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Edtech giant Instructure waves white flag, makes deal with ShinyHunters to resolve incident

When education software giant Instructure announced on May 1 that its widely used Canvas software was unavailable as it investigated a data security incident, it suggested the breach was mostly contained. That turned out to be overly optimistic. While the firm posted updates on its site as its services returned to service, the ShinyHunters group that attacked them continued to issue threats to leak data from thousands of schools and millions of students. On May 7, in the middle of Finals week at many schools

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Canvas restored after cyberattack disrupted access for schools

There has been yet another development in the hack-and-leak attack on edtech giant Instructure, which was targeted by the ShinyHunters gang in April. When Instructure didn’t pay the gang’s ransom demands to delete the data, ShinyHunters attacked them again, defacing Canvas login pages with a note from ShinyHunters to schools. CNN reports: An apparent cyberattack shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US Thursday, depriving students and teachers of essential classroom materials – at a time when

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Microsoft Defender false positive goof throws companies into panic

The Eastern Herald reports: A critical error in Microsoft’s flagship security platform has sent shockwaves across the global cybersecurity community, after Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan, triggering widespread panic among enterprises and system administrators. The issue emerged in early May 2026, when a faulty security intelligence update caused Defender to misidentify trusted DigiCert root certificates as malware. The detection, labeled Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, rapidly spread across Windows systems worldwide, leading to mass alerts and automated remediation actions. What made the incident

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Edtech Firm Instructure Updates Data Breach Status While ShinyHunters Threatens Leak

Security Week reports that Instructure is the latest edtech firm to fall prey to hackers. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, the edtech firm is best known for Canvas, one of the most widely used learning platforms across educational institutions and other organizations. Disclosed on April 30, the cyberattack was blamed for “disruption to tools relying on API keys” and was largely addressed by Sunday, May 3, when access to the Canvas Data 2 platform was restored. On May 1,

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LATEST NEWS ON HACKING, CYBER SECURITY & DATA BREACH

Featured News and Articles

Cyberattack

Edtech giant Instructure waves white flag, makes deal with ShinyHunters to resolve incident

When education software giant Instructure announced on May 1 that its widely used Canvas software was unavailable as it investigated a data security incident, it suggested the breach was mostly contained. That turned out to be overly optimistic. While the firm posted updates on its site as its services returned to service, the ShinyHunters group that attacked them continued to issue threats to leak data from thousands of schools and millions of students. On May 7, in the middle of Finals week at many schools

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Data Breach News

Canvas restored after cyberattack disrupted access for schools

There has been yet another development in the hack-and-leak attack on edtech giant Instructure, which was targeted by the ShinyHunters gang in April. When Instructure didn’t pay the gang’s ransom demands to delete the data, ShinyHunters attacked them again, defacing Canvas login pages with a note from ShinyHunters to schools. CNN reports: An apparent cyberattack shut down an education platform used by universities and K-12 schools across the US Thursday, depriving students and teachers of essential classroom materials – at a time when

Read the Post »
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Microsoft Defender false positive goof throws companies into panic

The Eastern Herald reports: A critical error in Microsoft’s flagship security platform has sent shockwaves across the global cybersecurity community, after Microsoft Defender wrongly flags DigiCert certs as Trojan, triggering widespread panic among enterprises and system administrators. The issue emerged in early May 2026, when a faulty security intelligence update caused Defender to misidentify trusted DigiCert root certificates as malware. The detection, labeled Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, rapidly spread across Windows systems worldwide, leading to mass alerts and automated remediation actions. What made the incident

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