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

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Last-minute cyber security tips for retailers

The holiday sales rush is underway, and so are criminal attacks. Here's advice on what to do if your organization has been putting things off

Small, medium Canadian business still in denial on cyber security: Expert

Security workshop told SMEs here still think data breaches happen elsewhere, not here

Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange ready to start membership push

Cross-industry exchange issues its first Canadian threat report for subscribers and cuts price for small businesses as it prepares to actively recruit organizations

Privacy commissioners urge Ottawa to be careful on defeating encryption

Forcing people or systems to open encrypted data should be done only where necessary, says submission

Cloud infrastructure attacks to increase in 2017, predicts Forcepoint

Among predictions: Employees cheating to meet sales goals, automated cyber attacks from criminals and nation states

Trump should push use of strong authentication across U.S. federal systems: Report

An extensive plan, which covers IoT security and training thousands of new cyber security workers, also calls for no major breaches in America by 2021 in which the use of passwords is the main cause of attack

Alert: New malware has infected 1 million Android 4 and 5 devices

Dubbed Gooligan, it has been found in many apps on third-party app stores and hunts for sensitive data on smart phones

Microsoft script prevents Win10, WinServer 2016 from giving up recon data

Called SAMRi10, it closes the door on an attacker's ability to remotely query Security Account Manager to get domain information

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