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 – Phony flu email alert, more on business scams and GitHub warning

Today's podcast reports on a phony email flu alert leading to ransomware, more on business email scams and a warning to developers using GitHub

Cyber Security Today: Fake name scams, money for finding bugs and police hit by ransomware

Fake name scams hit e-commerce companies, Facebook and Google, hackers earn big money for finding bugs and U.K. police hit by ransomware Welcome to Cyber...

Over a quarter of firms suffered irreparable data loss: Vendor study

27 per cent of all respondents, and 16 per cent of Canadians, said their firms had suffered "irreparable data loss" in the previous 12 months. Read about this and other results

Canada, EU share ways to blunt hybrid threats

At a conference in Ottawa, policy makers and cyber experts discuss dealing with the increasing number of disruptive nation-state and non-state online attacks

Norwegian aluminum maker recovering from ransomware attack

Norsk Hydro believed to have been hit by LockerGoga version of ransomware

Cyber Security Today: Advice for fraud awareness month, ransomware hits aluminum producer and protect against spear phishing

Today's podcast offers advice for Fraud Awareness Month, outlines how ransomware hit an aluminum producer and tells how to protect against spear phishing

Federal Budget 2019: More money for cyber security

The proposed budget has extra money for helping the private sector improve critical infrastructure, for protecting democracy and creating a network for universities specializing in cyber security

Mirai botnet targets more enterprise devices: Report

A wireless presentation system and a digital supersign are among the Internet connected devices targeted for exploit

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