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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
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Articles by Howard Solomon

Cyber Security Today: Jan. 9, 2019 — A texting bank scam aimed at Canadians; a WhatsApp hoax; hot tub trouble

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Today's podcast looks at a new SMS banking scam that tries to fool Canadians into giving up passwords, a WhatsApp scam and why a WiFi app for a hot tub can get you into hot water

A lesson on the need for incident playbooks learned the hard way

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When IT restored a school board's crashed server it didn't see that security software had been corrupted, leaving sensitive data exposed

Bank of Montreal to create cybersecurity fusion centre to fight fraud, breaches

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New bank unit to be headed by former cyber director of Citigroup, who was also a White House security advisor

Cyber Security Today: Jan. 7, 2019 — iPhone call scam, Germans hacked and Android spyware

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Today's podcast warns about an iPhone call scam, prominent Germans hacked, Android spyware found and an Acrobat update.

Marriott admits 5.25 million unencrypted passport numbers were included in breach

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In a news release this morning the company didn't explain why this data wasn't encrypted, but approximately 20.3 million passport numbers were encrypted.

Cyber Security Today: Jan. 4, 2019 — New year breaches, privacy law and Mac utility software update

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Today's podcast looks at breaches reported around the first days of the year, and a survey says Americans want tech companies and Congress to do more about data privacy

Horror stories show need to scrutinize industrial control systems

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Security vendors recount stories of vulnerabilities found during assessments of customer networks

Cyber security predictions 2019: Watch for these four important Canadian privacy reports

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As part of a roundup cyber nightmares in 2018 we look ahead at reports coming from the federal privacy commissioner and cyber security predictions from five experts
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