Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

Buyer: Ernesto domain names not for fraud

Buyer: Ernesto domain names not for fraud

An Oregon grad student said today that he had no intention of scamming people when he registered a number of Hurricane Ernesto-related domain names.
Dan Kaplan Aug 30 2006 6:50PM Security
Hackers steal personal info of 19,000 AT&T customers

Hackers steal personal info of 19,000 AT&T customers

Hackers hijacked AT&T's computer system over the weekend and accessed the personal information of about 19,000 customers using the company's online store, the telecom giant said late Tuesday.
Dan Kaplan Aug 30 2006 6:34PM Security
Hike in Ernesto-related domains could be a sign of scams

Hike in Ernesto-related domains could be a sign of scams

A spike in the number of registered Tropical Storm Ernesto-related domain names, as the system churns toward the Florida coast, has some information security experts thinking fraud could be on the way, too.
Dan Kaplan Aug 29 2006 3:28PM Security
Verizon apologizes for disclosed personal information

Verizon apologizes for disclosed personal information

Verizon Wireless has apologized after an employee accidentally disclosed an email attachment containing information about 5,000 customers to the public.
Dan Kaplan Aug 28 2006 10:06PM Security
F-Secure: Man-in-the-middle PayPal attack in the works

F-Secure: Man-in-the-middle PayPal attack in the works

Researchers at F-Secure are warning about a potential man-in-the-middle attack targeting PayPal users.
Dan Kaplan Aug 25 2006 9:19PM Security
Federal education loan site exposes personal info of up to 21,000

Federal education loan site exposes personal info of up to 21,000

Count the Department of Education as the latest federal agency to experience a privacy breach after the personal information of as many as 21,000 student borrowers accidentally appeared on its loan website.
Dan Kaplan Aug 24 2006 11:11PM Security
Microsoft replaces bug-filled patch

Microsoft replaces bug-filled patch

Microsoft today re-released a patch to replace a bug-filled fix that caused some applications to crash when users installed it beside Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0 Service Pack (SP)1 in conjunction with HTTP 1.1.
Dan Kaplan Aug 24 2006 10:20PM Security
British man, 19, pleads guilty to email attack on former employer

British man, 19, pleads guilty to email attack on former employer

A British man pleaded guilty Wednesday to launching a DoS attack on his former employer's email server.
Dan Kaplan Aug 24 2006 3:19PM Security
IBM: $1.3 billion ISS buy will create 'world leader in security services'

IBM: $1.3 billion ISS buy will create 'world leader in security services'

Bolstering its presence in the security marketplace, computing giant IBM has agreed to acquire network intrusion and managed services provider Internet Security Systems (ISS) for about $1.3 billion, the two companies announced today.
Dan Kaplan Aug 23 2006 9:51PM Security
IBM to acquire ISS for $1.3 billion

IBM to acquire ISS for $1.3 billion

Computing giant IBM will acquire information security and service provider Internet Security Systems (ISS) for about $1.3 billion, the two companies announced today.
Dan Kaplan Aug 23 2006 3:44PM Security
FFIEC answers questions before end-of-year deadline

FFIEC answers questions before end-of-year deadline

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued a "frequently asked questions" (FAQ) document as the end-of-year deadline approaches for financial institutions to implement measures toward stronger customer authentication.
Dan Kaplan Aug 22 2006 9:48PM Security
Spammers scam child protection group to propagate trojan

Spammers scam child protection group to propagate trojan

Emails that appear sent by an anti-child pornography nonprofit group - but in fact are being delivered by spammers - are trying to use scare tactics to get unsuspecting recipients to download a trojan, a security firm warned today.
Dan Kaplan Aug 22 2006 7:00PM Security
AOL's Govern leaves after breach

AOL's Govern leaves after breach

CTO Maureen Govern has left AOL in the wake of this month's privacy beach in which the internet giant mistakenly posted the search queries of some 650,000 subscribers on a research website.
Dan Kaplan Aug 21 2006 9:35PM Security
PowerPoint users warned of flaw

PowerPoint users warned of flaw

A new unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code was reported over the weekend.
Dan Kaplan Aug 21 2006 4:19PM Security
Microsoft hires former McAfee anti-virus head

Microsoft hires former McAfee anti-virus head

In a clear sign that Microsoft is serious about its entrance into the information security space, the software giant this week confirmed the hiring of highly regarded former McAfee executive and anti-virus veteran Vincent Gullotto.
Dan Kaplan Aug 18 2006 8:22PM Security
Katrina website fraudster indicted

Katrina website fraudster indicted

A Miami man has been indicted on charges he sold phishing kits that included software used to develop a phony American Red Cross-run Hurricane Katrina relief website.
Dan Kaplan Aug 18 2006 5:16PM Security
Microsoft Office trojan appears in wake of Patch Tuesday

Microsoft Office trojan appears in wake of Patch Tuesday

Security experts continue to track a low-risk trojan that takes advantage of a recently patched critical vulnerability, the second Windows flaw to be exploited since Redmond released its August security update.
Dan Kaplan Aug 17 2006 10:34PM Security
Yahoo plugs another web mail hole

Yahoo plugs another web mail hole

Yahoo has fixed a vulnerability in its web mail service that, if exploited, could allow hackers access to users' mailboxes.
Dan Kaplan Aug 17 2006 4:31PM Security
FTC on board in spyware case against movie service

FTC on board in spyware case against movie service

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has joined the Washington state's Attorney General's Office in efforts to halt a movie download service that allegedly bombards customers with pop-up advertisements demanding payment for a free trial membership they never signed up for.
Dan Kaplan Aug 16 2006 6:57PM Security
Microsoft Windows flaw: All bark and no bite?

Microsoft Windows flaw: All bark and no bite?

Despite dire predictions by some security researchers that a recently patched critical Windows flaw could lead to widespread destructive attacks, Microsoft experts insisted today that such an outcome appears unlikely.
Dan Kaplan Aug 15 2006 9:48PM Security

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