Solomon Klappholz
Solomon Klappholz is a Staff Writer at ITPro. 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 2018 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.
Latest articles by Solomon Klappholz
Bad bots are on the rise as almost half of all internet traffic is now automated
By Solomon Klappholz published
Web traffic is becoming dominated by automated bots, as the volume of malicious bot traffic is rising for the fifth consecutive year, but which industries are most at risk?
Cisco Duo MFA logs exposed in third-party data breach
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Cyber attack on an unnamed supplier for Cisco Duo’s SMS and VOIP multifactor authentication service exposes sensitive customer data used across internal networks and corporate apps
Growing macOS adoption opens the door to increasingly sophisticated TCC-based attacks
By Solomon Klappholz published
Enterprise adoption of macOS systems is threatened by threat actors like the CloudMensis malware, deployed by the North Korea-aligned Lazarus Group
Sisense breach could have far-reaching consequences as CISA urges businesses to rotate credentials
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Millions of access tokens, keys, and passwords were exposed in a major breach affecting data analytics company Sisense, with CISA urging businesses to rotate and reset any credentials they may have shared with the company
Cyber attacks surged in March with over 299 million records compromised
By Solomon Klappholz published
March saw an eye-watering 299 million records exposed in 3,478 publicly disclosed security incidents, representing a sharp increase on the same period last year
Hackers are using Windows script files to spread malware and swerve antivirus software
By Solomon Klappholz published
A modified version of the Raspberry Robin malware allows it to be loaded onto a victim’s machine using Windows script files and avoid detection by antivirus software
Internal Microsoft passwords left exposed for a month in latest security slip up
By Solomon Klappholz published
Researchers found a Microsoft Azure server containing secret code, passwords, and employee credentials left unsecured and exposed to the public internet
Hackers are abusing GitHub's search function to spread malware
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Hackers are using the names of popular GitHub repositories to trick users into downloading malicious code, new research reveals.
Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday marked by RCE vulnerabilities pervading SQL servers
By Solomon Klappholz published
Microsoft’s April security updates covered a record number of vulnerabilities, most of which were remote code execution flaws
Change Healthcare hit with second ransomware attack of 2024
By Solomon Klappholz published
Change Healthcare is once again being extorted by a ransomware collective for sensitive data stolen from its network
What’s going on with Atos?
By Solomon Klappholz published
Explainer Atos has had a rough few years and is on the brink of collapse after a series of failed deals - and there's no clear sign things will improve for the beleaguered French tech giant
Misconfigured SaaS applications led to the Home Depot data breach, and experts say it’s no surprise
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The recent Home Depot data breach that exposed information relating to over 10,000 employees should be a warning that enterprises need to get their SaaS deployments under control
Over 92,000 old D-Link NAS devices are open to a high severity flaw — and there’s no way to patch
By Solomon Klappholz published
News A vulnerability affecting outdated D-Link NAS devices could wreak havoc among unsuspecting enterprises, researchers warn
Rubrik IPO plans show surging appetite for data protection solutions
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Rubrik wants to be the first security vendor to complete an IPO in over two years, capitalizing on a boom in demand for data security solutions
Ivanti chief exec promises revamped security approach after Connect Secure fiasco
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Ivanti wants to restore client trust following a series of high-profile security blunders that saw hackers exploit product vulnerabilities
Inc Ransom group claims latest UK victim with Leicester City Council, but who are the new kids on the digital extortion block?
By Solomon Klappholz published
Around 3TB of sensitive info has been stolen by the Inc Ransom group as Leicester City Council still grapples with the impact of the cyber attack
Microsoft slammed for "cascade of security failures" during 2023 email breach response
By Solomon Klappholz published
Microsoft’s response to a 2023 breach which exposed government officials has been the subject of a scathing report from the US Cyber Safety Review Board
Everything you need to know about the AT&T data breach
By Solomon Klappholz published
Sensitive information linked to 73 million AT&T customers has been exposed online, leading the telecoms titan to mass-reset user passcodes
Gmail at 20: Why Google's iconic email service still shines in the age of AI
By Solomon Klappholz published
Gmail started life 20 years ago leading the game with its storage and search capabilities - and a fresh influx of AI features means it will continue to dominate
Hackers take advantage of AI hallucinations to sneak malicious software packages onto enterprise repositories
By Solomon Klappholz published
News New research reveals a novel attack path where threat actors could leverage nonexistent open-source packages hallucinated by models to inject malware into enterprise repositories
AI security tools promise to supercharge productivity, but experts worry cyber pros could become too reliant
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis AI security tools will deliver a boost by automating tasks that frequently bog down cyber professionals, but some industry experts worry teams could become too reliant on these systems
Tycoon 2FA, the popular phishing kit built to bypass Microsoft and Gmail security protections, just got a major upgrade — and it’s now even harder to detect
By Solomon Klappholz published
Phishing attacks powered by the Tycoon 2FA service are now harder for security products to detect after developers released a large, stealth-oriented update to the phishing kit
Ransomware group threatens to publish 3TB of stolen NHS Scotland data after posting proof of attack
By Solomon Klappholz published
News NHS Dumfries and Galloway has confirmed some of the sensitive data stolen during the 15 March attack has been published by a known ransomware operator
A super-supergrid? CEO of UK power network says legacy infrastructure requires major overhaul to meet soaring data center energy demands
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Power hungry data centers are placing significant strain on the UK grid, prompting plans for an overhaul of outdated infrastructure
Python developers beware: This info stealing malware campaign is targeting thousands of GitHub accounts
By Solomon Klappholz published
Python developers should be wary of an information stealing malware disguised in the popular Colorama python package, which has already compromised a community of over 170,000 users