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

Some firewalls vulnerable to BlackNurse DDoS attack, says report

CPUs in some firewalls can be overwhelmed by this relatively slow attack, say researchers

How to steal a firewall

Poor physical security can lead to data breaches as well as vulnerabilities in a network. A Red Team expert explains

Hacker claims to have years of stolen data from Ontario casino

Resort confirms some employee and customer information was taken from the facility, owned by the Rama First Nation

Canadian, Israeli researchers show vulnerability in IoT light bulb

Ddespite using a state of the art cryptographic algorithm a mistake -- in this case using a global key -- can create a serious vulnerability

Security the biggest concern for Canadian organizations using the cloud: Survey

Just over one-third of survey respondents also said their organization had general security policies and no formal cloud security policy in place

Is government regulation the way to blunt DDoS attacks?

Yes, says security expert Bruce Schneier. Two ways to start: Order manufacturers to make Internet-connected devices secure, and give victims the right to sue

Defence in depth could have disrupted Ukraine power attack, says firm

Security awareness training, network segmentation, network monitoring, access control including two-factor authentication and threat intelligence could have slowed or discovered attackers

Microsoft, Cisco go deeper into collaboration

Microsoft announces Team, a workspace for Office 365, while Cisco debuts a portal for connectors to its Spark platform

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