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

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security opens, to be focus for federal safety efforts

Consolidating scattered cyber work, the centre aims to be a highly-visible place where people can report cyber attacks and get advice

Cyber Security Awareness Month: Canadian firms not training enough, says expert

As the annual month of reflecting on what is successful in awareness training starts, one expert looks at why some employees aren't getting the message

Cyber Security Today: Oct. 1, 2018–Bank machines and password managers

Today's podcast covers a new attack on ATMs, a warning on Android password managers and the first in a series of advisories for Cyber Security Awareness Month

90 million Facebook users have to log back in after security incident

Company says users don't have to change passwords. Meanwhile, others are concerned about the revelation that phone numbers given for two-factor authentication may be available to advertisers to target ads

UEFI rootkit discovered in the wild, says security vendor

ESET says it has found a dangerous rootkit that can get into a computer's Unified Extensible Firmware Interface and install persistent malware. Read what you can do about it

Cyber Security Today: Sept. 28, 2018 — Canadian government data breaches, kill that Android app, Web site woes for US government

Today's podcast covers the latest report from Canada's privacy commissioner, a malicious Android app and a hacked government web site

Canada’s privacy laws ‘sadly falling behind’ other countries: Privacy commissioner

In his annual report to Parliament the commissioner says legislation must be updated

Uber pays US$148 million fine after data breach allegedly concealed

The ride-sharing service agrees to settle allegations in concealed a huge 2016 data breach for a year in violation of US laws

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