Dan Kaplan

 
Dan Kaplan, executive editor, SC Magazine
Executive Editor Dan Kaplan, based in New York, has been with SC Magazine since January 2006. He writes monthly features on varying IT security topics and contributes daily breaking news and multimedia items for SCMagazineUS.com. In addition, he is responsible for editing and managing editorial content on the website and takes the lead role of editing the monthly magazine. He regularly meets with industry experts and leading vendors to discuss the latest trends in the marketplace. He previously worked as a reporter for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey. He graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in journalism. He resides in Hoboken, N.J. You can follow Dan on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dankaps
 

Recent Articles

Attacks could steal HTC Wi-Fi codes with malicious app

February 02, 2012

Some HTC mobile devices, running on the Android operating system, contain a software bug that could allow attackers to steal a user's Wi-Fi credentials and SSID.
 

Google using custom malware scanner for Android apps

February 02, 2012

Google appears to be on a mission to dispel the public perception that its Android Market has become a prime vector for malicious activity.
 

Apple ships Mac OS X, Safari updates

February 02, 2012

Apple on Wednesday released a new version of Mac OS X, 10.7.3 (Lion), to address nearly 50 security vulnerabilities.
 

Security breaches impacting VeriSign emerge in filing

February 02, 2012

The company responsible for ensuring that users reach the website they intend to reach admitted in an SEC filing that its network was breached numerous times in 2010.
 

Indiana University hospital hacked to steal data

February 01, 2012

Malware may have allowed attackers to make off with the personal information of thousands of people connected to Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital.
 

WordPress attacks try to infect users with dangerous rootkit

February 01, 2012

Automated attackers are trawling the web for vulnerable WordPress blogs so they can silently redirect users to dangerous exploits. So far, however, the number of victims is in the hundreds.
 

Adjoining islands: Security convergence

February 01, 2012

Turf wars remain a major roadblock to embracing the merger of physical and logical security. But Honolulu CIO Gordon Bruce believes the right time for such a project is now.
 

Google won't pull Android apps deemed malicious

January 31, 2012

Symantec is trying to call attention to 13 applications that have showed up in the official Android Market over concerns that they contain software development tools that enable the theft of data.
 

SEC accuses Latvian man of hacking brokerage accounts

January 31, 2012

The federal Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Latvian man with participating in a scheme that manipulated the value of more than 100 New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq stocks.
 

Can Anonymous force its victims to reconsider their actions?

January 31, 2012

Hugh Thompson, an adjunct professor at Columbia and program committee chairman of the RSA Conference, got me thinking that, in the face of hacktivism, security these days also means deliberating business practices.
 
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