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

Warning: A fake ‘security researcher’ is trying to trick ransomware victims

Researchers at Arctic Wolf say someone is contacting victim firms claiming they can delete or recover stolen data from a ransomware gang's server -- for a fee

Cyber Security Today, Jan. 10, 2024 – Vulnerabilities found in internet-connected factory torque wrenches

This episode reports on a hole found in Bosch industrial torque wrenches, attacks on Microsoft SQL servers, and more

Female cyber pros group targeted in phishing scam

The Women in CyberSecurity Society says a volunteer recently received a text message impersonating the group's founder

American regulator slams data broker for selling mobile location data without consent

The Federal Trade Commission says the data could have been used by organizations to track peoples' visits to doctors or places of worship

Many IT departments still don’t know how many APIs they have: Report

Cloudflare report found some firms undercount the number of APIs they have by 30 per cent

Toronto Zoo hit by ransomware

The municipally-owned Toronto Zoo has been hit by a ransomware attack. The cyber attack was first detected early Friday, Jan. 5, the zoo said in...

NIST issues cybersecurity guide for AI developers

Paper identifies the types of cyberattacks that can manipulate the behavior of artificial intelligence systems

Cyber Security Today, Jan. 8, 2024 – How a Spanish cellular carrier’s network was knocked offline, and more

This episode reports on basic cybersecurity oversights that led to the hacking of a teclo, the increased number of victims of a US law firm hack, a data breach at a Canadian provider of midwives and more

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