Sean Michael Kerner

Security specialist CloudFlare today announced a new Virtual DNS service with the goal of helping mitigate denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and improving Domain Name System (DNS) security overall. DNSes are core to the operation of the modern Internet, connecting domain names to the IP addresses of servers. As critical infrastructure, DNSes are also coming under increasing […]

Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday update today, providing a fix for a flaw that enabled the notorious Stuxnet attack. Most people in the world thought the vulnerability had been fixed back in 2010. The Stuxnet worm was an exploit that was used against a nuclear facility in Iran back in 2010, in part by taking […]

While many Apple watchers were busy learning about the new Apple Watch on March 9, the company was busy patching its existing products. Apple released Security Update 2015-002, fixing five vulnerabilities in the Mac OS X operating system. The company also released iOS 8.2, which provides users with Apple Watch capabilities, as well as six […]

Dell today released Cloud Access Manager 8.0, providing a new security analytics engine that leverages an integrated threat data feed from Dell Secureworks. Cloud Access Manager is a rebranded product line from Dell that had previously been known as Webthority. Cloud Access Manager provides single-sign-on (SSO), Web access and centralized authentication capabilities, which are now […]

Mozilla will include a new SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)/TLS (Transport Layer Security) certificate checking mechanism in the upcoming Firefox 37 browser release, which is scheduled to become generally available on March 31. With the new certificate checking technology, called OneCRL (the acronym CRL stands for Certificate Revocation List), Mozilla is pushing a list of revoked […]

A new attack vector, known as domain shadowing, is being used in the Angler Exploit kit and has already affected 10,000 domains, the majority of which are associated with domain registrar GoDaddy. Cisco’s Talos research group first reported the domain shadowing attack, which involves attackers creating new subdomains on a valid domain. A subdomain, for […]

Criminals are using Apple Pay to commit fraud by using credit card information stolen in breaches at Target and Home Depot, according to a report in The Wall St. Journal. Apple did not respond to a request for comment from eWEEK about the alleged fraud. The basic premise behind the alleged fraud is that the […]

Malware, PUPs and Angler Exploit Kit Are on the Rise by Sean Michael Kerner Mobile Malware Continues to Grows In the fourth quarter of 2014, McAfee Labs’ mobile malware tally grew to just over 6 million samples. There Are Now 350 Million Malware Samples Across all forms of malware that it tracks, McAfee Labs now […]

When the FREAK SSL and TLS encryption security vulnerability was first disclosed earlier this week, only Apple’s Safari and Google’s Android browsers were considered to be at risk. The risk has expanded, and it now includes Microsoft. When the FREAK (Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys) bug news first broke on March 3, I did my […]

Security vendor Rapid7 is perhaps best known for such tools as the open-source Metasploit penetration testing framework, but that’s not all the company is doing. On March 3, Rapid7 announced the creation of new incident response services to help organizations be better prepared for breach incidents, as well as provide services for those organizations that […]

Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux Atomic Host 7.1 release is generally available today, providing users with the promise of a more secure and optimized operating system for Docker containers. The Atomic Host release comes alongside the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, which also debuts today. Red Hat first announced its Project Atomic effort in April 2014 […]

Demand for skilled Linux professionals continues to outpace the supply of qualified candidates, according to the Linux Foundation, which on March 4 released its 2015 Linux Jobs report, produced by career Website Dice. “The year-over-year data really underscores the trends we’ve all been witnessing: Linux has become the world’s most ubiquitous operating system, and companies […]