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 – Who really is that voice, 80 indicted for email fraud and ditch old software

Today's podcast wonders who really is that person on your voicemail, details charges made against an international email fraud rink and urges you to ditch old software

Study says fintech startups vulnerable to web or mobile app attacks

The number of fintechs challenging traditional finance institutions is increasing but the web and application security still needs to improve

Cisco admins urged to look into 17 critical or high severity bugs

Patches available for all but one of the issues raised in latest round of security alerts

Cyber Security Today – Stop virtual assistants from sharing your voice, data breach at Moviepass, trouble at Poker Tracker

Today's podcast deals with ways to stop virtual assistants from sharing your voice, a data breach at Moviepass and trouble at Poker Tracker

Canada’s shift on strong encryption is ‘irresponsible’ says privacy group

A Canadian privacy watchdog this week said the federal government is wrong to change its policy by now urging technology companies to weaken encryption protection in products and services.

Cyber Security Today – Fortnite ransomware, Steam scam, phony Android apps, clumsy porn site and more

Today's podcast warns about Fortnite ransomware, a scam aimed at Steam game users, Android adware apps, a clumsy porn site reveals member names and more

Webmin users urged to install latest version to plug vulnerability

Hole in Unix/Linux administration software was created by attacker modifying source code

Cyber Security Today – LibreOffice and password managers need updates, hotel chain stung and more

Today's podcast reminds listeners to update LibreOiffce suite, Firefox and Trend Micro password manager, and details how a hotel chain suffered a data breach

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