Sean Michael Kerner

With many data breaches, the initial assessment of the impact is less than what the actual total ends up being. The opposite, however, is true with Facebook, which released a revised lower estimate for the number of people involved in its latest data breach. On Oct. 12. Facebook said that only 30 million people were […]

If you’re not a regular user of the Google Plus+ networking service, you’re not alone as the consumer service first announced by Google in 2011 has never been a challenger to incumbents like Facebook. At long last, after seven years in the market, Google announced on Oct. 8 that it was shutting down Google+. Rumors […]

In a move that would have seemed unfathomable a decade ago, Microsoft announced on Oct. 10 that it is joining the Open Invention Network and contributing 60,000 patents. With the patent pledge, Microsoft is making its patents available to OIN members in a bid to help protect Linux against patent claims. Microsoft is positioning its […]

The scourge that is unauthorized cryptocurrency mining, often referred to as cryptojacking, is a phenomenon that has been on the rise in 2018, and it could get even worse. A new report from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research group published on Oct. 11, details a new effort where attackers are masquerading as legitimate Adobe […]

Alert Logic announced on Oct. 9 new capabilities and deployment options for its Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) for container security. Among the new capabilities that the company is adding to its platform are enhanced log management and visibility features to help identify and hunt for threats. Additionally, Alert Logic is now expanding support beyond […]

Red Hat announced the general availability of its OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 release on Oct. 10, providing organizations with new capabilities for managing cloud-native Kubernetes deployments. Among the key highlights of the OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 release are multiple components that have been integrated from the CoreOS Tectonic distribution of Kubernetes, including a new cluster […]

Sophos announced on Oct. 9 that it is adding advanced endpoint detection and response features to its Intercept X security platform. Intercept X Advanced with EDR benefits from deep learning artificial intelligence capabilities that help organizations with threat hunting and advanced malware detection. The new feature also benefits from an integration with SophosLabs threat intelligence […]

Symantec announced a series of new and improved products and services on Oct. 9, all designed to help advance the state of security in the cloud. Among the new offerings announced by Symantec is Cloud Workload Assurance (CWA), a product that helps harden secure configurations in the cloud. Symantec’s Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) for Storage, […]

Routers represent an attractive target for hackers to build botnets and spread malware, especially when the routers have known, unpatched remote code execution vulnerabilities. In April, the CVE-2018-14847 vulnerability was first reported in MikroTik routers that have millions of users worldwide. That initial report indicated the scope of the vulnerability was limited and only had […]

Cyber-security awareness and training vendor KnowBe4 announced on Oct. 8 that it is expanding its capabilities with the addition of Virtual Risk Officer (VRO). The VRO feature is powered by artificial intelligence machine learning technologies and is intended to provide organizations with feedback and insight into their cyber-risk. The VRO capability is being complemented with […]

FireEye announced a series of updates at its Cyber Defense Summit on Oct. 3-4 that expand the company’s capabilities. On Oct. 3, FireEye announced a new version of its Helix operations platform that enables increased automation and integrates Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) capabilities. On Oct. 4, the company announced its FireEye Marketplace offering, […]

Sometimes the fastest way to add new capabilities to a product portfolio is to acquire them. On Oct. 3, Palo Alto Networks announced that it is acquiring privately held threat defense vendor RedLock for $173 million in cash. The deal is expected to close during Palo Alto Networks’ first quarter of its fiscal 2019 year. […]