Sean Michael Kerner

Security vendor Pwnie Express initially focussed on providing penetration testing tools and hardware to security researchers, but over the course of the last two years has shifted toward focusing on enterprises and the emerging threat from rogue Internet of Things (IoT) devices. In a video interview with eWEEK, Pwnie Express CEO Paul Paget explains why […]

WannaCry Helps Push Cyber-Crime Attacks to New Heights in 2Q17 ABSTRACT:  The second quarter of 2017 was the most active 90-day period ever for cyber-crime attacks, according to a new report from security technology firm ThreatMetrix. The Q2 2017 ThreatMetrix Cybercrime Report was compiled using data on actual attacks that occurred from April to June […]

In an unexpected move on Aug. 9, Amazon Web Services announced that it is joining the Linux Foundation’s Cloud Native Computing Foundation as a Platinum member. The move brings AWS into the open-source group that is leading the development of the Kubernetes container orchestration system. The CNCF was originally formed as a Linux Foundation Collaborative […]

Security researchers in May and June hacked the United States Air Force and got paid a total of $133,400 for their efforts. The Hack the Air Force bug bounty program enabled 272 hackers to take aim at a select list of public-facing USAF web assets to find and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities. The Hack the Air Force […]

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a technology that is intended to help keep user information encrypted and private. According to a complaint filed by the Center of Democracy and Technology (CDT), AnchorFree’s Hotspot Shield VPN is not properly securing its users and is unfairly sharing user information. The CDT made its claims in a […]

Mozilla Firefox 55 Brings Virtual Reality to the Web The latest release of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser—version 55—became generally available on Aug. 8, boasting new features and multiple security improvements. Among the new features in Firefox 55 is WebVR, which enables the use of virtual reality devices for web content. The new release also benefits […]

HashiCorp has released new versions of both its open-source and enterprise editions of its Vault secrets management platform, providing new scalability and security operations capabilities. Vault helps organizations securely store and access application tokens, passwords and authentication credentials, which collectively are commonly referred to as “secrets” in an information security context. The open-source Vault project […]

One Identity today announced the release of its One Identity Safeguard 2.0 privileged access management offering, providing organizations with new features to help secure critical passwords. The new One Identity release is the first from the company since it was spun out on June 1 to become a stand-alone Quest Software business. Quest Software itself […]

LibreOffice 5.4 Open-Source Office Suite Enhances User Experience LibreOffice in its latest version, 5.4, has added incremental improvements to make its integrated applications easier to use. LibreOffice is the default standard office suite in many mainstream Linux distributions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE and Ubuntu. It is also available for both Microsoft Windows and […]

Oracle announced on Aug. 3 that it is joining SafeLogic in an effort to develop a much needed FIPS 140-2 module for the open-source OpenSSL cryptographic library. OpenSSL is widely used to help secure internet communication and infrastructure, though it currently is lacking a critical module for government standards, known as FIPS 140-2. The Federal Information […]

12 Security Startups That Raised New Funding in July 2017 In July, a number cyber-security vendors raised new funding to help support as well as grow their technology and go-to-market efforts. July 11 and 12 were particularly active days, with eight vendors announcing new investments. Unlike June, where there were several companies that raised $100 […]

On August 2, the FBI arrested well known security researcher Marcus Hutchins, who was involved in stopping the WannaCry ransomware outbreak, for allegedly being involved with the Kronos malware in 2014 and 2015. Hutchins age 22, is a U.K. national that is better known by his online alias MalwareTechBlog. He was headed home to the UK […]