Sean Michael Kerner

In an unexpected announcement, Linux leader Red Hat is now partnering with the CentOS community Linux project. CentOS is a clone of Red Hat’s crown jewel, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) platform, and in some circles has been seen as a rival, providing a free alternative to Red Hat’s subscription pricing for RHEL. RHEL […]

Security incident-response vendor Co3 Systems this week announced that security luminary Bruce Schneier is joining the firm as its new chief technology officer. Schneier had previously been working as the CTO of British Telecom (BT). Schneier is well-known and respected in security circles for his insight and knowledge of cryptography. In 2013, Schneier was among […]

In February 2011, Intel completed its $7.68 billion acquisition of security vendor McAfee. It’s a deal that brought the extensive technology assets as well as the trusted McAfee brand to Intel. Now nearly three years after the deal closed, Intel has decided that though the technology is strong, the McAfee brand itself should go away. […]

When you don’t control all content that flows onto a site, there is always the potential risk that malicious malware could be sneaking in. That’s what happened to Internet giant Yahoo over the weekend as malicious ads were able to infect unsuspecting users. Frankly, I’m not surprised. Ad platforms have been the subject of much […]

Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser once was limited to just desktop and notebook computers running on top of existing operating systems, but that’s no longer the case. In a series of announcements today at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Mozilla announced new Firefox OS efforts to bring the open-source browser operating system to […]

Security is one of the great market segments of the technology world as it’s not typically driven by seasonality or cyclical demands. Security needs are constant and evolving. Simply put, no enterprise on the planet can afford not to invest continuously in security—for fear of being attacked and embarrassed in a public breach. It’s in […]

In July 2010, Rackspace’s Jim Curry helped to found the open-source OpenStack platform. It’s an effort that now has the support of many of the world’s leading IT vendors and is a key technology option for deployment of public and private clouds around the world. In a video interview with eWEEK, Curry, senior vice president […]

Security Horizon: Mobile Malware Up, U.S.-Based Infections Down by Sean Michael Kerner Mobile Malware Rises According to Kaspersky, mobile malware continued to grow in 2013, particularly during the last half of the year. However, PC malware is a significantly larger problem, with more than 315,000 malware samples analyzed every day. Trojans: Most Popular Form of […]

Security is often cited as a top concern for any organization looking to move to the cloud, and it’s a concern that is top of mind this week at cloud hosting vendor Digital Ocean. Developer Jeffrey Paul first raised the issue of data security on Digital Ocean in a Github post earlier this week. Paul […]

Seven Tech Companies That Changed Their Names in 2013 by Sean Michael Kerner Research In Motion Becomes BlackBerry At the beginning of 2013, beleaguered smartphone vendor Research In Motion announced its new BlackBerry 10 operating system and devices. As part of the launch event, RIM announced that it was renaming the company BlackBerry. DotCloud Becomes […]