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

Southern Ontario school board acknowledges ‘cyber incident’

One of the biggest public school boards in Southern Ontario has publicly acknowledged a cyber attack, over a month after it was detected. The York...

Dental benefits group notifying almost 7 million Americans of MOVEit data theft

Delta Dental says attacker stole names, account numbers and credit/debit card numbers

Hackers abusing OAuth to automate cyber attacks, says Microsoft

Report urges IT admins to tighten identity and access management, including implementing multifactor authentication

Cyber Security Today, Dec. 15, 2023 – A botnet expands, threats to unpatched TeamCity servers, and more

This episode reports on the growth of the KV-botnet, the discovery of another unprotected database on the internet, and more

Provincial privacy commissioners oppose proposed federal privacy tribunal

Three provincial privacy commissioners testify on what needs to be changed in C-17

Cyber Security Today for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 – Mystery surrounds the outage at a ransomware gang’s site, and more

This episode reports on phishing a campaign targeting job recruiters, and more

BlackBerry names new CEO, will split cybersecurity and IoT businesses

BlackBerry's new leader is the former head of its cybersecurity business unit. The Waterloo, Ont., company said this morning that John Giamatteo is its new...

Cyber Security Today, Dec. 11, 2023 – Irish water treatment plant shut by cyber attack, WordPress issues a security patch, and more

This episode reports on a US hospital chain notifying 2.5 million patients and employees about data stolen in a ransomware attack, and more

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