Sean Michael Kerner

Google officially released the Chrome 38 browser on Oct. 9, providing users with few new features. The main focus of Chrome 38 is stability and security fixes—lots of security fixes. In total, Google is patching 159 security vulnerabilities in Chrome 38, which is one of the highest numbers of security-related fixes for any single browser […]

Telecommunications giant AT&T is reporting that, once again, an insider gained unauthorized access to customer information. This is the second time in 2014 that an insider has leaked confidential AT&T customer information. In a letter sent to the approximately 1,600 customers whose information was accessed in the latest breach, AT&T admitted that customer privacy rules […]

Akamai Report Finds Key Changes to State of the Internet by Sean Michael Kerner Indonesia Attack Traffic Is Growing While China still dominates the list as the top source of attack traffic, Indonesia more than doubled its attack traffic from the first quarter to the second quarter. Port 80 Is Most Attacked Server Port Port […]

Yahoo is admitting that it was impacted by a security issue this week, but it wasn’t the Shellshock bug that was the root cause. Security researcher Jonathan Hall alleged that Yahoo was in fact at risk from Shellshock. The Shellshock bug, which was first reported on Sept. 24, is a flaw in the open-source Bash […]

Open-source virtualization vendor Docker Inc. today announced the acquisition of privately held developer software firm Koality, in a bid to help build out its enterprise product. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. David Messina, vice president of marketing at Docker, told eWEEK that as part of the deal, all four members […]

In September 2010, the widely used, open-source OpenOffice.org office suite was forked by a new group called The Document Foundation (TDF). The Document Foundation built out a new suite called LibreOffice that aimed to excel beyond what OpenOffice had been providing and build the suite in a truly open and collaborative development process. Four years […]

A new malware family known as the Mac.BackDoor.iWorm is taking aim at Apple’s Mac OS X users, and Apple isn’t hesitating in providing its users with a defensive response. The Mac.BackDoor.iWorm malware was first reported by antivirus vendor Dr. Web and may have already infected 17,000 Macs. Of particular note with the iWorm malware is […]

On Oct. 2, JPMorgan Chase publicly acknowledged in a U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it had been breached. Reports about a possible data breach at JPMorgan Chase first emerged at the end of August, but it took more than a month for the bank to make a public disclosure on the issue. […]

Google is being threatened with a potential lawsuit of up to $100 million over alleged privacy violations related to the recent Apple iCloud celebrity photo hacking incident, which led to the disclosure of private pictures of dozens of Hollywood celebrities. The legal threat is being levied by law firm Lavely & Singer, which noted in […]

JPMorgan Chase today revealed details of a cyber-attack that was first reported in August. In an 8-K U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, JPMorgan revealed that 76 million households and an additional 7 million small businesses were affected by the data compromise. Although the bank admits it was breached, it claims that user information […]

GNOME 3.14 Improves Linux Desktop Visual Detail, Other Features by Sean Michael Kerner GNOME Goes Multi-touch The modern desktop is no longer just about the interaction of the user’s mouse and keyboard. With GNOME 3.14, there is expanded support for multi-touch gestures to support touch-screen and touch-pad interfaces. Search for Calculations In a bid to […]

At the end of August, JPMorgan Chase was identified as being the target of a large attack. The financial giant has now been breached again, according to a New York Times report today, citing unnamed sources familiar with the incident. At this point, the details are few and it’s not clear whether or not this […]