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

Canada still a target of China-based groups although volume of attacks dropping: Report

FireEye report says China appears to be yielding to pressure to rein in cyber attackers based there -- but attacks are more focused

Citrix says customers of remote PC access service stung by password re-use

Attackers found another way into enterprises, through the GoToMyPC cloud service.

Phishers are leveraging temporary URLs for attacks, security firm warns

Improperly configured temporary sites for previewing Web pages are being used for malicious purposes

Canadian forum site victim of huge hack, company tells users to reset passwords

Over 45 million records taken from VerticalScope, which operates hundreds of tech, sports and auto forums

Identity federation is vital for survival of Canadian organizations, conference told

Big providers like Google are already federating identity, Canada Post official said, but 'we're falling behind'

When organizations suffer a cyber incident, management gets security: Report

RSA survey shows 75 per cent of respondents had a significant expsoure to cybersecurity risk

Cisco launches US$10 million scholarships to fast-track cyber security training

To meet security skills shortage candidates have to finish courses within three months and earn Cisco certifications

Awareness training and governance needed to foil executive fraud scams

Security and risk officers will need a two-pronged approach to defeating this type of attack

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