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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: Scam on Google Help Forums, robot vacuum cleaners, is that a bug?

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Beware of so-called support phone numbers offered in replies on help forums. They're likely run by criminals looking for your password

Email mistakes by U.K. inquiry lead to $345,000 privacy fine

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It stands as a lesson that 'We need to be extra-careful with this sort of stuff,' " says Canadian privacy lawyer. Read why

New Zealand company violated rights of Canadians, says privacy commissioner

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Using profiles from Facebook, the company created a social network with names and details of some 420 million, which it said was public information. Not so, said the privacy commission. Read why

Cyber Security Today: No shortage of ransomware, toughen those passwords

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The use of ransomware hasn't reached its peak yet, says an expert. Also, people are still using default or easy to crack passwords on digital surveillance systems

Ontario home healthcare provider hacked, attacker wants money ‘for telling them how to fix their security’

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CBC News says attacker showed it copies of medical and employee files recently stolen.

How to attempt to influence an election: Start with a spear-phishing campaign

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The alleged conspiracy by Russian intelligence in the US election also involved money laundering with bitcoin to pay for C&C servers, covering their tracks by deleting logs and phony claims the hacker was from Romania

Cyber Security Today: Sextortion, unwanted remote computer access and suspect mobile apps

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Sextortion attempts are increasing, make sure you close off remote computer access and mobile apps may be secretly making screen captures of your keypad entries.

Cyber Security Today: World Cup scam, don’t get boxed in, more Spectre bugs found

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Today's podcast talks about hackers taking advantage of the World Cup, how to prevent employees from uploading sensitive files to cloud storage and two more Spectre vulnerabilities found
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