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

Ransomware gang continues to publish data stolen from Ontario hospitals

The Daxin Team ransomware group has released its third tranche of data stolen from southwestern Ontario hospitals that share an IT services provider because...

Cyber Security Today, Nov. 6, 2023 – Okta employee faulted for HAR hack, another US school board’s data stolen, and more

This episode reports on the cause of a recent hack at Okta, personal data stolen from the emaill of employees at a fast food chain, a proxy botnet found and more

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, Nov. 3, 2023

This episode features a discussion on changes laid by the SEC against SolarWinds, the latest meeting of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative, cyber attacks on libraries and the departure of CEO John Chen from BlackBerry

Cyber Security Today, Nov. 3, 2023 – Hackers are after vulnerable Apache and Citrix products

This episode reports on the need to update to the latest versions of Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Airflow and NetScaler Gateways

Forty-eight governments pledge not to pay ransomware gangs

The number of countries joining the International Counter Ransomware Initiative is now up to 48

Ontario hospital group confirms attack was ransomware

The Daixin Team has begun leaking stolen data

Proposed privacy, AI legislation doesn’t limit business use of facial recognition, complain rights groups

New legislation limiting the use of facial recognition in Canada is needed according to civil liberties groups, who say proposed privacy and artificial intelligence...

Proposed Canadian privacy law is like a leaky bucket, Balsillie tells parliamentary committee

Proposed privacy law favours business,, former Research in Motion head complained, while the proposed AI law should be scraped. Read why

Tech News