Sean Michael Kerner

TORONTO—In a keynote address at the SecTor security conference here, Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at security firm F-Secure, gave a stark assessment of the state of modern ransomware and how it’s one of the worst types of malware he’s seen in 25 years of analysis. Hypponen (pictured) told the capacity crowd that when he […]

TORONTO–There is a reason why cyber-security efforts often fail, and it might just well have to do with how the human brain is wired, according to Chris Pogue, chief information security officer at Nuix. Pogue delivered a keynote address at the SecTor security conference here on Oct. 19, providing his recommendations on how to make […]

TORONTO—Edward Snowden appeared via a live web conference link at the SecTor conference here to deliver a keynote on the state of internet security and privacy today. Snowden’s comments covered a wide range of topics, including the use of back doors and what users can do to help protect their own privacy and that of […]

VMware announced on Oct. 18 at its VMworld 2016 Europe event that it is now supporting the Kubernetes container management system on the VMware Photon platform. Kubernetes is an open-source project that was developed by Google and today benefits from the contributions of a diverse community, including Red Hat and CoreOS. The Kubernetes project became […]

Aiming to help reduce the risk of cloud-deployed ransomware, security firm Netskope on Oct. 17 announced new capabilities for finding and remediating ransomware attacks. Ransomware protection is a new capability in the Netskope Active Threat Protection platform, a malware detection and remediation technology. Understanding how cloud applications work is a core capability of Netskope, said […]

CoreOS on Oct. 17 announced the acquisition of privately held container management vendor Redspread. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. Redspread got its start in the Y Combinator cyber accelerator for technology startups and was officially launched in March. Coincidentally, CoreOS was also originally part of Y Combinator, graduating in 2013. […]

Privately held security vendor Netsurion announced on Oct. 13 that it is merging with security information and event management (SIEM) vendor EventTracker. Financial details of the merger are not being publicly disclosed, though the deal is being facilitated by Providence Strategic Growth, which already has made equity investments in Netsurion. Netsurion is a provider of […]

Docker Inc. has set its sights on the East to help grow its container fortunes. On Oct. 13, Docker announced a wide-ranging partnership with Alibaba Cloud in a bid to help accelerate the use and deployment of Docker technologies in China. Founded in 2009, Alibaba Cloud is the cloud division of Chinese internet giant Alibaba […]

Analyst firm IDC published its first Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide Oct. 12, forecasting that global cyber-security spending will reach $101.6 billion by 2020. According to IDC’s analysis, worldwide revenues for cyber-security related services, software and hardware will come in at $73.6 billion in 2016 and will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) […]

Virgil Security announced on Oct. 12 that it has raised $4 million in a Series A round of funding. The new funding, which was led by KEC Ventures and included the participation of Bloomberg Beta, Blu Venture Investors, Charge Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Sparkland Capital and Working Lab Capital, will be used to help the […]

Ubuntu 16.10 Provides Incremental Linux Desktop Improvements Canonical is set to release the next version of Ubuntu Linux. Here’s what we can expect in the latest iteration of the open-source OS, named Yakkety Yak. Ubuntu 16.10 Is Supported Until July 2017 As a standard release, Ubuntu 16.10 will be supported by Canonical for nine months, […]

E8 Security announced on Oct. 11 a $12 million Series B round of funding, bringing total funding to date to $21.8 million. The company, which calls itself an innovator of behavioral intelligence for cyber-security, will use the new funding to help grow its sales, marketing and go-to-market efforts. The funding was led by Strategic Cyber […]