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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Nation-states increasingly working with criminals, warns Ontario security advisor

Equifax, Home Depot were likely state-sponsored attacks, CISOs told at ITAC event. Also, Microsoft Canada national security officer on the "industrialized attack industry"

Alert sounded for return of decades-old crypto vulnerability

Many web sites using a version of RSA encryption could be open to exploit, researchers say

Mobile app stores still source of malicious content, says report

Four per cent of apps in Google Play store in Q3 were malicious, report says, down from eight per cent in Q2

Searchable database of 1.4 billion stolen credentials found on dark web

File could be used to help automate account hijacking, warns threat intelligence provider

Canadians have right to privacy in text messages sent to others, Supreme Court rules

Top court says prosecution can't use text messages on an alleged accomplice's phone against an accused without a warrant

Aporeto says solution does away with traditional network security approach

Startup says security for cloud applications is assured through authentication, authorization, and encryption

Too many CISOs ‘going through the motions,’ says Palo Alto Networks exec

Infosec leaders should be measuring and driving strategy by outcomes, CTO said in interview. To find out why read the full story

Canadian threat researchers help take down Andromeda botnet

Montreal-based researchers at Eset gave technical advice that helped bring down botnet

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