Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

Three of four financial institutions suffered external breach in past year

Three of four financial institutions suffered external breach in past year

More than three out of every four of the world’s largest financial institutions experienced an external security breach in the past year, a dramatic increase over 2005, a new survey has revealed.
Dan Kaplan Jun 14 2006 9:41PM Security
Novell launches identity management framework

Novell launches identity management framework

Novell has entered the identity management space by sponsoring an open-source initiative that company officials say will take the confusion out of running distinct point solutions.
Dan Kaplan Jun 13 2006 9:12PM Security
Microsoft moves enterprise security to Forefront

Microsoft moves enterprise security to Forefront

Forefront is Microsoft’s new solution designed to manage and control enterprise IT security, the company announced this week as part of the annual Microsoft Tech Ed conference in Boston.
Dan Kaplan Jun 13 2006 8:57PM Security
Microsoft: Trojans, rootkits the new top threats

Microsoft: Trojans, rootkits the new top threats

Backdoor trojans and rootkits represent two of the fastest growing malware expunged by Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), which was unveiled in January 2005.
Dan Kaplan Jun 12 2006 9:49PM Security
New Yahoo email worm poses little harm but spreads easily

New Yahoo email worm poses little harm but spreads easily

Security teams at Symantec have identified a relatively benign, but unconventional worm that can exploit a vulnerability in Yahoo’s web mail service without any user initiation.
Dan Kaplan Jun 12 2006 8:58PM Security
Origin of mystery 'self-spamming' emails revealed

Origin of mystery 'self-spamming' emails revealed

The mystery spam containing only numbers that began hitting inboxes this week has been identified as the payload of a new trojan, Symantec said in an advisory today.
Dan Kaplan Jun 9 2006 10:05PM Security
Symantec settles one issue with the IRS

Symantec settles one issue with the IRS

Symantec has agreed in principle to pay the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) $36 million to settle an outstanding tax obligation resulting from an audit of anti-virus giant’s finances.
Dan Kaplan Jun 9 2006 8:27PM Security
Federal charges for alleged net phone hacker

Federal charges for alleged net phone hacker

Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested a Miami man on charges he ran a scheme that hacked into the calling networks of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to route customer calls.
Dan Kaplan Jun 8 2006 10:26PM Security
N.H. man settles spyware suit with Washington state, pays $2,000

N.H. man settles spyware suit with Washington state, pays $2,000

A New Hampshire man who used the Microsoft name in advertisements to trick customers into purchasing ineffective spyware software reached a settlement this week with Washington state.
Dan Kaplan Jun 8 2006 10:08PM Security
Turn in software pirates on new BSA site

Turn in software pirates on new BSA site

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has launched a website designed for reporting suspected internet auction fraud.
Dan Kaplan Jun 7 2006 9:47PM Security
Zero-day bug affects Internet Explorer, Firefox

Zero-day bug affects Internet Explorer, Firefox

Security experts are warning of a unique, yet low-risk, JavaScript vulnerability that affects two of the world’s most popular web browsers.
Dan Kaplan Jun 7 2006 9:02PM Security
Finjan sues Secure Computing, accusing patent infringement

Finjan sues Secure Computing, accusing patent infringement

Web security vendor Finjan Software has filed a lawsuit against Secure Computing, accusing its competitor of patent infringement.
Dan Kaplan Jun 6 2006 10:34PM Security
Back to school

Back to school

The message is clear for employees at the 19 Exchange Bank branches scattered across Sonoma County in California: Protect valuable customer information or risk damaging the financial institution’s good name.
Dan Kaplan Jun 6 2006 7:58PM Security
Experts theorize on self-spamming emails

Experts theorize on self-spamming emails

Security experts are perplexed over a new spamming technique in which victims receive emails that appear to be coming from themselves.
Dan Kaplan Jun 6 2006 6:57PM Security
New IM worm targets MySpace users

New IM worm targets MySpace users

Security teams have discovered a new instant messenger (IM)-based phishing attack aimed at stealing the account information of users of the popular social networking site MySpace.
Dan Kaplan Jun 5 2006 10:10PM Security
Firefox: a safer option?

Firefox: a safer option?

A number of recent critical flaws discovered in Mozilla Firefox has raised doubt on whether the open-source web browser still can be considered a much safer alternative to Internet Explorer.
Dan Kaplan Jun 5 2006 9:59PM Security
Twelve Firefox flaws fixed

Twelve Firefox flaws fixed

Mozilla has advised Firefox users to upgrade to the latest version of the alternative web browser, which fixes a dozen security vulnerabilities, five of which are critical.
Dan Kaplan Jun 5 2006 9:27PM Security
Ernst & Young laptop, Hotels.com customer info, stolen

Ernst & Young laptop, Hotels.com customer info, stolen

More than 240,000 Hotels.com customers are at risk for identity theft after an unencrypted laptop containing their personal information was stolen from the locked car of an Ernst & Young (E&Y) employee.
Dan Kaplan Jun 2 2006 10:04PM Security
Study: Plenty of opportunity for IT pros

Study: Plenty of opportunity for IT pros

A thriving information security job market combined with an aging baby boomer population equals a lot of IT workers looking for new jobs, a new survey has found.
Dan Kaplan Jun 1 2006 10:23PM Security
Microsoft releases Windows Live OneCare

Microsoft releases Windows Live OneCare

Knock knock, Microsoft’s here. The computing giant officially entered the consumer security space this week when it announced the availability of the much-anticipated Windows Live OneCare.
Dan Kaplan May 31 2006 9:39PM Security

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