Howard Solomon

Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

Articles by Howard Solomon

Cyber Security Today, March 4, 2024 – A hacker is trying to trick the U.S. telecom regulator, WhatsApp gets to see Pegasus code and...

This episode reports on the latest IT support scam trying to trick employees, and more

Canadian police need a search warrant to get your IP address: Supreme Court

An IP address is the key to unlocking a user's internet identity the court's majority concluded

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, March 1, 2024

This episode features a discussion on how hard it is to kill a ransomware gang, Canada's proposed new online harms bill, why organizations still allow staff to use vulnerable software, and more

Healthcare sector “stretched thin” in fight against cyber attacks warns CSO of Health-ISAC

In an interview Errol Weiss talks about the challenges facing hospitals and clinics

Cyber Security Today, March 1, 2024 – Warnings to GitHub users and Ivanti gateway administrators, and more

This episode reports on a recommendation that enterprises drop Ivanti Policy Secure and Connect Secure devices because threat actors can get around mitigations for recent vulnerabilities

Pornhub operator broke Canadian privacy law, watchdog rules

Site trusted word of boyfriend that woman agreed to have intimate images of her uploaded. It agreed after her complaint to delete the images, but they continued to show up

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 28, 2024 – Thousands of subdomains abused for phishing, the latest ransomware news and more

This episode reports on why IT admins have to keep track of abandoned subdomains

Russian threat actor expanding its target list, warns Five Eyes report

APT29 is increasingly going after cloud services in more sectors

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