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

Beware of rise of formjacking, says Symantec

Criminals are increasingly finding ways to inject code into ecommerce sites to steal credit card and other personal data. This and other findings come from Symantec's annual review

Facebook Canada creates advisory committee to help screen issue ads during election

Facebook Canada will require advertisers to confirm their identities before running political, election-related and issue ads, including those that refer to candidates, the company...

Cyber Security Today: More websites infected, mobile threats to companies and an email delivery scam

Today's podcast reports on criminals stealing credit card data from infected websites, a report urging companies to toughen defences against mobile device attacks and the latest email package delivery scam

IMAP being used by hackers to bypass multi-factor authentication, says report

In a study Proofpoint found attackers have learned how to get around MFA -- use an old protocol

Nova Scotia mocked by privacy group for charging teen for accessing documents

The Electronic Frontier Foundation included incident in its annual list of the worst in government transparency

Many Canadian SMBs underestimate ransomware: Vendor survey

Managed service providers surveyed by business continuity vendor has some surprising findings

Cyber Security Today: Dangerous Android security apps; advice for email and WordPress administrators, more on credit cards

Dangerous Android security apps in the Google Play store, advice for email and Wordpress administrators and more on unsafe credit card readers Welcome to Cyber...

After suffering huge data breach Equifax tells Canadians they’re not doing enough to protect their data

Survey suggests fewer Canadians are double-checking their financial statements, or installing security software on their PCs. Company spokesperson replies to suggestion Canadians may find criticism strange

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