Sean Michael Kerner

F5 Networks Survey Finds Security Top Application Deliver Priority F5 Network’s report on the State of Application Delivery 2017 shows a continued rise in the number of application services organization’s plan to deploy with security leading the way. Applications Services Deployment Set to Rise in 2017 The F5 study found that on average, organizations plan […]

At the young age of only nine years-old, Nir Gaist was already running a cyber-security company in Israel, providing penetration services to customers. Gaist is no longer nine (he’s 28) and he’s not just operating a company in Israel either. On Jan. 12, Gaist’s company Nyotron officially expanded into the U.S, bringing its Paranoid platform […]

WordPress 4.7.1 was officially released on Jan. 11, providing users of the popular open-source content management system with an incremental update fixing 62 bugs and 8 security issues. The WordPress 4.7.1 update follows the release of WordPress 4.7 codenamed ‘Vaughan’ that debuted on Dec. 6, 2016. Just over a month since its release, WordPress 4.7 […]

When it comes to keeping organizations safe and secure from cyberthreats, a Ponemon Institute study, sponsored by Citrix, found that complexity is a leading risk factor. The report titled, ‘The Need for a New IT Security Architecture: Global Study’ surveyed 4,268 IT and security professionals around the world. A key theme of the report is […]

There are multiple tools that organizations can use to scan applications for potential vulnerabilities, but it can sometimes be a challenge to make sense of all the information that different tools provide. It’s a challenge that Denim Group has been aiming to help solve with its ThreadFix platform. On Jan. 10, Denim Group announced the […]

Security vendor Cryptzone today announced its AppGate 3.0 release, providing organizations with new capabilities that follow the Software Defined Perimeter specification for securing IT applications, users and data. The Software Defined Perimeter(SDP) is an initiative that first started back in November 2013 as an effort led by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). The basic idea […]

Seven New Security IoT Products Technologies that Debuted at CES 2017 The internet of things was a big topic on multiple fronts at the Consumer Electronics Show including how to make it more secure. Multiple products designed to help protect users at home and at work were introduced at the show. Norton Core WiFi Router […]

In the modern enterprise data can exist in multiple physical and virtual locations, often making it challenging for organizations to secure. On Jan. 10, data security vendor DataGravity announced its new virtualization product suite that aims to help organizations secure data that is in virtualized environments. In contrast to vendors that focus on threats coming […]

Security firm Netsurion is launching its first new services since acquiring security information and event management (SIEM) vendor EventTracker in October 2016. The new SIEM-at-the-Edge and Breach Detection Services expand Netsurion’s product portfolio bringing advanced threat detection and mitigation capabilities to small businesses and branch offices. Netsurion CEO Kevin Watson explained that the new services […]

The first of five individuals associated with the hacker group known as ‘Crackas Wth Attitude’ (CWA), that are alleged to have hacked online accounts of U.S Government officials in 2015, has pleaded guilty. 24-year-old Justin G. Liverman of North Carolina entered a plea agreement with the U.S. Justice Department on Jan. 6. Liverman is one […]

Attackers are exploiting misconfigured open-source MongoDB databases and holding them for ransom. The ransomware attacks against MongoDB were first publicly reported by GDI Foundation security researcher Victor Gevers on Dec. 27, 2016, and have been steadily growing ever since, with at least five different groups of hackers taking control of over 10,000 database instances. Among […]

The U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a legal complaint against networking equipment vendor D-Link Corporation on Jan. 5, alleging that the company has inadequate security measures in its products, leaving consumers at risk. D-Link denies the allegations. In a 31-page legal complaint, the FTC outlined multiple alleged failings in D-Link’s security. According to the […]