Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

Duke University Law School website infiltrated by hackers

Duke University Law School website infiltrated by hackers

Hackers, possibly trying to embed links to improve search engine result rankings, may have viewed the sensitive information of 1,400 prospective applicants to Duke University on the institution's law school website, school officials said today.
Dan Kaplan Dec 6 2007 11:47AM Security
In-the-wild exploits target Apple QuickTime flaw; proof-of-concept malware aims at Second Life

In-the-wild exploits target Apple QuickTime flaw; proof-of-concept malware aims at Second Life

Researchers have spotted two active attacks and a new proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that take advantage of a still unpatched vulnerability in Apple QuickTime.
Dan Kaplan Dec 5 2007 9:45AM Security
Easing privacy concerns will be a hurdle for Google’s web-based storage service

Easing privacy concerns will be a hurdle for Google’s web-based storage service
Dan Kaplan Dec 4 2007 11:18AM Security
Child porn hacker sentenced to 110 years in prison

Child porn hacker sentenced to 110 years in prison

A North Carolina man was sentenced to more than a century in prison after he seeded teens' computers with trojans and then demanded the victims provide him with nude photographs of themselves.
Dan Kaplan Dec 4 2007 10:44AM Security
Virtualisation - savings not without threats

Virtualisation - savings not without threats

Karl Hart doesn't need to read articles or watch the evening news to know that financially motivated hackers nowadays are finding easy pickings at colleges and universities across the country.
Dan Kaplan Dec 3 2007 3:01PM Security
Ponemon study: Cost, loss of customers rising per breach

Ponemon study: Cost, loss of customers rising per breach

Businesses that experience a data breach are paying more per lost record and are shedding customers at accelerating rates compared to last year, an annual study concludes.
Dan Kaplan Nov 29 2007 9:44AM Security
SANS Top 20 highlights client-side risks

SANS Top 20 highlights client-side risks

When news broke this week that Apple QuickTime contains a new and extremely dangerous flaw, it served as a perfect lead-in to today's unveiling of the latest SANS Top 20, which lists client-side vulnerabilities among the biggest threats facing end-users.
Dan Kaplan Nov 28 2007 11:40AM Security
Proof-of-concept exploit targets Apple QuickTime

Proof-of-concept exploit targets Apple QuickTime

Researchers today warned of publicly available exploit code targeting a vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime media application.
Dan Kaplan Nov 27 2007 10:22AM Security
Online shopping season promises cybercrooks

Online shopping season promises cybercrooks

Monday marks the unofficial start to the online holiday shopping season, and while experts are predicting record-breaking internet sales this year, security researchers are warning that criminals will be prowling cyberspace more than ever before.
Dan Kaplan Nov 22 2007 10:11AM Security
McAfee: Typo-squatters cashing in on website misspellings

McAfee: Typo-squatters cashing in on website misspellings

Internet surfers who misspell the name of a popular website have a one in 14 chance of landing on a site owned by someone trying to capitalise on your poor typing skills, a McAfee report revealed today.
Dan Kaplan Nov 20 2007 9:53AM Security
Cybercrime bill passes US Senate

Cybercrime bill passes US Senate

A bipartisan bill that would impose harsher restrictions on cyberattacks and permit identity theft victims to seek financial restitution in federal court is on its way to the U.S. House of Representatives after speedily passing through the Senate Thursday night in a unanimous vote.
Dan Kaplan Nov 19 2007 9:58AM Security
The SC Magazine News Team Blog

The SC Magazine News Team Blog
Dan Kaplan Nov 16 2007 1:08PM Security
Storm Worm spams its bots with stock pop-up

Storm Worm spams its bots with stock pop-up

Some 250,000 computer users, who likely never knew their machines had been seeded with the notorious Storm Worm virus, received confirmation this week when a pop-up stock spam message appeared on their desktops.
Dan Kaplan Nov 15 2007 10:09AM Security
Sun Microsystems acquires Vaau

Sun Microsystems acquires Vaau

Sun Microsystems today acquired Vaau, makers of enterprise role management and identity compliance solutions.
Dan Kaplan Nov 14 2007 10:15AM Security
Apple releases iPhone, iTouch update

Apple releases iPhone, iTouch update

Apple on has pushed out another security update for the iPhone and iPod Touch to sew up four vulnerabilities that could permit attackers to drop malicious code on the popular devices.
Dan Kaplan Nov 14 2007 9:53AM Security
'Times of India' site cleaned of malware

'Times of India' site cleaned of malware

The website of a heavily trafficked Indian newspaper is clean of malware, just days after hackers launched a nearly impossible-to-detect cross-site scripting attack that infected users' machines with a variety of malware.
Dan Kaplan Nov 13 2007 4:08PM Security
Manhattan grand jury indicts 17 on ID theft charges

Manhattan grand jury indicts 17 on ID theft charges

A Manhattan grand jury has returned a 173-count indictment against 17 people accused of running an international cybercrime operation that sold at least 95,000 stolen credit card numbers during a six-year period.
Dan Kaplan Nov 12 2007 9:51AM Security
Is this the end of the Russian Business Network?

Is this the end of the Russian Business Network?

A shadowy Russia-based internet service provider, which security researchers said is responsible for hosting two out of every three malicious web attacks, has been forced to close its doors.
Dan Kaplan Nov 9 2007 10:02AM Security
Microsoft to release two fixes on November Patch Tuesday

Microsoft to release two fixes on November Patch Tuesday

IT administrators may get out of work on time this Patch Tuesday, as Microsoft plans to release just two fixes.
Dan Kaplan Nov 9 2007 9:57AM Security
PCI council to take over secure application standard

PCI council to take over secure application standard

The body charged with managing and promoting the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) announced today it will soon administer another set of merchant guidelines involving secure payment systems.
Dan Kaplan Nov 8 2007 2:43PM Security

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