Sean Michael Kerner

Adobe just can’t seem to catch a break when it comes to the security of its Flash Player technology. On Oct. 14, Adobe issued an advisory warning about a new zero-day threat against its Flash Player, identified as CVE-2015-7645, which it has since patched. Somewhat ironically, the first public report of attacks making use of […]

Yahoo Mail, which is celebrating its 18th birthday this month, has evolved over the years in many ways. Yahoo announced a new version of its Mail service this week, promising users a new way to secure access that doesn’t require passwords. The cornerstone of Yahoo’s password-less approach to Mail access is a technology the company […]

Red Hat today announced that it is acquiring privately held IT automation vendor Ansible, whose open-source platform is well-known and deployed in the DevOps community and is competitive with both Chef and Puppet. Ansible’s primary product is its Ansible Tower platform, an enterprise-grade IT orchestration and automation system. Financial terms of the deal are not […]

Security is a primary concern for most organizations looking at cloud adoption, but who is responsible for making sure the cloud is secure? That’s one of the many questions that a Ponemon Institute survey, sponsored by security hosting vendor Armor, asked. More than half (56 percent) of respondents said that the primary reason they adopt […]

The Dridex botnet is somewhat diminished today, following a coordinated U.S. and U.K. effort to disrupt the global banking malware threat. The Dridex botnet, also known as Bugat and Cridex, has pilfered millions of dollars from unsuspecting victims. In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that at least $10 million in direct […]

The OpenStack Liberty release, set to become generally available on Oct. 15, will provide users of the open-source cloud platform with new projects and features. The second major OpenStack update in 2015, the Liberty release follows Kilo, which debuted on April 30. OpenStack Liberty is noteworthy for many reasons, not the least of which is […]

VMware is working on new encryption technology to improve the security of virtual networks and application workloads that run on them. Although encryption has been in use in various forms for a long time, VMware is aiming to use it in more extensively inside data centers. Making encryption easily usable in a meaningful way has […]

Security vendor Rapid7 is acquiring machine data search vendor RevelOps, which does business as Logentries, in a deal valued at $68 million. The acquisition of Logentries is the first for Rapid7 since the company completed its IPO on July 17. “When we went public, we announced to the world our vision to build and become […]

Security vendor Cybereason today announced a $59 million Series C round of funding as it looks to bring the company’s security platform to Japan. “The plan is to offer a new product and solution to the Japanese and Asia Pacific market; part of it could be an MSSP [managed security service provider],” Lior Div, CEO […]

The Internet is a vast, largely open global network, but it doesn’t always have to be that way, especially when it comes to security. Network security vendor Ixia today announced its ThreatArmor security appliance, which aims to protect organizations by limiting the attack surface. “For most organizations, there are big chunks of the Internet where […]

When it comes to security, every chief information security officer must know precisely where his or her company stands. It’s a task that security vendor Seculert is aiming to help with by launching a new Executive Dashboard that provides visibility into the current attack and infection status of an organization. “We started the business with […]

Apple is taking measures to improve user security by removing multiple apps from the App Store that attempted to install their own root certificates. It’s not clear precisely how many apps have been pulled so far although it’s clear that ad-blocking apps are the primary target. The Been Choice ad blocking app is among those […]