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

Russian threat actor expanding its target list, warns Five Eyes report

APT29 is increasingly going after cloud services in more sectors

Canada’s privacy watchdog investigating hack at Global Affairs

Inquiry will look into adequacy of data safeguards at the federal department

Sidebar: The powerful Digital Safety Commission

A look at the powers of the proposed five-person body charged with overseeing the Online Harms Act

Proposed Canadian law puts burden on large internet providers to police child porn, hate

Designated social media providers, adult sites streaming services would have to remove some content within 24 hours

Cyber attack on Hamilton knocks out municipal phone, email

One of Ontario's biggest cities is in the second day of dealing with a cyber attack. Hamilton, a municipality of about 570,000 on the shore...

LockBit claims it’s back, blames failure to patch vulnerability for police attack

Rambling message apparently from a LockBit insider, says "I became very lazy" after "swimming in money" and women on his yacht

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 26, 2024 – Canadian online harms legislation to be revealed today, and more

This episode reports on hackers using an open source tool aimed at helping network administrators, the latest data breaches in the U.S., and Australia, and more

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, Feb. 23, 2024

This episode features discussion on the takedown of the LockBit ransomware gang, and more

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