All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #Canada, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.
Year-two cyber-insurance renewals are when carriers tighten the screws. The questionnaire grows. Last year's "we're working on it" answers get audited. Here's what to expect 90 days out, and how to walk into the renewal without panicking.
What changed in 2026, what to expect in 2027, and where the actual risk falls for Canadian small businesses operating north of Edmonton. Based on what we've seen across our first months of client engagements and what the broader threat-intelligence community is reporting.
The policy language changed materially between 2024 and 2026, and most policies now contain conditions, sub-limits, and exclusions that did not exist three years ago. Here are the five most consequential changes — and how to find them in your own policy in under an hour.
A free 30-item self-assessment covering the controls Canadian cyber-insurance carriers actually ask about in 2026. Designed to be filled out by a business owner in 20 minutes; gives a clear score and tier.
A composite case study of a typical 2026 ransomware incident hitting a Canadian agricultural business — from the first phishing email through full encryption, six days later. Names changed, sequence accurate.
A line-by-line walkthrough of the standard 2026 Canadian cyber-insurance questionnaire — what each question is really asking, why it matters, what an honest "yes" looks like, and what carriers do when the answer is "no."
Cyber insurance stopped being optional for Canadian small businesses in 2024. By 2026 it's table-stakes — but most owners are walking into renewal without understanding what their carrier is actually asking. Here's what's changed.
Canadian authorities arrested a 23-year-old Ottawa man suspected of building and operating Kimwolf, an IoT botnet that enslaved millions of devices for...
Jacob Butler, a Canadian national, has been arrested and charged in the United States and Canada for running the KimWolf DDoS-for-hire botnet, which...
Other noteworthy stories this week: Big Tech firms push back against Canada's encryption legislation, Cisco releases a free AI security specification, and...
Canadian telecom giant Telus Digital has confirmed a security incident after the ShinyHunters hacking group claimed to have stolen nearly 1 petabyte of...