Sean Michael Kerner

Akamai Security Report Shows Threat Landscape Continues to Evolve Top attack sources vary by threat vector. In the second quarter, China was the top source for DDoS attack traffic while Brazil led in web application attacks, according to Akamai. Top DDoS Attack Reached 363G bps During the second quarter, Akamai reported that the largest DDoS […]

Apple is patching 68 security issues in its desktop operating system as part of the release of its new macOS Sierra (10.12) milestone. Apple’s previous security update for its desktop operating system debuted Sept. 2 with OS X 10.11.6 fixing three zero-day flaws that were first patched in iOS. Starting with version 10.12, Apple has […]

The Transport Layer Security 1.3 specification is not yet a finalized Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) official standard, but that’s not stopping content delivery network provider CloudFlare from implementing it. CloudFlare announced on Sept. 20 that it is now supporting several advanced encryption technologies on its platform, including TLS 1.3, Opportunistic Encryption and HTTPS Rewrites. […]

White Ops announced Sept. 19 that it received $20 million in a Series B round of funding, which is earmarked for helping the company continue to expand its security platform for the online advertising industry, including investment in engineering as well as go-to-market efforts. Total funding to date for the company now stands at $33 […]

A key theme of Oracle’s OpenWorld event this week is the cloud, which is why it should come as no surprise that the company is investing in cloud security. On Sept. 18, Oracle announced that it is acquiring privately held cloud access security broker (CASB) vendor Palerra. Financial terms of the deal are not being […]

In a bid to help make it faster and easier for organizations to deploy their own private cloud, Red Hat announced the QuickStart Cloud Installer on Sept. 14. The new installer follows Red Hat’s OpenStack Platform 9 release, which became generally available on Aug. 31. Red Hat has released various installation tools and methods available […]

OpenStack cloud vendor Mirantis is expanding its capabilities with the acquisition of privately held TCP Cloud. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. TCP Cloud is a 30-person firm focused on enabling cloud operations with a continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) approach. MK.20 is TCP Cloud’s core offering, and the plan is to […]

Sophos on Sept. 15 officially launched its InterceptX next-generation endpoint security technology in a bid to help organizations with modern ransomware and zero-day threats. The new technology is being positioned by Sophos as complementary to existing endpoint security technologies. “The security industry has been talking for some time about the death of AV [antivirus], and […]

Security ratings company BitSight Technologies announced on Sept. 15 that it has raised $40 million in a Series C round of funding, bringing total funding to date to $95 million. The new funding, which was led by GGV Capital and included the participation of Flybridge Capital Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty […]

Data Loss Incidents Hit Retailers, Financial Services Firms Hardest Retailers and financial services experience the most data loss incidents while ransomware threats continue to surge, according to a new study from Intel Security’s McAfee Labs. Large Companies Have More Data Loss Incidents Data is lost every day at varying rates, based on the size of […]

A core element of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $8.8 billion deal spinning out and merging (the so-called spin-merge) software assets to Micro Focus is a long list of security technologies including Fortify, ArcSight, Atalla and Voltage Security. Before that deal closes, HPE is still managing and updating its security software portfolio and is using its HPE […]

In the last several years, industrial control systems that help enable the modern world have become targets for hackers. On Sept. 13, security vendor Claroty emerged from stealth in a bid to help such systems. Claroty is taking on the challenge of industrial security with a new technology platform and $32 million in funding. Claroty […]