By David Krebs (October 20, 2022, 1:19 PM EDT) -- Ransomware attacks that now usually operate on a dual extortion model (data encryption plus data extortion) have been rapidly increasing in Canada over the course of the past years. The Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity reported that in the first half of 2021, ransomware attacks had increased by 151 per cent year over year. According to many sources, this trend seems to be continuing in 2022. Mandiant has reported over 1,100 new threat actor groups and 700 new malware strains in 2022, as one indication of these trends....