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

Disable Telnet on switches, Cisco warns administrators

Vulnerability found by analyzing information stemming from the discovery by WikiLeaks of an archive of exploits allegedly being used by the CIA

Phishing prevention – 4 email gateway options compared

Solutions today come armed to fight malware, phishing, malicious links, executive fraud attempts. Yet there's one ingredient CISOs still need; Awareness training

Canadian among four charged by U.S. in 2014 Yahoo hack

Karim Baratov was arrested in Ancaster, Ont., He and another alleged hacker are accused of working with Russian intelligence agents on the attack

Rogers offers service for protecting corporate social media accounts

Called Social Media Security, the service monitors an organization's social media accounts for customer scams and account take-overs

Is silence better than disclosure for zero-day vulnerabilities?

Study finds it can take almost 7 years to reveal a zero-day vulnerability; on the other hand once disclosed an exploit is developed in less than a month

Police chiefs, CATA partner to fight cyber crime

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance form an eCyber Crime Council

Worried about WikiLeaks’ alleged CIA malware vault? Have defence in depth, says Canadian expert

Basic security hygiene, including patching software, will go a long way to plugging holes intelligence agencies may take advantage of

There’s always value in calling police after cyber incident, says Toronto cop

Insp. Shawna Coxon, who started the city's computer crime department, said Canadian police are increasingly adding resources to investigate cyber crime

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