Bleeping Computer

Instructure confirms hackers used Canvas flaw to deface portals

Education technology giant Instructure has confirmed that a security vulnerability allowed hackers to modify Canvas login portals and leave an extortion message. BleepingComputer has learned that both ...

Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas

Figma's new AI assistant will be first available on Figma Design ...
Fierce Healthcare

Canvas Medical unveils Canvas Studio, a customizable EMR workflow tool for clinicians

Electronic medical record (EMR) company Canvas Medical launched Canvas Studio Thursday, a no-code interface that allows ...
Forbes

The Canvas Hack Shows Ransomware Isn’t Going Anywhere

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Instructure, the parent company of the popular online education platform Canvas, this week ...
Lifehacker

Canvas Has Been Hacked, and Is Apparently Being Held for Ransom

Shinyhunters hacker group has compromised Canvas, the learning management system used by over 8,000 schools and universities. The hackers are demanding ransom by May 12, or data will be released. A ...
Reuters

Schools reach out to Canvas hackers as breach hits US classrooms, source says

May 8 (Reuters) - Some schools and universities whose students' data was stolen by a cybercriminal hacking group as part of an April breach of the educational tool Canvas have reached out to the ...
Mississippi State University

MSU Provost thanks faculty and staff for Canvas response

The major national cyber incident that affected Canvas systems across the country and here on our campus last week demonstrated yet again how we as the Bulldog Family pull together in adversity. One ...
Inside Higher Ed

Instructure Pays Ransom to Canvas Hackers

Instructure has paid a ransom to a gang of cybercriminals that have twice hacked the company’s learning management system, Canvas, over the past week and a half. According to an update published by ...
Mashable

Instructure Canvas hack update: Breach involved a specific teacher account type and interrupted finals

Students have struggled with Canvas downtime due to a data breach during school finals. Credit: Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The hacking collective ShinyHunters says it ...

University of Toronto among Canadian schools targeted in widespread cyberattack on Canvas system

The University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta are among the largest Canadian schools affected by a hack that potentially touched more than 8,000 ...
techtimes

Instructure Pays ShinyHunters Ransom to Protect 275 Million Canvas Users’ Private Data

The company said it received "digital confirmation of data destruction (shred logs)" and assurances that no customers would face further extortion. Cybersecurity professionals warn that paying ransoms ...
9NEWS

Colorado colleges affected by hackers breaching Canvas learning platform

COLORADO, USA — Some universities in Colorado are affected by a cybersecurity attack on the nation's most widely used classroom software. Instructure, the company that runs the Canvas learning ...