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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: Dec. 3, 2018 –Lock down those databases, watch for updates from Sennheiser and Zoom

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Today's podcast discovers problem open ElasticSearch databases, a warning about Sennheiser headphone software and a security update that needs to be installed by users of the Zoom desktop conferencing software

Starwood Hotels hack of 500 million customers over four years confirmed

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Mariott Hotels this morning admitted encrypted and unencrypted personal information on 500 million customers who made reservations at one of its Starwood Hotels has...

Cyber Security Today: Nov. 30, 2018 — Lots of cyber prosecutions; Dell resets passwords

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Today's podcast has news about prosecutors going after global ransomware, virus and advertising scams, as well as on Dell's admission of a security breach

Google, Twitter object to proposed Canadian online political ad registries

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Testifying before a Senate committee, officials of the two social media companies complained about late addition to legislation to curb foreign election advertising. Read why

‘Butter’ attack still victimizing Linux servers: Report

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Using a brute force attack on Linux servers is still effective, says report from GuardiCore. Read why

RCMP, Calgary police helped US in ransomware indictments

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Two men from Iran have been indicted by a US jury for creating and using the SamSam ransomware. Victims included the University of Calgary

Cyber Security Today: Nov. 28, 2018 — Babysitters and AI; is public Wi-Fi safe; giving voice to unsafe Android apps

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Today's podcast looks at a news report evaluating the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence to rate the social media posts of potential babysitters. Also, how to use public Wi-Fi safely

Canadian MP among those grilling Facebook executive in UK

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UK member of parliament invited politicians from several countries to join in questioning Facebook executive
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