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

Simda botnet taken down by police

Law enforcement agencies in five countries, with the help of security vendors, crush botnet

Canadian firms don’t do enough penetration testing, says expert

An Ottawa-based consultant talks about the need to be rigorous and his experience leading a pen testing team before the Vancouver Winter Games

Ontario hospital’s cure is an Android-powered cordless phone

When Cornwall Community Hospital found smart phones couldn't solve its voice-over-Wi-Fi needs it discovered a compromise

IT security industry partly to blame for successful attacks, says vendor

A Websense official says some vendors over promise, aren't doing enough to improve email security

Cisco adds next-gen firewalls for SMBs, industrial environments

Think your operation is too small for an NGFW? These new models may fit. Cisco also says how it will integrate its new malware intelligence acquisition

New Dyre bank trojan variant lures victims to phony contact centre

IBM has warned organizations to watch for new malware that has tricked employees into giving up passwords

Organizations scrambling to update servers for payment card systems

This month the PCI Security Standards Council will officially kill SSL encryption. Security pros have to enable TLS

Malware campaign attacking select targets, including Canada

Suspected by Check Point Software of coming from Lebanon, it has hit defence, telecom and educational institutions

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