The Canvas / Instructure Breach – 2026-05-11
From Talkin' Bout [Infosec] News by Black Hills Information Security
May 12, 2026 · 1h 3m · Season 6 · Episode 19
About this episode
This episode discusses the Canvas/Instructure breach and its implications for higher education security, along with broader cybersecurity trends.
Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat This episode of Talking About News focuses on the reported Canvas/Instructure breach, including discussion around ShinyHunters, transparency concerns, higher education security challenges, and possible attack paths involving phishing and tenant compromise. The team also explores broader cybersecurity trends such as social engineering, ransomware pressure tactics, and the growing role of AI and platform security in modern enterprise environments. Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Californian Problems (02:25) - The Canvas / Instructure Breach – 2026-05-11 (10:23) - Story # 1: Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide (13:45) - Story # 1b: Security Incident Update & FAQs (43:14) - Story # 2: Wazuh cluster sync path traversal in decompress_files() enables arbitrary file write and code execution from authenticated cluster peer (47:34) - Story # 3: Google Chrome silently…
People in this episode
Host: Black Hills Information Security
Topics covered
- Canvas/Instructure breach
- higher education security
- cybersecurity trends
- social engineering
- ransomware
- AI in security
Keywords
- Canvas breach
- Instructure
- ShinyHunters
- phishing
- ransomware
- AI security
- social engineering
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Canvas, Instructure, ShinyHunters, Google Chrome, Trellix, RansomHouse, Rose Acre Farms
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