Sean Michael Kerner

A new version of the open-source WordPress content management and blogging platform, Version 3.7, has been officially released, providing users with improved stability and security. The impact of the new WordPress platform on the Web as a whole is nontrivial, as WordPress currently is the technology behind some 72 million Websites. WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg […]

For most of recorded human history, wars have included some form of kinetic attack involving the physical world. However, in the modern connected world with nation-states attacking each other electronically, the next world war could well be World War C (Cyber). In fact, according to a former Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agent, the war […]

In a classic watering hole attack, hackers compromised a well-known, respected high-traffic Website and planted malware in a bid to infect unsuspecting visitors. On Oct. 24, Google began to flag PHP.net as being a site hosting malware, i.e., potentially a watering hole. PHP.net is the community home for the open-source PHP programming language that powers […]

Year after year, in study after study, SQL injection is identified as a leading cause of data breaches and a top security vulnerability. There are a lot of vendors trying to help solve the problem, one of them being DB Networks, which announced a new security appliance this week designed to help detect the scourge […]

After just three years in the market, the open-source OpenStack cloud platform is already maturing rapidly and generating revenue for its backers. A new market sizing report from analyst firm 451 Research pegs the OpenStack market as being on track to generate $600 million in revenue in 2013, with more than $1 billion in revenue […]

Apple’s OS X 10.9 Mavericks Operating System: A Look Inside by Sean Michael Kerner Apple Is Giving Mavericks Away Free In contrast with every prior OS X release, Apple has decided to make Mavericks freely available. The new OS is available via the Apple Mac AppStore. Mavericks Will Run on Older Mac Hardware While Mavericks […]

In a vote of confidence, investors are pumping $40 million in new funding into security startup Bromium. The company, which former Citrix XenSource executives founded, is all about leveraging virtualization technology to enable more secure operating system environments. Since its founding in 2011, Bromium has raised a total of $75 million. In 2012, when the […]

There are a number of different ways to ensure application security in the modern IT environment. One of them is by starting right at the source, by enabling application developers to digitally sign their code, in an effort to guarantee the integrity and authenticity of a given application. The Certificate Authority Security Council (CASC) is […]

SUSE Linux is updating its flagship server offering with new features and capabilities that are optimized to enable SAP applications. The new SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP applications is based on the SLES 11 Service Pack 3 update, which was released in July. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications is designed and […]

In an interesting interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes this past weekend, former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney admitted that he was worried hackers could hack his heart. Cheney was implanted with a heart defibrillator device in 2007 to fix a number of ailments. Cheney’s Cardiologist, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, ordered that the heart defibrillator’s wireless features […]

The open-source OpenStack cloud platform distribution landscape is getting a bit more crowded today with the announcement of the new Mirantis OpenStack distribution. Mirantis is no stranger to the OpenStack market and has been a leading services vendor in the space since OpenStack first burst onto the cloud scene three years ago. As the line […]

Linux vendor Red Hat is updating its middleware solutions portfolio today with the JBoss Portal 6.1 release, integrating social media authentication capabilities via Facebook, Google+ and Twitter as well as enabling a new era of mobile devices. As to why Red Hat is now providing the social media integration features, Christina Wong, senior product marketing […]