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, Oct. 23, 2023 – Okta’s support system hacked, and examples to use for cyber awareness training

This episode reports on the latest security updates from Cisco, SolarWinds and Siemens, and tricks hackers use to pass on to employees in awareness training

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, October 20, 2023

It's early but already experts are making cybersecurity predictions for 2024. We take a look at four of them

Suspected developer of Ragnar Locker ransomware arrested in Paris

The gang's IT infrastructure was taken down in a combined effort this week from 11 police forces

MapleSEC: How the Canadian government’s Cyber Centre helps infosec pros

Where do your tax dollars go? Partly for free cybersecurity services

Cyber Security Today, Oct. 20, 2023 – Free anti-phishing guidance, ransomware gang sunk for not patching Confluence servers

This episode reports on what could be a fatal mistake for a ransomware gang

MapleSEC: How to stop CSOs from saying, ‘Goodbye’

CSOs need to find ways of not shouldering the entire burden of cybersecurity in their organizations, say experts -- and senior leadership has a role in doing it

Chen mum on his future with BlackBerry

John Chen isn't saying if he will stay with BlackBerry now that the board has decided to split the Waterloo, Ont. company into two...

Cyber Security Today, Oct. 18, 2023 — Plug this Cisco vulnerability now

This episode reports on calls to plug holes in Confluence servers, a WordPress plugin, an advanced threat attacker leveraging Discord, and more

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