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

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 7, 2024 – Deepfake video scam costs a company US$25 million

This episode reports on a sophisticated scam that cost a company big money, and more

More countries to act against misuse of spyware

Countries vow to create guidelines to ensure spyware is used responsibly

Critical infrastructure cyber law needed ‘more than ever,’ Parliament told

For the third meeting debate on a Conservative motion to have the national security committee hear witnesses on another topic displaced time set aside to hear witnesses on proposed cybersecurity legislation

Pass Canadian AI law as soon as possible, expert tells Parliament

'I think this law is moving in right direction,' Yoshua Bengio tells Commons committee. Read why

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 5, 2024 – Warnings to AnyDesk and Mastodon administrators, a lesson from a Cloudflare breach, and more

This episode reports on a US regulator hammering Blackbaud for a data breach, a former CIA application developer jailed for 40 years and more

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Feb. 2, 2024

This episode features discussion on data breaches at 23andMe, Microsoft and the Canadian government, and on an FBI warning on China's cyber threat

Tories again cause testimony on proposed cybersecurity bill to be shortened

Conservatives interrupted two hearings on proposed cybersecurity law to bring attention to car thefts and the recent judicial decision on the use of the Emergencies Act in Ottawa

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 2, 2024 – AI fakes are making trouble for facial recognition logins, and more

US government departments told to take two Ivanti devices offline by midnight tonight

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