Sean Michael Kerner

Research from a newly formed security intelligence group at Cisco has revealed a large malvertising network that is impacting well-known domains, including Amazon, Yahoo and YouTube. The malvertising network has been named “Stan and Kyle” and is likely a reference to the popular Comedy Network cartoon “South Park.” Malware-infected online advertising, typically referred to as […]

One of the most common pieces of advice given by security experts in the wake of the recent rash of high-profile data breaches is for users to deploy two-factor authentication. It’s a message that is helping to grow Duo Security’s business, which is all about two-factor authentication. Duo Security announced on Sept. 22 that it […]

Steve Herrod knows a thing or two about finding and creating technology innovation. Herrod worked at virtualization innovator VMware from 2001 until 2013, with the last five years of his tenure there as CTO and senior vice president of R&D. Since leaving VMware in February 2013, Herrod has been a managing director at venture capital […]

Seven Websites That Support Two-Factor Authentication by Sean Michael Kerner Do the Two-Step With Google Google calls its flavor of two-factor authentication, 2-Step Verification. The system works with the Google Authenticator app, which runs on mobile devices to provide the second factor. Sign up for Google 2-Step here. WordPress Leverages Google Authenticator The popular WordPress […]

The platform-as-a-service (PaaS) world has a new player today, thanks to Ericsson’s announcement that it is buying a majority stake in privately held Apcera. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. News of the deal comes on the same day Apcera is officially launching its Continuum PaaS platform. While Ericsson and Apcera are relatively […]

Home Depot, providing new details about its recently disclosed data breach, publicly revealed Sept. 18 how many consumers may have been impacted. Executives at Home Depot suspect that 56 million unique credit cards are at risk as a result of the breach. The retailer is now also confirming that the breach lasted from April to […]

Cloud security vendor CloudFlare is out today with a new technology approach called Keyless SSL that aims to overcome a key barrier to organizations’ adoption of the cloud. CloudFlare provides a cloud-based security service that can protect organizations against multiple forms of attack, including large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince explained to […]

Apple’s new iOS 8 mobile operating system, released Sept. 17, is designed to provide users with new features as well as a renewed focus on security and privacy from Apple. In a new section of Apple’s Website, the mobile giant details its commitment to user privacy. “At Apple, your trust means everything to us,” Apple […]

Since May, cloud hosting vendor Rackspace has been evaluating whether or not the company should be sold. On Sept. 16, Rackspace announced that it had completed its evaluation and the plan is to remain on the current path as an independent company. Rackspace has also named Taylor Rhodes as the company’s CEO. Rhodes takes over […]

More than three weeks after it was publicly shamed for leaky security, Apple has finally tightened security by enforcing two-factor authentication for iCloud access. In the wake of the iCloud celebrity picture hacking attack (at the beginning of September), the security of Apple’s cloud service has been under scrutiny. Apple itself claimed that the attack […]

When the OpenStack Silicon Valley conference schedule was first announced several months ago, Marten Mickos was best known as the CEO of Eucalyptus, which is a rival effort to OpenStack. Mickos’ position is now set to change thanks to his company’s acquisition by Hewlett-Packard, which was announced Sept. 11. Mickos took the stage at the […]

Security startup vArmour today revealed details of its technology and its plans to help provide visibility and security for the modern IT landscape. vArmour has raised a total of $42 million in funding to fuel its development and growth efforts. Tim Eades, CEO of vArmour, explained to eWEEK that the vArmour data center security platform […]