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

90 million Facebook users have to log back in after security incident

Company says users don't have to change passwords. Meanwhile, others are concerned about the revelation that phone numbers given for two-factor authentication may be available to advertisers to target ads

UEFI rootkit discovered in the wild, says security vendor

ESET says it has found a dangerous rootkit that can get into a computer's Unified Extensible Firmware Interface and install persistent malware. Read what you can do about it

Cyber Security Today: Sept. 28, 2018 — Canadian government data breaches, kill that Android app, Web site woes for US government

Today's podcast covers the latest report from Canada's privacy commissioner, a malicious Android app and a hacked government web site

Canada’s privacy laws ‘sadly falling behind’ other countries: Privacy commissioner

In his annual report to Parliament the commissioner says legislation must be updated

Uber pays US$148 million fine after data breach allegedly concealed

The ride-sharing service agrees to settle allegations in concealed a huge 2016 data breach for a year in violation of US laws

Compliance with payment card security standard slipping, says Verizon report

Annual report suggests businesses are slipping in efforts to meeting compliance with the PCI standard

Cyber Security Today: Sept. 26, 2018 — Data breaches, botnets and credentials stuffing, macOS update

Today's podcast covers data breaches in the retail and media sectors, botnets and credential stuffing and the latest macOS update

Botnet-powered credential stuffing still a problem: Report

Because credential stuffing is still no one’s responsibility at many organizations, it will almost certainly continue to be profitable for the attacker, according to a report from Akamai

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