Monday 16 March 2026

Major Incidents or Breaches

• Loblaw, a major Canadian retailer, suffered a data breach resulting in unauthorised access to customer personal information, including names, email addresses, and phone numbers.

Newly Discovered Vulnerabilities

• Google is testing a new security feature in Android 17 as part of Android Advanced Protection Mode (AAPM) that blocks non-accessibility apps from accessing the Accessibility API, aiming to prevent malware abuse of this functionality.

Trends, Tools, or Tactics of Interest

• Betterleaks, a newly released open-source secrets scanner, is positioned as a replacement for Gitleaks. It offers scanning capabilities across directories, files, and git repositories to identify valid secrets using both default and customisable rules.