Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

Ohio University sends server breach notices

Ohio University sends server breach notices

Ohio University sent out the first of more than a quarter-million notices of a server breach that compromised the personal information of more than 300,000 people and organizations last week.
Dan Kaplan May 9 2006 10:27PM Security
New York man settles with Washington State in spyware case

New York man settles with Washington State in spyware case

A New York man who allowed his name to be used as an alias in business conducted by a company accused of violating Washington state’s computer spyware law has reached a settlement with the state attorney general’s office.
Dan Kaplan May 9 2006 10:07PM Security
Blue Security site recovers from attack

Blue Security site recovers from attack

The website of Israeli-based Blue Security is operational today after it sustained almost a weeklong DDoS attack that apparently was in retaliation for the company’s anti-spam business model.
Dan Kaplan May 8 2006 9:53PM Security
Spam-based attack shuts down Blue Security site

Spam-based attack shuts down Blue Security site

Hackers have launched a massive DDoS attack against the website of Israeli internet security firm Blue Security. As of this afternoon, the website still was down, but company representatives said service to the affected servers gradually was being restored.
Dan Kaplan May 5 2006 9:21PM Security
Summer of Love Bug started six years ago today

Summer of Love Bug started six years ago today

Today marks the sixth anniversary of the release of the so-called Love Bug, a mass email worm that spread to millions of PCs worldwide and was responsible for an estimated $10 billion in economic damage.
Dan Kaplan May 4 2006 8:56PM Security
Mozilla patches critical Firefox flaw

Mozilla patches critical Firefox flaw

Mozilla has patched a "critical" flaw in Firefox that could cause the alternative, open-source web browser to crash.
Dan Kaplan May 3 2006 9:40PM Security
Aetna laptop breach affected 38K members

Aetna laptop breach affected 38K members

Health insurance provider Aetna is continuing its investigation into the theft of an employee’s laptop that contained the personal data of about 38,000 members, the company said in a statement.
Dan Kaplan May 2 2006 8:10PM Security
Symantec unveils Phish Report Network

Symantec unveils Phish Report Network

Symantec today unveiled its Phish Report Network, a community-based service that provides paying members with updated lists of fraudulent web addresses.
Dan Kaplan May 1 2006 9:14PM Security
SANS Top 20: OS X, Firefox more frequent targets

SANS Top 20: OS X, Firefox more frequent targets

Mac OS X and Mozilla Firefox – widely considered safer than mainstream counterpart Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) – are rapidly becoming new sources for vulnerabilities, according to the latest SANS Institute Top 20 Internet Security Vulnerabilities report.
Dan Kaplan May 1 2006 2:40PM Security
MasterCard, Visa following U.K. breach

MasterCard, Visa following U.K. breach

MasterCard International said today it is responding to a "potential" security breach at a U.K.-based retailer – but would not confirm whether any of its cardholders were affected.
Dan Kaplan Apr 28 2006 9:41PM Security
Phishers using VoIP for new scheme

Phishers using VoIP for new scheme

A messaging security firm identified two new attacks this week that use voice over internet protocol (VoIP) to carry out phishing schemes.
Dan Kaplan Apr 27 2006 9:42PM Security
New Firefox flaws enable DoS attacks

New Firefox flaws enable DoS attacks

Popular alternative web browser Mozilla Firefox contains a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to launch denial of service (DoS) attacks, security monitoring service Secunia said in an advisory today.
Dan Kaplan Apr 26 2006 10:44PM Security
Another IE vulnerability for Microsoft

Another IE vulnerability for Microsoft

Security experts are warning PC users this week about another zero-day Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code to compromise systems.
Dan Kaplan Apr 25 2006 7:02PM Security
RSA acquires PassMark for almost $45 million

RSA acquires PassMark for almost $45 million

RSA Security announced today it has acquired PassMark Security, a leader in online banking authentication solutions, for $44.7 million
Dan Kaplan Apr 24 2006 8:10PM Security
Five new vulnerabilities in Mac OS X

Five new vulnerabilities in Mac OS X

A researcher has discovered a new round of holes in Mac OS X, further proof that hackers are starting to look beyond the Windows landscape for exploit opportunities.
Dan Kaplan Apr 24 2006 8:03PM Security
Report: Non-Windows attacks on the rise

Report: Non-Windows attacks on the rise

Attacks against platforms other than Windows, particularly Linux, are growing quickly, according to a Kaspersky Lab report released today.
Dan Kaplan Apr 21 2006 9:36PM Security
Junked PCs another source of personal info

Junked PCs another source of personal info

PC users hoping to sell or donate their used computers should be forewarned: There is likely personal information remaining on them.
Dan Kaplan Apr 20 2006 10:09PM Security
Oracle patches 36 flaws

Oracle patches 36 flaws

Oracle released its quarterly critical patch update (CPU) Tuesday, correcting 36 flaws on company products, including its database, application server and other business applications.
Dan Kaplan Apr 19 2006 9:07PM Security
IRS bills Symantec $1 billion

IRS bills Symantec $1 billion

And you thought you had it bad. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is claiming Symantec owes it up to $1 billion in income taxes as a result of the anti-virus giant’s acquisition last year of storage management vendor Veritas.
Dan Kaplan Apr 18 2006 10:12PM Security
McAfee: Massive increase in rootkit use

McAfee: Massive increase in rootkit use

The number of malicious programs employing stealth technology to make them virtually undetectable by PCs is rapidly increasing, giving rise to more sophisticated Windows-based attacks, according to new research conducted by McAfee AVERT Labs.
Dan Kaplan Apr 17 2006 9:32PM Security

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