Facebook outage continues and has become the largest outage we’ve ever seen on Downdetector with over 10.6 million problem reports from all over the globe. See the latest information with this recently updated post. speedtest.net/insights/blog/…
Massive Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage Happening Now

Massive Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage Happening Now

Latest stats from Downdetector on the global outage of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.

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Hundreds of touchscreen ticket machines are offline after a ransomware attack | ZDNet zdnet.com/article/hundreds-o… #CyberSecurity #informasec #Ransomware #cyberattacks #infosec
Hundreds of touchscreen ticket machines are offline after a ransomware attack - ZDNET

Hundreds of touchscreen ticket machines are offline after a ransomware attack - ZDNET

Over 600 touchscreen ticket machines have been disrupted by a ransomware attack just two months after they were installed at stations across the north of England.

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Scale, details of massive Kaseya ransomware attack emerge cp24.com/world/scale-details… via @cp24 #CyberAttack #CyberSecurity #ransomware
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