Recent articles by Dan Kaplan

#BlackHat: Supressed smart meter vulnerability tool is unleashed

#BlackHat: Supressed smart meter vulnerability tool is unleashed

Allows for wireless access to meters.
Dan Kaplan Jul 27 2012 4:35AM Security
#BlackHat: FBI says learn network defence from SWAT

#BlackHat: FBI says learn network defence from SWAT

Use your home field advantage.
Dan Kaplan Jul 27 2012 3:30AM Security
#BlackHat: How exploit kits fuel online crime

#BlackHat: How exploit kits fuel online crime

Researcher examines how exploit kits function and who profits off them.
Dan Kaplan Jul 27 2012 2:46AM Security
Free smart metre pen test tool to be released

Free smart metre pen test tool to be released

Termineter presented at B-Sides.
Dan Kaplan Jul 21 2012 8:34PM Security
Estonian hacker gets seven years for epic credit card theft

Estonian hacker gets seven years for epic credit card theft

Hacker helped steal tens of millions of credit card numbers.
Dan Kaplan Jul 20 2012 12:52PM Security
Messiah spy malware uncovered

Messiah spy malware uncovered

Code written in Persian.
Dan Kaplan Jul 19 2012 7:03AM Security
Podcast: Inside look at Black Hat 2012

Podcast: Inside look at Black Hat 2012

Newly appointed general manager of Black Hat Trey Ford says the parties are just as important as the talks.
Dan Kaplan Jul 19 2012 7:03AM Security
Yahoo! closes security hole

Yahoo! closes security hole

Promises to beef up security after password breach.
Dan Kaplan Jul 17 2012 11:46AM Security
Business as usual for ISPs during 'internet blackout'

Business as usual for ISPs during 'internet blackout'

Infected boxes remain online.
Dan Kaplan Jul 10 2012 10:08AM Security
XML zero day fix arrives next week

XML zero day fix arrives next week

Microsoft pushes nine patches.
Dan Kaplan Jul 6 2012 10:09AM Security
Microsoft names two Zeus defendants in civil action

Microsoft names two Zeus defendants in civil action

Ringleaders in jail.
Dan Kaplan Jul 3 2012 1:31PM Security
Mac espionage trojan targets Uighur activists

Mac espionage trojan targets Uighur activists

The Uighur Muslim minority group is subject to a sophisticated attack.
Dan Kaplan Jul 2 2012 1:23PM Security
BlackHole more persistent after upgrade

BlackHole more persistent after upgrade

The authors of the crimeware application are toying with a "pseudo-random domain" generation capability so that victims make it to the malware.
Dan Kaplan Jun 29 2012 5:00PM Security
Judge approves Stratfor lawsuit settlement over breach

Judge approves Stratfor lawsuit settlement over breach

Stratfor plans to settle with its subscribers.
Dan Kaplan Jun 29 2012 3:41PM Security
Wyndham Hotels breached, $10m stolen from guests

Wyndham Hotels breached, $10m stolen from guests

US Federal Trade Commission alleges the hotel chain failed to implement basic security practices.
Dan Kaplan Jun 27 2012 1:51PM Security
FBI sting busts 24 trading stolen cards, crime tools

FBI sting busts 24 trading stolen cards, crime tools

UGNazi hacking leader arrested.
Dan Kaplan Jun 27 2012 10:28AM Security
Google flags 13 million searches a day

Google flags 13 million searches a day

For malicious content or links.
Dan Kaplan Jun 25 2012 12:17PM Security
Jailed carders fenced Apple gear

Jailed carders fenced Apple gear

Family and friends in on iRacket.
Dan Kaplan Jun 24 2012 7:43AM Security
RAT scurries through Skype, bites Syrian activists

RAT scurries through Skype, bites Syrian activists

BlackShades Remote Access Tool monitors keystrokes, drops malware, and takes screenshots.
Dan Kaplan Jun 21 2012 10:12AM Security
13 million searches warn of hacked sites: Google

13 million searches warn of hacked sites: Google

Company detects 9500 malicious sites every day.
Dan Kaplan Jun 21 2012 12:20AM Security

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