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

Cyber Security Today – Stop virtual assistants from sharing your voice, data breach at Moviepass, trouble at Poker Tracker

Today's podcast deals with ways to stop virtual assistants from sharing your voice, a data breach at Moviepass and trouble at Poker Tracker

Canada’s shift on strong encryption is ‘irresponsible’ says privacy group

A Canadian privacy watchdog this week said the federal government is wrong to change its policy by now urging technology companies to weaken encryption protection in products and services.

Cyber Security Today – Fortnite ransomware, Steam scam, phony Android apps, clumsy porn site and more

Today's podcast warns about Fortnite ransomware, a scam aimed at Steam game users, Android adware apps, a clumsy porn site reveals member names and more

Webmin users urged to install latest version to plug vulnerability

Hole in Unix/Linux administration software was created by attacker modifying source code

Cyber Security Today – LibreOffice and password managers need updates, hotel chain stung and more

Today's podcast reminds listeners to update LibreOiffce suite, Firefox and Trend Micro password manager, and details how a hotel chain suffered a data breach

Saskatoon stung by $1M scam job

Policies weren't strong enough to prevent the con, city admits. Read how organizations can avoid being stung

Cyber Security Today – Cash for gas, a voicemail scam, patch your printers and more

Today's podcast suggests paying with cash for gas, reveals another  voicemail scam, urges users to patch their printers and identifies a problem with Kaspersky Antivirus

SAP admins warned to patch three fixes ‘as soon as possible’

One vulnerability is rated 9.9 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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