Dan Kaplan

 
 

Recent Articles

Firefox and Opera add security updates

April 30, 2012

Mozilla Firefox and Opera released new versions of their web browsers last week to introduce new security features and patch a number of vulnerabilities.
 

Flashback Mac botnet remains, as Twitter and WordPress used to spread Trojan

April 20, 2012

Around 140,000 Macs remain infected with the Flashback Trojan.
 

Duqu detection kit released

November 14, 2011

The Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS), the Budapest, Hungary-based research lab responsible for detecting the Duqu trojan, has released an open source detector toolkit to assist in finding traces of the trojan on a computer or in a whole network.
 

"DevilRobber" trojan targets Mac OS X for Bitcoins

November 01, 2011

A new Mac OS X trojan being distributed on torrent sites like Paratypic aims to steal Bitcoin virtual currency, security researchers are warning.
 

Researcher finds way to send executable file on Facebook

October 31, 2011

Researchers have discovered a way to evade Facebook security controls to deliver a message on the social networking site that contains an executable file.
 

Black Hat: Microsoft stumps up $200,000 for "next great security technology"

August 04, 2011

Microsoft is breaking out the piggy bank to incentivize researchers to develop advanced technologies to defend Windows and the applications that run on top of the world's most popular operating system.
 

Eight Microsoft fixes planned for Patch Tuesday

December 05, 2008

Microsoft plans to release eight patches on Tuesday - six for "critical" vulnerabilities - as part of its monthly security update.
 

Apple drops support document encouraging anti-virus adoption

December 04, 2008

Apple has taken down its recommendation that Mac OS X users deploy anti-virus technology.
 

Apple advises Mac users to install anti-virus software

December 03, 2008

Apple, whose market share is growing among computer users, is now recommending that consumers consider applying anti-virus protection to their machines.
 

Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat leads to public exploit

June 25, 2008

Adobe has updated its Reader and Acrobat products to shore up a major vulnerability that is already being exploited in the wild
 
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