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 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

Carleton University recovering from ransomware attack

University students report ransomware, and IT detects attempt to hack into system. 3,200 workstations affected

Ransomware down, IoT threats up in 2017 predicts McAfee

The volume and effectiveness of ransomware will start to decline in the second half of next year, say researchers. Read this and more

San Francisco transit ransomware attack shows value of being prepared

There's no better protection from ransomware than to have an untainted backup

Nova Scotia privacy breach shows why faxing personal information must end

Provincial privacy commissioner calls for end to faxing sensitive information after case showed mis-dialing has been going on for years

Nearly half of North American enterprises had four or more data breaches in the last year: Report

Kaspersky survey shows careless employees are the first to be fingered for blame in data breaches

TrickBot banking Trojan adds Canada to its target list: IBM

The malware, which resembles the Dyre banking Trojan, is also trying to get credentials of bank customers in the U.K. and Australia

Gigamon platform gives visibility into AWS private clouds

Visibility Platform's agents lets administrators see deeper into data in motion in Amazon Web Service clouds, says company

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