Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

VA to encrypt all computers

VA to encrypt all computers

In the latest response to the massive laptop data breach that placed the personal information of some 26.5 million veterans and active duty members at risk for identity theft, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Monday that all its computers will be encrypted, effective immediately.
Dan Kaplan Aug 15 2006 8:13PM Security
CA to slash staff amid profits plunge

CA to slash staff amid profits plunge

Computer software giant CA announced late Monday that it will lay off 1,700 employees after the company reported a 64 percent fall in first-quarter net income.
Dan Kaplan Aug 15 2006 4:53PM Security
Malware sets crosshairs on last week's critical Windows flaw

Malware sets crosshairs on last week's critical Windows flaw

As many IT security experts predicted, malware taking advantage of a flaw patched by the Aug. 8 MS06-040 bulletin emerged over the weekend, but Microsoft experts maintain the exploit poses little threat.
Dan Kaplan Aug 14 2006 6:23PM Security
Cover story: Coming up roses

Cover story: Coming up roses

If the online marketplace were a family, 1-800-flowers.com could be considered a patriarch. In 1992, the flower distribution business joined AOL as the internet service provider's first merchant. Three years later, the company added a ".com" to its name and became one of the web's earliest and most recognizable success stories.
Dan Kaplan Aug 8 2006 10:27PM Security
Can we talk?

Can we talk?

Ma Bell, meet your precocious newborn, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The technology, just a few years old, is growing up fast as enterprises and home users abandon traditional telephone lines so they can converge voice and data communication onto one network — while significantly cutting costs in the process.
Dan Kaplan Aug 8 2006 9:56PM Security
Senate ratification of cybercrime treaty praised

Senate ratification of cybercrime treaty praised

Information security industry groups today praised the U.S. Senate over its ratification late Thursday of the Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime treaty, hours before Congress broke for a month-long recess.
Dan Kaplan Aug 4 2006 5:14PM Security
Online ID card for teens debuts

Online ID card for teens debuts

A Scottish company has launched a virtual age and identity card designed to verify teenagers before they chat online.
Dan Kaplan Aug 3 2006 9:05PM Security
Intel warns of Centrino wireless driver flaws

Intel warns of Centrino wireless driver flaws

Intel is reporting several vulnerabilities in its Centrino wireless drivers that could lead to remote code execution and an attacker assuming control of a system.
Dan Kaplan Aug 2 2006 3:37PM Security
McAfee could patch widespread flaw as early as tomorrow

McAfee could patch widespread flaw as early as tomorrow

A patch addressing a flaw in consumer versions of McAfee software is expected to be released Wednesday.
Dan Kaplan Aug 1 2006 4:23PM Security
Another new CFO at CA

Another new CFO at CA

IT management software maker CA named a new chief financial officer on Friday – the fifth person to hold the position in the past three years.
Dan Kaplan Jul 31 2006 10:11PM Security
Senate told U.S. unprepared for cyberattack

Senate told U.S. unprepared for cyberattack

The United States is not sufficiently prepared for a large-scale cyberattack that could lead to considerable internet commerce disruptions, a State Farm Insurance strategic consultant told a U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs subcommittee Friday.
Dan Kaplan Jul 31 2006 5:03PM Security
Victoria's (malicious) secret: fake lingere an information-stealing trojan

Victoria's (malicious) secret: fake lingere an information-stealing trojan

Security firm Sophos today warned about a spyware trojan that uses a picture slideshow of a Russian beauty as a front while it steals personal information from an unsuspecting user.
Dan Kaplan Jul 28 2006 6:31PM Security
MessageLabs silent on sale rumors

MessageLabs silent on sale rumors

MessageLabs officials are staying mum on rumors the New York-based email security and managed services provider is on the selling block.
Dan Kaplan Jul 27 2006 8:51PM Security
OS X still safer, but not perfect

OS X still safer, but not perfect

Machines powered by the Macintosh OS X remain more secure than other those running under other platforms, but the increasingly popular Apple version does contain software flaws that will continue to draw the attention of attackers, a new Kaspersky Lab analysis piece says.
Dan Kaplan Jul 26 2006 10:27PM Security
Study: Email-borne malware successfully hit 80 percent of businesses

Study: Email-borne malware successfully hit 80 percent of businesses

Multiple variants of malware carried through emails have successfully entered more than eight out of 10 businesses, a new report shows.
Dan Kaplan Jul 25 2006 9:53PM Security
More than half-million injured NY workers have personal info compromised

More than half-million injured NY workers have personal info compromised

A PC holding the personal information of some 540,000 injured workers in New York state has been lost by a Chicago company contracted to manage the data.
Dan Kaplan Jul 25 2006 4:25PM Security
Private eye, about to address hacker conference, arrested

Private eye, about to address hacker conference, arrested

FBI agents arrested a private investigator over the weekend as he was preparing to address a hacker conference in New York City, several media outlets reported today.
Dan Kaplan Jul 24 2006 9:36PM Security
Personal information of NYC homeless leaked

Personal information of NYC homeless leaked

The personal information of more than 8,000 of New York City's homeless accidentally was leaked in an email Friday, the New York Daily News reported in its Saturday editions.
Dan Kaplan Jul 24 2006 3:52PM Security
Malicious users warm to 'fuzzing'

Malicious users warm to 'fuzzing'

Tools used by software developers to test for faulty design are now being employed by hackers to discover unknown vulnerabilities, a security firm warned today.
Dan Kaplan Jul 21 2006 9:54PM Security
Entrust acquires Business Signatures

Entrust acquires Business Signatures

Digital authentication provider Entrust has acquired Business Signatures, makers of fraud detection and prevention solutions, for $50 million, the two companies announced Thursday.
Dan Kaplan Jul 21 2006 5:17PM Security

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