Sean Michael Kerner

When it comes to the emerging Internet of things world, security vulnerabilities can exist almost anywhere, including in a child’s teddy bear. Security vendor Rapid7 today disclosed a vulnerability in the Fisher-Price Smart Toy, which could have enabled an attacker to gain access to user information. Rapid7 responsibly disclosed the flaw to Fisher-Price, and the […]

Among the cache of documents leaked by U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden were files containing information on the agency’s offensive operations, known as Tailored Access Operations (TAO). While Snowden’s leaked documents have been a source of information on NSA activities, there is now another, more direct source: the NSA itself. In an […]

When it comes to understanding the security risks an organization faces, a good place to start is to first understand what technologies are in place. That’s the basic premise behind the visibility technology offered by UpGuard, which also now offers a scoring system called Cybersecurity Threat Assessment Report (CSTAR), based on an organization’s security posture […]

Apparently, today is Data Privacy Day. Despite whatever else you might read about privacy today, the answer for protecting it can be summed up in a single word: vigilance. The reality of the modern hyperconnected world of social media and almost daily data breach information disclosures is that Data Privacy Day is every day in […]

Phone fraud prevention vendor Pindrop Security has raised a new Series C $75 million round of funding, bringing total funding to date for the company to $122 million. The new round of funding will be used to help grow the company faster and to build new technologies to limit the risks of phone fraud and […]

The Wendy’s Company might be the latest household name-brand company to be the victim of a point-of-sale (POS) data breach. The quick-service restaurant chain is now looking into reports that some of its locations were affected by a breach. In a statement emailed to eWEEK, company officials said that reports indicate fraudulent charges may have […]

Data breaches often result in myriad costs for victimized organizations and individuals. A new study from SANS Institute, sponsored by Identity Finder, found that even after organizations remediate the immediate cause of a breach, there will still be ongoing cost consequences. Barbara Filkins, senior analyst at SANS Institute, wanted to take a different tact to […]

One way to know if a company is vulnerable to attacks is to try and breach it—safely. That’s the goal of SafeBreach, which announced the official launch and general availability of its security platform today. “SafeBreach is all about not waiting for a breach to happen,” SafeBreach CEO and co-founder Guy Bejerano told eWEEK. The […]

Mozilla came out today with its first Firefox browser release for 2016, providing new features and hardened security. Firefox 44 follows Firefox 43, which was released Dec. 15 and provided improved tracking protection for users. With Firefox 44, Mozilla is adding in the ability for users to get push notifications from sites by making use […]

Eva Chen has spent most of her professional career building security vendor TrendMicro, which she co-founded back in 1998 and currently leads as CEO. Over the years, multiple types of security challenges have emerged, from the early PC era to mobile devices and now the emerging Internet of things (IoT) landscape, where Chen sees a […]

There seems to be no shortage of money flowing into cyber-security firms these days. However, just because cyber-security is hot doesn’t mean that every technology will be successful or that every investment will pay off, said Bob Ackerman, managing director and founder of Allegis Capital. Ackerman believes in taking a strategic, measured approach to investing […]

BlackArch Linux Expands Its Roster of Tools for Security Research An update to the BlackArch Linux security distribution adds more than 30 new tools to help researchers find flaws in software, systems and networks. BlackArch Tools Span Multiple Categories With so many tools included in BlackArch, it can be challenging to figure out what to […]