Sean Michael Kerner

With all IT data breaches there is a common cycle. First there is the fear over who is at risk, then theories on how the breach occurred, and finally the blaming and lawsuits start to roll in. In the breach of retailer Target, the lawsuits are now coming in, but in a surprising move, one […]

The open-source Linux ecosystem is one of the most successful examples of collaborative software development. In a new report released today at the Linux Collaboration Summit, the Linux Foundation has attempted to quantify how organizations today are embracing the collaborative development model. The study surveyed 700 business managers and software developers, 91 percent of whom […]

While the Bitcoin cryptocurrency is still a relatively new phenomenon, it is one that is generating real money for people. Enough money, in fact, that Bitcoin has now attracted the official interest of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The taxman always wants to get his due, and Bitcoin is no exception. In a notice posted […]

Barely seven days ago, I was among the many people who were lamenting the loss of the Full-Disclosure security mailing list. Today, I mourn no more as Full-Disclosure has been resurrected. Full-Disclosure is a popular open mailing list for security disclosure that first got started in 2002, and over the years it has become a […]

Enrique Salem served as the CEO of Symantec from 2002 until 2012, and in that decade, he learned a lot about what’s important in the security world. Today, Salem sits on the board of directors at multiple companies, including, ForeScout and FireEye, where he helps management set strategic direction. In a video interview with eWEEK, […]

The Apache Software Foundation today announced the release of CloudStack 4.3, providing new features to users of the open-source cloud platform. The CloudStack 4.3 release is the first major update to CloudStack since the 4.2 release debuted in October. CloudStack is an open-source effort that Citrix donated to Apache in April 2012. The original technology […]

With more than 265 million domain names registered globally, and that number growing every quarter, domain registrars must ensure that new registrations are not used for fraudulent and malicious intent. Launching today to help improve domain security is the Secure Domain Foundation (SDF)—a multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to provide information and services to domain registries […]

Finally. At long last and after two CEOs who left after short tenures on the job, Mozilla now has the CEO it always should have had. Today, Mozilla officially announced that Brendan Eich will be the new CEO of the open-source organization that produces the Firefox Web browser and the FirefoxOS mobile operating system. Eich […]

Microsoft is at the center of a pair of security incidents this week that serve to illustrate how the software giant uses customer information. In one incident, Microsoft was allegedly breached by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), which is an online hacktivist group that is loosely affiliated with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. […]

The Docker open-source virtualization container technology project celebrated its one-year anniversary on March 20, as the project stands on the precipice of significant growth in 2014. Docker represents a different model for virtualization than the traditional hypervisor virtual machine (VM) approach espoused by VMware’s ESX, Microsoft’s Hyper-V, Xen and the open-source KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) […]

AlienVault has emerged to be a leader in the security information and event management (SIEM) space in recent years, thanks to its open-source and commercial offerings. In a video interview with eWEEK, AlienVault CTO Roger Thornton explains how the term SIEM only really refers to part of what his company’s technologies offer. AlienVault is the […]

Mozilla today released Firefox 29 Beta, providing a preview of the next major open-source Web browser release. Firefox 29 Beta comes just two days after Firefox 28 became generally available. The most visible new addition in Firefox 29 Beta is the Australis interface, which is the most significant Firefox user interface change since the Firefox […]