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: Personal information accessed at Canada Revenue, Facebook’s war on terrorists and new banking malware found

Today's podcast looks into reported Canada Revenue privacy breaches by staff, Facebook claims it takes down terrorist material fast and word on a new Android banking malware

Oracle offers free Internet trouble map for finding outages

Heat map shows Internet disruption data for the previous 48 hours. Also, find links to five other free maps

Cyber Security Today: Email security worries, Apple ups iOS security and another processor bug found

Today's podcast infosec pros tell a survey how much they worry about email security, Apple is closing a door people could use to get into an iOS device and another Intel processor vulnerability found

Cyber Security Today: Paying ransomware, help for hunting child predators and arrests made for email fraud

Today's podcast discovers more businesses are willing to pay ransoms, a Canadian software company helps in the hunt for child predators and a Canadian is one of a group of people charged in the U.S. with business email fraud related offence

Ottawa vows to make Canada a global leader in cyber security

Updated national cyber strategy says government will support advanced cyber research and foster digital innovation

Machine learning in cyber security: It’s only just starting

Microsoft touts how machine learning caught what appeared to be a Calgary-based spear-phishing campaign . Experts say ML is increasingly important in cyber security

Cyber Security Today: Another call for IoT privacy regulation, more on Atlanta’s ransomware recovery

Today's podcast deals with an academic report on the need to act on IoT device privacy and to beef up the cyber security of connected martime-related devices

Build privacy controls into IoT devices now, report urges

The report from two U.S. authorities, says regulators and privacy designers should work together to build privacy into products as soon as possible

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