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

Microsoft closes six sites allegedly set up by Russian-linked threat group

For the 12th time in two years Microsoft has shut down fake sites linked to APT28

Cyber Security Today: A super security problem, not-so-smart products

Today's podcast looks at a take-over that some say didn't have customer security in mind, more examples of IoT security lapses and the only safe place to get the Fortnite game

Cyber Security Today: SharePoint scam, Word-delivered ransomware and more on sextortion

Today's podcast looks at new ways hackers are trying to fool Microsoft Office users and spreading ransomware through Microsoft Word

Sensitive Canadian, UK government info exposed from cloud project management service

Used by a number of large corporations and governments, Trello is a way to manage projects. But it's common to find privacy control misconfigured

More side-channel vulnerabilities discovered in Intel CPUs

Dubbed Foreshadow and Foreshadow-NG, if exploited they can result in disclosure of information in the L1 data cache or protected memory of certain Intel processors

California bank phishing scheme aimed at Royal Bank customers

Thousands of phishing emails have been sent to Californians asking them to log into their RBC accounts to approve a change.. Also, warning issued on a possible simultaneous global attack on ATMs

Cyber Security Today: Advice for smart homes, malware on Android phones and Google’s tracking you

Privacy advice for smart homes, manufacturers putting malware on Android phones and why is Google still tracking you? Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday...

Fax protocol vulnerability lets malware be sent over phone line: Report

Check Point Software shows how an attacker can send a malicious file over a fax phone line that could infiltrate a network

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