The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) has released the Baseline Cyber Threat Assessment on Cybercrime, with support from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, to inform cyber security professionals and Canadians about the threat to Canada posed by global cybercrime. In this assessment, the Cyber Centre addresses cybercrime’s early history, the development of the most … Read more
The Communications Security Establishment released its unclassified, public annual report for 2022-2023, an overview of what CSE and its Canadian Centre for Cyber Security have done this fiscal year to protect Canada from foreign-based threats. The full release is available online. Contact media@cse-cst.gc.ca.
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and its Canadian Centre for Cyber Security are warning Canadians of a significant threat from a state-sponsored cyber threat actor associated with the People’s Republic of China. CSE has joined its Five Eyes partners – Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States – to issue an advisory … Read more
National Defence Minister Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.) issued a statement: “Since Russia’s unjustified and illegal invasion of Ukraine began over one year ago, and especially in recent weeks, we have seen a notable rise in cyber threat activity by Russian-aligned actors targeting Ukraine’s partners […] This malicious cyber activity is frequently directed at critical infrastructure … Read more
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has released its National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024, alerting that state sponsored and financially motivated cyber threats are increasingly likely to affect Canadians, and that foreign threat actors are attempting to influence Canadians through use of misinformation, disinformation and malinformation in online spaces. This report outlines the most common … Read more
This October, Communications Security Establishment (CSE) and its Get Cyber Safe campaign launch Cyber Security Awareness Month 2022 (Cyber Month) with the theme “Fight phishing: Ruin a cyber criminal’s day!” Also this October, the CSE is running its Don’t get reeled in digital advertising campaign aimed at helping Canadians protect themselves from phishing. The full release is available online. Contact Media@cse-cst.gc.ca.
The Communications Security Establishment released its Annual Report for 2021 to 2022. The full release is available online. Contact Media@cse-cst.gc.ca.
National Defence Minister Anita Anand (Oakville, Ont.), President of the Queen’s Privy Council and Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair (Scarborough-Southwest, Ont.), Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino (Eglinton-Lawrence, Ont.) and Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) co-signed an open letter to Canadian organizations urging them to adopt cyber security best … Read more
The Communications Security Establishment published the 2021 update to its report on Cyber Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process. This assessment informs Canadians of global trends in cyber threat activity against democratic processes and evaluates the threats in a Canadian context. While CSE assesses that Canada remains a low-priority target for electoral interference relative to other countries, Canada … Read more
The Communications Security Establishment released its unclassified, public Annual Report. The full release is available online.
