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

Canadian allegedly head of AlphaBay Dark Web criminal market dead after arrest

Police say Alexandre Cazes apparently committed suicide in Thailand after international investigation, which included seizure of computers in Quebec, shut two huge criminal marketplaces

BlackBerry SecuSuite for Government now meets U.S standard for voice encryption

Platform meet National Security Agency and NIAP voice testing standard for encryption

Failure of UN group on international cyber law ‘not positive,’ says Canadian expert

Meanwhile a US legal expert calls the lack of unanimity disappointing, and warns countries could use the gray area to launch cyber attacks

Sandvine to lose Canadian CEO after acquisition

Founder to become non-executive chair after $562 million deal with private equity firm

This will be a record year for Apple iOS vulnerabilities, says Skycure

Updates to Apple's platform are issued faster than Android's but CISOs still have to consider vulnerabilities, says report

IBM promises new mainframe can encrypt all data all the time

Z Series has upgraded encryption co-processors to offer speed. New series will also be used in Toronto and other IBM data centres offering blockchain capabilities to customers

How to protect AWS S3 buckets

A security vendor offers advice for better protecting data held by tech teams in the popular cloud storage

Canadian firm pays $425,000 to recover from ransomware attack

Bitcoin ransom believed to be record in Canada comes after officials fall for spearphishing. Read the details from early investigation

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