Sean Michael Kerner

Exploit Kits Disappearing as Cloud and Mobile Security Challenges Grow Cisco released its 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report on July 20, revealing trends old and new about the state of threats impacting organizations around the world. A number of those trends are positive ones, including the decline of exploit kits in 2017 as the Nuclear and […]

Apple issued security updates for all of its supported operating system platforms on July 19, including IOS 10.3.3, macOS 10.12.6, watchOS 3.2.3 and tvOS 10.2.2. The new set of releases comes two months after Apple last patched its operating systems in May. The IOS 10.3.3 update fixes 47 vulnerabilities on Apple’s mobile operating system for […]

Riding a hoverboard requires a certain amount of balance, but no amount of physical dexterity will help a rider whose hoverboard has been taken over by hackers. Security firm IOActive today publicly issued an advisory on multiple vulnerabilities it found in Segway/Ninebot MiniPRO hoverboards, ahead of a talk that is scheduled at the Black Hat […]

Two years ago, the emerging world of application containers was at a crossroads with rival efforts threatening to potentially bifurcate the technology paradigm. To solve that challenge, the Open Container Initiative was formed, and today after two years of effort the OCI is officially releasing the 1.0 milestone of the OCI container runtime and image […]

RSA, a Dell Technologies business, released the latest version of its NetWitness SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) Suite on July 18, providing organizations with a new user-experience that aims to make it easier to conduct security investigations. The RSA NetWitness Suite is made up of multiple modules, including the Logs and Packets component which […]

Container security vendor StackRox emerged from stealth mode today, alongside the launch of its adaptive threat protection platform and $14 million in venture funding led by Sequoia Capital. StackRox enters the increasingly crowded space of container security vendors, which already includes Twistlock, Aqua Security, Docker Inc., CoreOS, Capsule8 and NeuVector, among others. Sameer Bhalotra, CEO and […]

New Theme Debuts With Mageia 6 Visually, Mageia 6 looks different from its past releases thanks in part to the new default theme, which includes new icons for the desktop operating system. Mageia 6 Enhances Linux Desktop Experience With Better Tools, New Look On July 16, Mageia 6 was officially released, providing users of the […]

Security startup Minerva Labs is enhancing its technology offerings with the latest update of its Anti-Evasion Platform. The new platform provides protection against ransomware, memory injection and malicious document attacks. Many forms of modern malware make use of evasion techniques to avoid being detected or blocked by security software. The promise of Minerva’s Anti-Evasion Platform […]

In the consumer world, warranties are commonplace, but that’s largely not the case in the cyber-security market today. A handful of cyber-security companies, however, have started to offer their customers warranties, AsTech being one of them. On July 13, the security consulting vendor announced it is increasing its cyber-security warranty from $1 million to $5 […]

There is a measurable gap between organizations’ perceptions of what keeps them secure and what is actually working to mitigate cyber-security risks, according to a new report from Gemalto. The Gemalto report surveyed 1,050 IT decision-makers globally and found some surprising results. Among the high-level findings is that 94 percent of IT professionals reported that […]

Dell today announced a new version of its Dell Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise offering that can be deployed in air gap environments. The promise of so-called air gap environments is improved security by virtue of being physically isolated and disconnected from the public internet. The problem with air gap environments, however, is that due to […]

Leaving data in a publicly accessible location, where it can be found by anyone looking, is not exactly the textbook definition of a sophisticated data breach. Yet time and again, security researchers report on alleged “breaches” of data by organizations and their partners that has been left in the cloud in an openly accessible manner. […]