Sean Michael Kerner

The attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014 is one of the highest-profile and yet mysterious security breaches in recent years. Possible culprits have ranged from North Korea to disgruntled ex-employees, but “Operation Blockbuster,” a multi-vendor report issued Feb. 24, blames attackers identified as the Lazarus Group and also claims that they are still active. […]

Docker Inc., the lead commercial sponsor behind the open-source Docker container technology, is expanding its commercially supported product lineup Feb. 23 with the official launch of the Docker Datacenter platform. DDC builds on Docker Inc.’s existing services, including the Docker Universal Control Plane, which was first publicly announced as a beta last November. “Docker Datacenter […]

There are companies that build technologies, and then there are the organizations that actually build companies. Team8 belongs to the latter group, defining itself as a cyber-security foundry. Today Team8 announced that it has raised $23 million in a new round of funding that included the participation of AT&T, Accenture, Nokia, Mitsui and Temasek. Total […]

Familiar Attacks Still Wreaking Havoc, HPE Cyber Risk Report Finds Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s latest Cyber Risk Report provides some insights into how threats have changed, and how they haven’t. Stuxnet Flaw Still Active in 2016 CVE-2010-2568, which was first reported in 2010, was identified in the HPE report as being the top vulnerability exploited in […]

As the battle between privacy and security rages between Apple and the FBI, it has become apparent to many that there is a need for digital equilibrium to restore balance. That, in fact, is the goal—to understand and define the balance between privacy and security—of the new Digital Equilibrium Project, a group that is being […]

The Linux Mint operating system community is reeling today after the public disclosure on Feb. 21 that hackers managed to infiltrate the popular Linux distribution and plant a backdoor in the system. Adding further insult to injury, hackers were also able to compromise the Linux Mint user forum, stealing username and password information. As a […]

Security startup Illumio emerged from stealth in October 2014 with the promise of policy-driven security, which has attracted both investors and customers as the company has grown. This week, Illumio is expanding its technology platform with a new adaptive user security capability that helps lock down application visibility and connectivity to unauthorized users. Illumio’s first […]

Equifax may be best known as being a consumer credit reporting company, but that’s not all the company does. This week, Equifax launched its FraudIQ suite in a bid to help organizations detect and prevent digital fraud. “There are hackers that are trying to sneak in through the back door and attack systems while no […]

An inconvenient truth about data breaches in 2015 is that the exploitation of one organization often can expose many other organizations and individuals to collateral risk, according to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 2016 Cyber Risk Report. While 2014 was called the year of the breach in the last Cyber Risk Report, due in part to the […]

Software bugs are at the root of many vulnerabilities, but not all of them. Security startup Buguroo is emerging from stealth in the United States this week with new technologies for both static and dynamic analysis of code, as well as an online fraud prevention system to help organizations defend against multiple classes of online […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook took a bold and very public stance yesterday against a U.S District Court order compelling the company to assist FBI agents in unlocking the iPhone 5c cell phone of San Bernardino County, Calif., shooter Syed Farook. While Apple’s views on government backdoors on cell phones are now very public, many observers […]

In a case likely to set precedent for years to come, Apple is publicly opposing a court order to help unlock an encrypted county-owned iPhone 5c that was used by one of the suspects in a Dec. 2, 2015 mass shooting that killed 14 people and wounded 22 others in San Bernardino, Calif. The court […]