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
Critical vulnerabilities left millions of Apple devices at the mercy of hackers – and nobody noticed for nearly a decade
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Apple devices could've been susceptible to supply chain attacks after three critical vulnerabilities went unnoticed for nearly a decade
Prudential said 36,000 people were affected in a February data breach – it just revised that number to 2.5 million
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Prudential has revised its initial data breach victim count from just over 36,000 to a whopping 2.5 million
Wimbledon’s new Catch Me Up AI feature promises to keep fans up to date at the tournament – after it irons out some of the wrinkles
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The latest feature to come out of IBM’s partnership with Wimbledon will keep fans engaged from the early stages right through to the final with dynamic player insights
Millions of sites could’ve been exposed in the Polyfill, BootCDN, Bootcss, and Staticfile attack – and it was all orchestrated by a single operator
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Researchers have traced the source of a supply chain attack leveraging a number popular open source CDN services back to one source
Critical OpenSSH vulnerability leaves over 14 million servers potentially at risk
By Solomon Klappholz last updated
News Researchers have uncovered the first security flaw affecting OpenSSH in almost two decades, and it's a big one – here’s what you need to know
Cyber attacks on healthcare organizations are surging – here's why
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis Healthcare organizations have been targeted with spiraling costs linked to a record number of cyber attacks in recent years
Everything you need to know about the TeamViewer breach
By Solomon Klappholz published
News TeamViewer’s corporate IT environment is believed to have been accessed by Russian state-sponsored hacker collective, Midnight Blizzard
CISOs plan to start downsizing security teams because of AI – but experts warn it’s a “shortsighted and dangerous" path to take
By Solomon Klappholz published
News CISOs around the world are planning on reducing headcounts as they continue to adopt AI tools, but experts warn this could be a shortsighted strategy
Microsoft confirms customer emails were accessed during Midnight Blizzard breach
By Solomon Klappholz published
Microsoft has begun notifying certain customers that there emails were accessed by threat actors in a breach
LockBit's Federal Reserve data breach bluff failed miserably
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Data LockBit claimed to have stolen from the US Federal Reserve appears to originate from a banking as a service provider
Hackers are trying to exploit a new critical MOVEit vulnerability – here’s what you need to know
By Solomon Klappholz published
A critical MOVEit vulnerability that could allow attackers to bypass authentication protocols is already attracting cyber criminals just hours after its disclosure
Most passwords take a matter of minutes to crack – here’s how you can create strong, hacker-resistant credentials
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Passwords are still criminally insecure and can be cracked or guessed by hackers with ease, but what precautions can you take to avoid getting breached?
LockBit says it hacked the Federal Reserve – but experts think we should take the claims with a pinch of salt
By Solomon Klappholz published
News LockBit has added the US Federal Reserve to its leak site, claiming to have stolen 33TB of data, but some security experts aren’t convinced
CDK Global was on the road to recovery after a ransomware attack – then it was hit a second time
By Solomon Klappholz published
News CDK Global, a tech company supplying car dealers across North America, was breached after temporarily restoring systems impacted by a cyber attack
Pegasystems moves to harness the power of the autonomous enterprise with its ‘center-out’ approach
By Solomon Klappholz published
Analysis At PegaWorld Inspire 2024, Pega seized its chance to champion its unique approach business architecture leaning on its AI for ideation portfolio
NHS Dumfries and Galloway alerts “every household” in the region over potential exposure during February cyber attack
By Solomon Klappholz published
News The chief executive of NHS Dumfries and Galloway has warned residents to assume that personal data has been exposed in the breach
Seven ASUS routers impacted by critical authentication bypass flaw
By Solomon Klappholz published
News ASUS has released firmware updates to eliminate a series of vulnerabilities affecting seven of its routers – here’s which devices are at risk
Google thinks geothermal energy is the key to meeting surging data center power demands
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Google’s new partnership with Nevada-based NV Energy will provide clean, reliable geothermal energy to power its data center ambitions
Alleged Scattered Spider ringleader taken down in Spain after law enforcement crackdown
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Two key figures behind the Scattered Spider ransomware group have already been arrested this year
Microsoft execs face losing bonuses over cyber security failures
By Solomon Klappholz published
News One-third of Microsoft executive bonuses will only be paid out after a review from an independent third party, according to president and vice chair Brad Smith
Pega GenAI Blueprint: Breaking down the barriers to transformation
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Blueprint was the star of the show at PegaWorld Inspire 2024, and it’s real value comes in breaking down the communication barriers inhibiting collaboration between business and technical verticals
Microsoft whistleblower says firm ignored early warnings about flaw exploited in SolarWinds breach
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Microsoft dismissed warnings about security flaw that led to the SolarWinds cyber catastrophe, according to Whistleblower
Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler wants to help enterprises sift through the AI 'hype'
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Alan Trefler, CEO of Pegasystems, believes there is still a lot of bluster around how AI – here’s how he thinks businesses can extract real value from AI
Microsoft delays roll-out of Windows Recall feature after pressure from security community
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Microsoft admits it needs more time to iron out security wrinkles in its much-maligned Windows Recall capability
C-suites don’t really understand what generative AI is — and CIOs need to step in before they botch adoption projects
By Solomon Klappholz published
News Business leaders still don’t really understand generative AI, despite investing heavily in the technology, and CIOs need to take a lead on changing this confusion
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