Sean Michael Kerner

VANCOUVER, B.C.—Google helped to create the Linux Foundation’s Cloud Native Computing Foundation in July 2015 with the contribution of the Kubernetes container orchestration system. Although Google contributed Kubernetes, it was still running the core infrastructure for building, developing and testing Kubernetes—until now. On Aug. 29 at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit here, the CNCF […]

Cryptojacking attacks have been increasingly prevalent in 2018, even finding their way into the Ubuntu Linux software center. Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical and Ubuntu Linux, isn’t too worried, though, as he has multiple technologies in place to mitigate risk. In a video interview with eWEEK, Shuttleworth provides insight into the technologies that Ubuntu […]

Trend Micro released its 2018 midyear security roundup on Aug. 28, revealing slowing growth of ransomware attacks, while cryptojacking attacks are surging. Among the highlights of the 40-page report is that in the first half of 2018, there was a 956 percent increase in cryptojacking attacks over the first half of 2017. Cryptojacking refers to […]

Lacework announced on Aug. 28 that it has raised $24 million in new funding to expand its cloud security efforts. The Series B funding round was led by Sutter Hill Ventures and brings total funding to date for Lacework to $32.7 million. Lacework’s core product platform, Polygraph, helps organizations detect potential threats. “We are grateful […]

There are many good reasons why it’s often best for organizations looking to deploy or consume Android applications to use the Google Play mobile apps store. The discovery of a high-profile flaw in one of the world’s most popular games highlights why you should stick to apps in Google Play. Epic Games’ Fortnite is played […]

Cyber-security startup Caveonix has emerged from stealth mode with the introduction of its RiskForesight platform for hybrid cloud workload protection. RiskForesight provides cyber-risk and compliance features for workloads that span both on-premises and cloud deployments. At the core of RiskForesight is Caveonix’s CaveoIQ machine learning and predictive analytics technology that provides compliance risk mitigation capabilities. […]

SailPoint announced the release of IdentityIQ 7.3 on Aug. 22, providing organizations with new capabilities to manage identity for bots and cloud services. Previous releases of IdentityIQ only supported software bots and robotic process automation (RPA) bots through the use of custom code, which is now changing with the 7.3 update. The new release also […]

CrowdStrike announced on Aug. 21 that it is bringing its Falcon MalQuery malware search engine technology to the Hybrid Analysis community. With MalQuery, the goal is to enable anyone using the community’s Hybrid Analysis web portal to easily conduct complex searches using Yara (Yet another recursive acronym) rules and string searches. With Yara searches, researchers […]

Software engineering analytics platform provider Semmle announced its global launch on Aug. 21, alongside new funding to help the company grow its technology. Semmle announced it has raised $21 million in a Series B round of funding, led by Accel Partners with participation from Work-Bench. Total funding to date for Semmle stands at $31 million. The […]

Aqua Security has made its new Kube-hunter open-source tool generally available, enabling organizations to conduct penetration tests against Kubernetes container orchestration deployments. Aqua released Kube-hunter on Aug.17, and project code is freely available on GitHub. Rather than looking for vulnerabilities inside of container images, Kube-hunter looks for exploitable vulnerabilities in the configuration and deployment of […]

SafeBreach announced on Aug. 20 that it is expanding its breach and attack simulation platform with enhanced attack simulations and new board-level risk metrics. The SafeBreach Q3 summer release provides new email and ransomware attack simulations that can help organizations test cyber-resilience. Among the enhancements in the ransomware feature is the ability to simulate the […]

Network firewalls are still an important part of enterprise security, according to the results of FireMon’s State of the Firewall report. In fact, 94 percent of respondents to the report said firewalls remain a critical part of IT infrastructure and will remain so for at least the next five years. FireMon is in the business of […]