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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

Data on hundreds of thousands of Canadians left on bankrupt retailer’s hard drives for sale

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Drives, servers and PCs apparently abandoned after retailer NCIX closed last December had huge amount of of personal customer data that should have been erased, says lawyer

Cyber Security Today: Sept. 24, 2018 — Ransomware hits a brewery, beware of remote access control software

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Today's podcast covers new ransomware note with a Galic note, resume attachment gives a brewery gas and the trouble with remote access control software

Cyber Security Today: Sept. 21, 2018 — Another e-comm web site hit, mobile bank app warning, digital currency theft

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Today's podcast looks at Newegg's e-commerce site victimized, a warning about phone mobile bank apps and a digital currency theft from an exchange.

Cryptojacking is proof of big security problem, report warns CISOs

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A new Cyber Threat Alliance white paper says evidence of cryptomining software on a corporate network is not only bad, it's likely proof there are multiple threat actors inside the firewall

Cyber Security Today – Sept. 19, 2018: Mobile spyware, European cyber crime report, update Apple devices

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Today's podcast covers a new Canadian report on mobile spyware, a European police report on cyber crime and new malware

Privacy commissioner to hear breach notification guidance comments by Oct. 2

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The federal privacy commissioner's office wants to hear from the private sector if its draft guidance for the new mandatory breach notification regime is good enough

Cyber Security Today: Sept. 17, 2018 – A browser con, an ad scam and lack of password control

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A Google Chrome browser con, watch for online ad scams and a lack of password control.

Stolen federal device wasn’t encrypted, violating government rules

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Department says its policy is all storage devices have to be encrypted
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