Sean Michael Kerner

Mozilla released Firefox 52 on March 7, providing users of the open-source web browser with new features as well well as patches for 28 security vulnerabilities. The Firefox 52 release is the second major milestone release of Firefox in 2017 so far, following the Firefox 51 milestone that debuted on Jan. 24. The biggest new feature in […]

Organizations Failing to Implement Planned Cyber-Security Strategies There are multiple gaps in the perception and reality of cyber-security between corporate executives and the IT professionals responsible for implementation, according to findings by Intel Security. Intel Security and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) came to that conclusion in a 34-page report titled “Tilting […]

CA Technologies is making a big bet on security with the acquisition of privately-held code security testing vendor Veracode for $614 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of Veracode’s fiscal year 2018. Veracode was founded in 2006 and is currently led by CEO Bob Brennan. When the deal […]

The open-source WordPress blogging and content management system (CMS) released a new incremental version on March 6, providing users with six new security patches and 39 bug fixes. The new WordPress 4.7.3 update is the third security update for WordPress so far in 2017, following the 4.7.2 update on Jan. 26 and the 4.7.1 update […]

IBM is moving forward in its effort to enable the era of quantum computing, with a new Application Program Interface (API) that gives developers the ability to build quantum programs that could interface with current computing systems, via the IBM cloud. The expanded quantum computing effort announced by IBM, is an expansion of the company’s […]

5G was the hottest topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, Spain, as both vendors and carriers race to deliver the next generation of cellular wireless technology. Cisco is aiming to play a key role in multiple aspects of the 5G market, including security, which is why the company announced its […]

What is the actual impact and risk of the Cloudbleed security incident? That’s a question that is still being answered by Cloudflare and third party security vendors like Symantec alike. On Feb. 23, the so-called Cloudbleed security incident was first publicly disclosed by Google Project Zero and Cloudflare. A week later, Cloudflare has attempted to […]

Yahoo has been attacked by a variety of different means in recent years, among them is a cookie forging attack the company publicly detailed in its 2016 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The cookie forging activity was discovered as part of an investigation that Yahoo announced in December 2016 involving a breach […]

2016 Sees Massive Spike in Ransomware, Trend Micro Finds Security vendor Trend Micro released its 2016 Security Roundup on Feb. 28, providing insight into a record year for vulnerabilities. The largest single trend noted in the report was the rise of ransomware in 2016. Trend Micro discovered 247 different ransomware families in 2016, a 752 […]

Docker Inc. is now taking a new approach to how it packages, releases and supports its popular open-source container engine technologies. The Docker Commercially Supported (CS) edition is being rebranded and expanded under the Docker Enterprise Edition (EE) name, along with new certified plug-ins and the official launch of the Docker Store for certified container […]

Cisco has had customers running containers on its systems for some time and now is taking the next steps to help support container deployments. Cisco and Docker Inc. have entered into a strategic alliance that calls for the two companies to collaborate on both sales and engineering efforts for containers. The alliance will result in […]

Security vendor Webscale Networks launched its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) service on Feb. 28, providing organizations with features to help defend against online attacks. The new WAF service is focused on helping to support ecommerce businesses and can be used to enable some requirements needed for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) compliance. […]