Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

An eventful - but secure - Olympics

An eventful - but secure - Olympics

Bode Miller may have flopped on the slopes, but the Olympics’ IT security staff succeeded all the way to the finish at the recently concluded Winter Games.
Dan Kaplan Mar 23 2006 10:46PM Security
Gratis sued by New York state

Gratis sued by New York state

New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s office is suing a company believed to be responsible for one of the largest internet privacy breaches of all time.
Dan Kaplan Mar 23 2006 10:22PM Security
Sun Grid rises - only to be attacked

Sun Grid rises - only to be attacked

It did not take long for the new Sun Grid – which offers enterprises access to thousands of CPUs – to become the victim of malicious activity.
Dan Kaplan Mar 23 2006 10:06PM Security
Russian rootkit stealing bank info

Russian rootkit stealing bank info

Teams from Sana Security have discovered a difficult-to-detect trojan designed to steal passwords previously used on infected machines.
Dan Kaplan Mar 22 2006 10:10PM Security
Justice Department cybercrime study underway

Justice Department cybercrime study underway

The U.S. Department of Justice said it has begun receiving responses to surveys aimed at measuring the extent of cybercrime on businesses.
Dan Kaplan Mar 21 2006 9:37PM Security
Merrill Lynch fined 2.5M for lax email backups

Merrill Lynch fined 2.5M for lax email backups

The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered brokerage firm Merrill Lynch to pay $2.5 million for not providing email records in a timely manner, the agency announced this week.
Dan Kaplan Mar 16 2006 9:52PM Security
IT security experts to fill in House subcommittee

IT security experts to fill in House subcommittee

Industry and government leaders will testify Thursday before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on the growing cybersecurity concerns facing small businesses.
Dan Kaplan Mar 15 2006 8:16PM Security
New Mac flaws fixed

New Mac flaws fixed

For the second time in as many weeks, Apple has issued a security update fixing critical vulnerabilities on the Mac OS 10.4.5 that could lead to security bypass and system access from remote locations.
Dan Kaplan Mar 14 2006 9:50PM Security
Settlement reached on huge N.Y. privacy breach

Settlement reached on huge N.Y. privacy breach

Following what could be the largest privacy breach in the nation’s history, a leading email marketer will pay New York state $1.1 million for improperly using the personal information of six million consumers.
Dan Kaplan Mar 13 2006 10:01PM Security
Oops: McAfee scan makes wrong diagnosis

Oops: McAfee scan makes wrong diagnosis

McAfee enterprise and home users may have unnecessarily deleted or quarantined major files after a recent malware scan revealed a slew of false positives.
Dan Kaplan Mar 13 2006 9:45PM Security
Report: 80 percent of emails out to manipulate

Report: 80 percent of emails out to manipulate

Four out of five inbound emails are designed to deceive the recipient, according to a new report studying the scope of abusive online messages.
Dan Kaplan Mar 10 2006 9:00PM Security
No Citibank withdrawals north of the border

No Citibank withdrawals north of the border

Citibank has blocked customers from using their ATM cards for cash withdrawals in three countries after detecting several hundred fraudulent withdrawals in those locations, the company said in a statement.
Dan Kaplan Mar 9 2006 10:33PM Security
After 38 hours, no bite taken out of this Apple

After 38 hours, no bite taken out of this Apple

An Apple system engineer’s challenge to hack into a web page hosted by a Mini Mac is closed – and nobody was able to succeed.
Dan Kaplan Mar 8 2006 10:19PM Security
Jobs for moms webmaster cops to spam-porn plea

Jobs for moms webmaster cops to spam-porn plea

A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty this week in connection with a mass pornographic spamming operation resulting in more than 600,000 complaints from America Online customers.
Dan Kaplan Mar 8 2006 10:01PM Security
Profit driven hackers a growing threat

Profit driven hackers a growing threat

Quiet, targeted and profit-driven. These are the adjectives describing the current attacks ruling the IT threat landscape, according to Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report, released today.
Dan Kaplan Mar 7 2006 9:33PM Security
Will new Mac challenge take any longer?

Will new Mac challenge take any longer?

A senior Apple systems engineer, not impressed by a recent overseas hacking challenge in which the winner reportedly gained root access to a Mac Mini in under 30 minutes, has launched his own security challenge.
Dan Kaplan Mar 7 2006 9:25PM Security
MySpace getting a bit tighter

MySpace getting a bit tighter

Popular social-networking site MySpace.com said it is taking additional steps to improve security amid calls for stricter access.
Dan Kaplan Mar 6 2006 9:09PM Security
Symantec fixes Norton chat hole

Symantec fixes Norton chat hole

Symantec has fixed a vulnerability in its Norton security products allowing hackers to type in a simple code word to knock users out of online chat rooms.
Dan Kaplan Mar 3 2006 10:15PM Security
Google takes care of minor Gmail vulnerability

Google takes care of minor Gmail vulnerability

Google has patched a minor flaw that allowed JavaScript code to run when viewing a Gmail message, the search engine giant said today.
Dan Kaplan Mar 3 2006 9:58PM Security
Apple patches Mac flaws

Apple patches Mac flaws

Responding to several well-publicized security issues that raised eyebrows within the IT world, Apple on Wednesday issued its first security update of the year.
Dan Kaplan Mar 2 2006 9:51PM Security

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