Currently a freelance writer. Former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, Howard has written for several of ITWC's sister publications, including ITBusiness.ca. Before arriving at ITWC he served as a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times.
A multi-million dollar Ontario construction firm that has worked on major federal and provincial projects including facilities for national defence and police stations has been hit by a ransomware attack. According to CBC
Published on: January 27th, 2020
Howard Solomon
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Employees are one of the weakest points infosec pros have to deal with in preventing cyber attacks, particularly when it comes to resisting phishing. Yet after years of attempts to raise security awareness
Published on: January 23rd, 2020
Howard Solomon
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Infosec teams are being warned about a vulnerability in Windows' file encryption capability which may mean temporarily abandoning the EFS encryption functionality Windows has long offered the EFS file and folder capability in
Published on: January 21st, 2020
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Oracle's quarterly Critical Patch Updates to be released today include fixes for 333 security vulnerabilities. The company said in a pre-release announcement that some of the vulnerabilities affect multiple products. "Due to the
Published on: January 14th, 2020
Howard Solomon
@howarditwc
Enterprise infosec teams are being warned to take action on serious vulnerabilities in products from Citrix and VPN manufacturer Pulse Secure. First, about Citrix: According to The Hacker News, on Saturday multiple groups
Published on: January 13th, 2020
Howard Solomon
@howarditwc
The start of the new year is a time when system administrators need to think about applications reaching end of life. Admins should know by now that support for Windows 7 ends Jan.
Published on: January 6th, 2020
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@howarditwc
Apple, Google and Linux distribution makers are investigating a serious threat to their operating systems after security researchers said last week a vulnerability could allow an attacker to intercept traffic in a virtual
Published on: December 9th, 2019
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Criminals have been trying to steal login credentials of consumers and businesses of Canada's biggest banks in a sustained and sophisticated phishing campaign for at least three years, says a security vendor. In
Published on: December 4th, 2019
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Another Canadian company has fallen for an email invoice scam. Waterloo Brewing, an Ontario maker of beers, said it recently fell victim to a "social engineering cyberattack by a sophisticated third party" that
Published on: November 22nd, 2019
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@howarditwc
Tired of getting phony calls from Visa about an alleged abuse of your credit card? Angered about the way your firm's logo is being used in phishing attacks? There's a big meeting this
Published on: October 15th, 2019
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@howarditwc
A server with databases holding the phone numbers and identity numbers of perhaps as many as 200 million Facebook users in the U.S., the U.K. and other countries has been found open on
Published on: September 5th, 2019
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@howarditwc
Security experts have warned for some time that SMS messages are used by attackers to carry links to malware. A report issued today by Check Point Software warns many Android phones have a
Published on: September 4th, 2019
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@howarditwc
The federal government on Monday launched the long-awaited cybersecurity certification for small and mid-sized businesses in hopes of increasing the attention SMBs pay to cybersecurity as well as increasing the confidence of online
Published on: August 13th, 2019
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@howarditwc
Waterfront Toronto has been criticized by some for the way it has handled privacy and intellectual property issues with Sidewalk Labs at its planned landmark smart city community. Now it faces another critic:
Published on: December 6th, 2018
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@howarditwc
Senior executives of Facebook and Twitter faced a Congressional committee Wednesday morning trying to limit the amount of regulation the U.S. government might impose on social media companies in the wake of increasing
Published on: September 6th, 2018
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