Howard Solomon
Journalist and Photographer at Freelance
I'm a Toronto-based freelance IT writer and podcaster specializing in cybersecurity.
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1 week ago |
solomonh.substack.com | Howard Solomon
Canada’s privacy commissioner has started an investigation into a March data breach and ransomware attack at Nova Scotia Power that resulted in the theft of personal information of some 280,000 subscribers.
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1 week ago |
solomonh.substack.com | Howard Solomon
When IT teams become swamped with data their network devices spew out they often turn to SIEM (security information and event management) or SOAR (security orchestration, automation and response) platforms. SIEM solutions collect, aggregate, and correlate log data so network defenders can monitor activity and uncover advanced cyber threats.
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2 weeks ago |
solomonh.substack.com | Howard Solomon
More free guidance on securing data used to train and operate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems is now available. It comes from cybersecurity agencies in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, who today issued joint guidance to IT developers and administrators for AI system lifecycle and general best practices to secure data during the development, testing, and operation of AI-based systems.
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2 weeks ago |
solomonh.substack.com | Howard Solomon
International law enforcement agencies and Microsoft have knocked out the IT infrastructure that distributed the Lumma Stealer, a malware-as-a-service tool used by threat actors for stealing passwords, credit cards, bank accounts, and cryptocurrency wallets from infected computers.
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2 weeks ago |
solomonh.substack.com | Howard Solomon
Sorry to have been silent for two weeks, but had to abandon my home as contractors repaired around every window in the place for water damage due to winter melting snow plugging the eavestroughs (and the work isn’t finished yet … ). The only rooms unspared were the bathrooms, which don’t have windows. My advice: If you have heating cables on your roof to avoid snow piling up make sure you check at least weekly that the cables are working.
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New from me: Cyber agencies issue guidance on securing data used to train and run AI systems https://t.co/cQOJBohxkw #cybersecurity #AI
From me: Poor DNS hygiene leading to domain hijacking https://t.co/juirAA8YjB #cybersecurity
New from me: Law enforcement seizes infrastructure behind Lumma Stealer malware https://t.co/0Jyu7dBSoi #cybersecurity