@HowardITWC

I'm a Toronto-based freelance IT writer and podcaster specializing in cybersecurity.

 Toronto
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Joined January 2009
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More from SecTor: AI agent developers warned to put controls on their apps or risk rogue AI solomonh.substack.com/p/warn… #cybersecurity
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My coverage of SecTor 2026 starts with this: How AI is affecting cybersecurity jobs solomonh.substack.com/p/how-…
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US, UK, Netherlands warn of Iranian spyware campaign solomonh.substack.com/p/us-u… #cybersecurity
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From me: AI rises as a top human risk factor for security awareness practitioners solomonh.substack.com/p/ai-r… #cybersecurity
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New from me: Trend shows business applications are increasingly being targeted by threat actors: Report solomonh.substack.com/p/tren… #cybersecurity
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From me: Threat actors abusing Ethereum blockchain to hide malware distribution solomonh.substack.com/p/thre…
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From me: The OpenAI/Hugging Face rogue AI agent attack: Inevitable or careless? solomonh.substack.com/p/the-… #cybersecurity
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From me: #Ransomware report suggests AI merely accelerates exploitation of defensible IT and human weak points solomonh.substack.com/p/rans… #cybersecurity
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From me: Malware obfuscation techniques are advancing, latest phishing campaign shows solomonh.substack.com/p/malw… #cybersecurity
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From me: Increase security for your cloud serverless applications, says Google solomonh.substack.com/p/incr… #cybersecurity
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From me: Microsoft issues a record 569 patches for vulnerabilities csoonline.com/article/419694… #cybersecurity

Patch Tuesday roundup: Microsoft fixes a monthly record 569 holes; SAP patches a critical memory...

The huge Microsoft release likely reflects how good AI has become at helping vendors find vulnerabilities, says one expert.

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From me: Lessons all defenders can learn from the FortiBleed #ransomware cyber attacks solomonh.substack.com/p/less… #cybersecurity
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From me: New #ransomware gang reports prove following #cybersecurity basics is the best defence solomonh.substack.com/p/new-…
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From me: Hey AI vendors: Is the future bright or doom? solomonh.substack.com/p/hey-… #cybersecurity
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From me: Hole in FFmpeg codec could crash media servers or enable RCE csoonline.com/article/418853… #cybersecurity

Hole in widely-used FFmpeg codec could crash media servers or enable RCE

Research from JFrog into the software supply chain vulnerability points to the need for better visibility into applications, including SBOMs.

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From me: AI cyber risk strategy warning from Five Eyes intel agencies csoonline.com/article/418804… #cybersecurity

Change your cyber risk strategy to meet AI threats, Five Eyes countries warn CSOs

‘The urgency is clear,’ says the statement from cyber security agencies, but some experts say the advice is too general and too late.

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Canada's privacy commissioner finds X launched image generation tool without safeguards against non-consensual sexual deepfake images solomonh.substack.com/p/cana… #cybersecurity
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From me: Does Canada's new AI strategy get a yawn or thumbs up from CSOs? solomonh.substack.com/p/cana… #cybersecurity #artificialintelligence
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From me: Hole in GitHub's browser-based VSCode editor could lead to stolen token csoonline.com/article/418099… #cybersecurity

Hole in GitHub’s browser-based VSCode editor could lead to stolen token

Its disclosure raises questions about what security researchers should expect from vendors, and how far in advance of its publication they should notify vendors about a bug.

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From me: Employees are unknowingly inviting tech support impersonators into firms: FBI csoonline.com/article/417786… #cybersecurity

Employees are unknowingly inviting tech support impersonators into firms, says FBI

The warning is a sign to CSOs that training on physical as well IT security awareness is vital to protect enterprises from data theft.

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