Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

Swine flu spam leveling off, but attacks continue

Swine flu spam leveling off, but attacks continue

As reports of swine flu infections grow across the world, spammers and malware purveyors continue to try to cash in.
Dan Kaplan May 4 2009 11:28AM Security
Facebook neutralises phishing attack

Facebook neutralises phishing attack

Facebook is claiming to have put the brakes on a phishing wave that was trying to dupe members into divulging their login credentials.
Dan Kaplan May 1 2009 10:25AM Security
Adobe grappling with another PDF vulnerability

Adobe grappling with another PDF vulnerability

Adobe again is staring down a zero-day vulnerability in its popular Reader software, according to a new security advisory.
Dan Kaplan Apr 29 2009 10:16AM Security
Living in the post-April 1 era

Living in the post-April 1 era
Dan Kaplan Apr 24 2009 2:54PM Security
I’m going with the anti-climactic Conficker prediction

I’m going with the anti-climactic Conficker prediction

Dan Kaplan Apr 24 2009 2:52PM Security
Facebook faces the music

Facebook faces the music
Dan Kaplan Apr 24 2009 2:43PM Security
US government says securing cyberspace will take time

US government says securing cyberspace will take time

US President Barack Obama's 60-day cyberspace policy review is completed, and the report will show that co-operation is needed to meet the challenging task of securing the nation's digital infrastructure, the official in charge of the project said at the RSA Conference.
Dan Kaplan Apr 24 2009 10:53AM Security
Cybercriminals keeping up with banking safeguards

Cybercriminals keeping up with banking safeguards

Threats are becoming more sophisticated, and cybercriminals are getting smarter at evading new authentication controls, according to an RSA Conference panel of security practitioners representing three major financial institutions.
Dan Kaplan Apr 23 2009 10:38AM Security
Pharmacy hackers busted in Romania

Pharmacy hackers busted in Romania

Romanian authorities, in cooperation with the FBI, have nabbed five people accused of stealing credit card information from US pharmaceutical firms.
Dan Kaplan Apr 15 2009 11:16AM Security
Microsoft report shows scareware, file-fomat bugs on rise

Microsoft report shows scareware, file-fomat bugs on rise

Rogue anti-virus, or scareware, programs -- which entice a user into purchasing fake security software by telling them their machine is infected -- has emerged as the biggest security threat facing internet users, according to Microsoft's sixth Security Intelligence Report.
Dan Kaplan Apr 9 2009 10:42AM Security
Paul McCartney's website hacked to distribute malware

Paul McCartney's website hacked to distribute malware

The website for former Beatle Paul McCartney is the latest legitimate website hacked to serve up malware.
Dan Kaplan Apr 8 2009 10:19AM Security
Neeris worm variant imitates methods of Conficker

Neeris worm variant imitates methods of Conficker

Microsoft researchers are warning of a new malware variant that has been customised to exploit the same vulnerability as the notorious Conficker worm.
Dan Kaplan Apr 7 2009 10:47AM Security
Waledac might be out for revenge in latest spam run

Waledac might be out for revenge in latest spam run

The Waledac trojan, which has made its living off tricking people into visiting malware-serving or pharmaceutical-hawking websites, now just may be trying to get even.
Dan Kaplan Apr 3 2009 11:41AM Security
Conficker expectedly chaos-free

Conficker expectedly chaos-free

Right on schedule, the latest variant of the Conficker worm awoke Wednesday, querying hundreds of new URLs for instructions on what to do next. But, as most experts predicted, there were no orders to be had, and the estimated millions of machines infected by the malware remain in standby mode.
Dan Kaplan Apr 2 2009 10:37AM Security
Conficker detection tool released as D-Day nears

Conficker detection tool released as D-Day nears

Researchers have released a scanning tool that will allow IT departments to remotely and automatically scan their networks for Conficker infections.
Dan Kaplan Mar 31 2009 11:08AM Security
Visa risk chief: Reports of PCI's death exaggerated

Visa risk chief: Reports of PCI's death exaggerated

Visa's top risk official has defended payment industry security guidelines, but also called on organisations to invest in constant monitoring, information sharing and new technology -- while not letting the sour economy get in the way of security spending.
Dan Kaplan Mar 20 2009 11:55AM Security
ATM malware appears, Diebold issues security update

ATM malware appears, Diebold issues security update

Diebold, which has fielded recent criticism over the reported insecurity of its voting machines, is now fighting off news that its ATMs also can be compromised.
Dan Kaplan Mar 19 2009 11:13AM Security
Rogue DHCP malware strikes again, now harder to detect

Rogue DHCP malware strikes again, now harder to detect

A new variant of the DNS-changing Trojan.Flush.M malware has been spotted, security researchers said this week.
Dan Kaplan Mar 18 2009 10:15AM Security
New Waledac spam falsely warns of bomb blasts

New Waledac spam falsely warns of bomb blasts

Security companies warned today of a new malware campaign in which the Waledac botnet creators are distributing emails that falsely claim the recipient's city has been the site of a bomb blast.
Dan Kaplan Mar 17 2009 10:40AM Security
Cybersquatting hits record, agency fears worse yet to come

Cybersquatting hits record, agency fears worse yet to come

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said Monday it received a record 2,329 domain name dispute complaints last year, up eight percent over 2007.
Dan Kaplan Mar 17 2009 10:02AM Security

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