
Solomon Klappholz
Solomon Klappholz is a former Staff Writer at ITPro and ChannelPro. He has experience writing about the technologies that facilitate industrial manufacturing which led to him developing a particular interest in IT regulation, industrial infrastructure applications, and machine learning.
Before he joined ITPro, Solomon graduated from the University of Warwick in 2021 with a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics which included an intercalated year studying Philosophy at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
Outside of the office, Solomon enjoys reading, visiting new art exhibitions, and playing football.
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LockBit claims breach on Canada’s largest school board: Is the group back with a vengeance?
News A breach at the largest school board in Canada has been claimed by LockBit as the group rears its head once more
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The history – and future – of automation in security
Supported Content Automation has transformed the security sector, from its early beginnings to its pivotal role today, but where are things headed?
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Do AI coding tools herald the end of the developer as we know it?
News With the advancement of AI coding tools, some tech leaders believe developer role requirements could rapidly evolve in years to come
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Enterprises beware, your LLM servers could be exposing sensitive data
News New research lays bare the lack of robust security protections on the servers hosting many businesses’ AI services
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Data center water consumption is spiraling out of control
News Energy usage might be front of mind amid the AI era, but surging data center water consumption is raising serious concerns among industry stakeholders
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Anthropics latest move might force OpenAI’s hand
News Anthropic's decision to publish the system prompts that control the outputs of its Claude AI models marks a rare move for the industry
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Everything you need to know about RansomHub, the new force in the digital extortion industry
A host of security agencies have issued a warning over RansomHub in recent months, but what's behind the group's rise to prominence?
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Microsoft issues warning over potent malware strain developed by Iranian threat actor
News The Iranian state-backed hacking group has continued its usual password spraying and social engineering techniques to gain a foothold in target environments
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Volt Typhoon is wreaking havoc again – this time on US internet providers
News Chinese state-backed hackers are thought to be actively exploiting a zero-day in SD-WAN software to infect corporate networks at US internet providers
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North Korean insider attacks are skyrocketing – dozens of US firms didn't spot the hacker in their midst
News North Korean threat campaigns are sneaking hackers into US firms as fake IT workers - and the trend shows no sign of stopping
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Hackers could dupe Slack's AI features to expose private channel messages
News The company’s internal ‘Slack AI’ feature can be manipulated into disclosing sensitive data from private channels, new research shows
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British Library issues £400,000 tender as rebuild continues after 2023 cyber attack
News The British Library's digital transformation project was initially set back by a major cyber attack in October 2023 – now it’s looking to get back on track
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AI coding tools are finally delivering results for enterprises
News Research from GitHub shows AI coding tools are hitting the mainstream, with developers reporting significant productivity and efficiency gains
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Toyota’s cyber woes continue as latest breach marks fifth major IT incident in two years
Toyota is once again in the headlines after a hacker collective claimed to have exfiltrated 240GB of sensitive data from the car manufacturer’s internal systems
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So you introduced an AI chatbot for customers — here’s why they probably hate it
Analysis Firms rushing to introduce AI chatbots could be harming their relationship with customers – but the technology itself isn't the issue, it's how it's implemented
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Nvidia promises to give Californians free AI training with new initiative
News A new partnership between Nvidia and the state of California promises to help train 100,000 residents in AI skills and give academic institutions better access to hardware
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New Windows vulnerability could repeatedly trigger the blue screen of death on millions of devices
News Attackers could exploit the Windows vulnerability to repeatedly crash machines and trigger a blue screen of death, according to researchers at Fortra
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1Password warns Mac users to patch to stop their vaults being accessed by hackers
News 1Password has urged MacOS users to patch amid concerns about a vulnerability that could allow attackers to steal entire password vaults
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Cisco to cut thousands of roles in second batch of layoffs this year
News The Cisco job cuts mark the second wave of layoffs for the tech giant so far in 2024
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US citizen charged with aiding North Korean hackers moonlighting as tech workers
News The DoJ has charged an individual for running US operations in a campaign where North Korean hackers infiltrate US firms posing as tech staff
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A “disaster waiting to happen”: Sellafield plant admits to glaring cybersecurity failures
News Sellafield, which houses the largest store of plutonium in the world, was found to have left staggering cyber vulnerabilities unaddressed for four years
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How Africa became the testing ground for cyber warfare
Analysis Africa has become a major battleground for state-affiliated cyber criminals, with firms in the region frequently targeted by sophisticated attacks before they reach Europe and the US
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The Royal ransomware group has rebranded
News The Royal ransomware group has rebranded under the BlackSuit name after two years operating as one of the most prolific threat groups in the world
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A Microsoft Authenticator flaw is bricking accounts – here’s how to fix it
News Users are having their accounts overwritten by the Microsoft Authenticator service – and it's an issue that's been happening for years
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