Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

Super Bowl XLI: Hackers use Dolphin Stadium website to exploit PCs

Super Bowl XLI: Hackers use Dolphin Stadium website to exploit PCs

Hackers today embedded a JavaScript-enabled trojan in the website of Dolphin Stadium, home to Sunday's Super Bowl XLI, stadium officials confirmed to SCMagazine.com.
Dan Kaplan Feb 2 2007 7:47PM Security
Experts say global cooperation key to fighting cybercrime

Experts say global cooperation key to fighting cybercrime

International cooperation among law enforcement agencies is key to taking the allure from cybercrime, a panel of experts said today at a Kaspersky Lab-sponsored breakfast in New York.
Dan Kaplan Feb 1 2007 9:04PM Security
MySpace superworm creator sentenced to probation, community service

MySpace superworm creator sentenced to probation, community service

The man responsible for unleashing what is believed to be the first self-propagating cross-site scripting worm has pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court to charges stemming from his most infamous hacking.
Dan Kaplan Feb 1 2007 7:33PM Security
Is there a fifth zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word?

Is there a fifth zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word?

Microsoft today shot down reports that a fifth zero-day vulnerability was targeting Word.
Dan Kaplan Feb 1 2007 8:06AM Security
Sony BMG settles with FTC

Sony BMG settles with FTC

Sony BMG Entertainment has settled with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges the entertainment giant violated federal law when it surreptitiously installed digital rights management software on CDs last year.
Dan Kaplan Jan 31 2007 10:13PM Security
Windows Vista is more secure, but not secure enough

Windows Vista is more secure, but not secure enough

Windows Vista may be hailed as Microsoft's most secure operating system to date, but the platform contains weaknesses in its default anti-malware capabilities, one security vendor has concluded.
Dan Kaplan Jan 30 2007 7:27AM Security
Storm worm still on botnet-building path

Storm worm still on botnet-building path

The so-called storm worm has evolved into a worldwide ploy to build armies of botnets to send mass spam, but enterprises running standard defenses should be protected, security researchers said today.
Dan Kaplan Jan 25 2007 7:17AM Security
Google removes personal information from anti-phishing blacklist

Google removes personal information from anti-phishing blacklist

Google's publicly available anti-phishing blacklist contained confidential information that could have been used for identity theft, but any private data has been removed, a security firm reported Monday.
Dan Kaplan Jan 24 2007 9:15AM Security
Storm worm still raging, now with new fake news stories

Storm worm still raging, now with new fake news stories

The so-called storm worm is not letting up, as the gang of cyberthieves behind the mass-spammed trojan attack created new variants over the weekend to elude anti-virus software.
Dan Kaplan Jan 23 2007 7:51AM Security
MySpace files suit against alleged spammer

MySpace files suit against alleged spammer

MySpace today announced it has filed a federal lawsuit against a well-known spammer who allegedly used the popular social networking site to send millions of messages promoting websites that hawked items such as ring tones and Polo shirts.
Dan Kaplan Jan 23 2007 7:22AM Security
Major US clothing retailer hacked potentially affecting millions

Major US clothing retailer hacked potentially affecting millions

A major clothing retailer announced Wednesday that hackers accessed its network and stole an unknown amount of credit card information.
Dan Kaplan Jan 18 2007 5:40PM Security
New Microsoft VML exploit found, considered unreliable

New Microsoft VML exploit found, considered unreliable

Hours after hackers posted public code designed to take advantage of the recently patched Microsoft vector markup language (VML) vulnerability, VeriSign iDefense security researchers discovered a private, in-the-wild exploit attacking the bug.
Dan Kaplan Jan 18 2007 7:15AM Security
Hackers breach money transfer company accessing 80,000 customers

Hackers breach money transfer company accessing 80,000 customers

A MoneyGram International server has been breached, allowing cybercrooks access to the personal information of nearly 80,000 people.
Dan Kaplan Jan 16 2007 4:40PM Security
Court orders Movieland.com to limit pop-ups

Court orders Movieland.com to limit pop-ups

A US District Court in California has ordered a movie download service to stop barraging users with pop-up advertisements.
Dan Kaplan Jan 12 2007 8:51PM Security
For first time, Oracle announces quarterly patch plans

For first time, Oracle announces quarterly patch plans

Oracle today announced it will offer 52 security fixes in Tuesday's scheduled quarterly patch release.
Dan Kaplan Jan 12 2007 3:54PM Security
CA backup and recovery solution contains flaws

CA backup and recovery solution contains flaws

Two vulnerabilities were reported today in a CA backup and recovery solution that, if exploited, could allow an attacker to execute remote code and gain unauthorised administrative privileges.
Dan Kaplan Jan 11 2007 10:36PM Security
New Jersey duo arrested for changing grades with unauthorised network access

New Jersey duo arrested for changing grades with unauthorised network access

A student and a recent graduate of a US high school in New Jersey have been charged with using unauthorised access privileges to change students' grades.
Dan Kaplan Jan 11 2007 5:35PM Security
'Make your own man-in-the-middle attack' online kit found

'Make your own man-in-the-middle attack' online kit found

Fraudsters are hawking free trials of "universal" man-in-the-middle phishing kits through an online forum, security researchers said today.
Dan Kaplan Jan 10 2007 6:09PM Security
Yet another Adobe Reader vulnerability discovered

Yet another Adobe Reader vulnerability discovered

A new vulnerability in Adobe Reader was reported today, joining a handful of other recently-discovered flaws affecting the popular software used to read PDF files.
Dan Kaplan Jan 10 2007 4:50PM Security
Four fixes from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday, but none for critical Word flaws

Four fixes from Microsoft on Patch Tuesday, but none for critical Word flaws

Microsoft released four security bulletins today to address nine critical vulnerabilities in Excel, Outlook and vector markup language (VML) - but perhaps the biggest news out of the security update is what it did not address.
Dan Kaplan Jan 9 2007 10:41PM Security

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