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

Warning to CISOs: Industrial cobots need to be watched

Collaborative robots, which work beside humans, have a number of safety features. But a report warns their management code may also include cyber vulnerabilities

Spammers busiest mid-week and during business hours, says IBM

An analysis of six months of data shows spam volumes are highest on weekdays, with sharp drops on weekends

Interview: Xerox’s Alissa Johnson on how to avoid being ‘the CISO of No’

Xerox CISO Alissa Johnson perfected saying "No" when she worked for the President of the U.S.

Canadian service provider Cogeco Peer 1 adds web app DDoS protection

New service helps block application layer attacks

How to track down the infrastructure supporting malware distribution

A blog this week from a Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence researcher is useful in understanding how to backtrack a piece of information to find domains hosting malware

Attacks on network management tool maker, Chrome extension developers revealed

Backdoor discovered on enterprise tools from NetSarang, and Chrome extensions compromised

Attack combining Office exploits shows need to improve patching speed

The packaging of two exploits could have worked had threat actors been more careful

Researchers seek fool-proof Android malware detection with AI

At the KDD conference researchers describe a new algorithm that could increase Android malware discovery

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