Articles by Sean Michael Kerner

Intel Launches Cloud SSO Service

New Identity-as-a-Service offering leverages Salesforce.com.

Secure by Design: The Future of IT Security?

A startup called Bromium is taking on the challenge of Byzantine Fault Tolerance: Making computer systems that are dependable and secure by design.

Intel Launches New Generation of Secure Processors

Security gets embedded in the latest generation of vPro chips, as Intel continues to drive McAfee technologies into the hardware layer.

Multi-Tenant Public Clouds: Security Risk or FUD?

Cloud provider Rackspace seeks to dispel the myth that multi-tenancy makes public clouds an inherent security risk.

How Hackers Become Millionaires and How To Stop Them

Here's a hint: Cybercrime has a lot in common with multi-level marketing schemes.

Microsoft Issues 23 Fixes In Big Patch Tuesday Release

Jumbo patch set fixes "Sons of Duqu" vulnerabilities across the Microsoft code base.

The Changing Role of the CISO

Some Chief Information Security Officers enjoy much greater strategic influence within their companies, according to new research.

China Tops the List for Attack Traffic

Akamai's State of the Internet report identifies China as the top source of global attack traffic for the fourth quarter of 2011.

Symantec: Attacks On the Rise, But Spam and Botnets Down

New data shows familiar trends of good news and bad news, with some surprises.

IBM Gets Behind Snort, Expands Anomaly Detection

Big Blue embraces the open-source IPS signature system.

HP Report: More Attacks, Despite Fewer New Vulnerabilities Overall

Attackers are taking advantage of high-severity and unpatched vulnerabilities, according to HP's Top Cyber Security Risks Report.

Apple is taking steps to address the Java vulnerabilities behind the Flashback Trojan outbreak. But Java isn't the only attack vector for OS X -- and Apple users can no longer cling to the belief that Macs are virtually immune to malware.

Microsoft Fixes Critical Vulnerability in Windows Common Controls

April's Patch Tuesday update delivers six bulletins -- including a critical fix for a core flaw that affects a long list of Microsoft applications.

Google Patches Chrome 18 for Flash Flaws

Latest browser update includes a Flash fix that no other platform will receive.

Global Payments: Breach Contained, But Damage Done

Visa drops credit card processor Global Payments Inc. from registry of secure providers as details emerge about theft of 1.5 million card records.

Flash Adds Silent Security Updates

The latest version of Flash introduces an automated process for installing security updates -- and patches a security flaw demonstrated at Pwn2Own.

Zeus Botnet Servers Seized by Feds

Working with Microsoft, U.S. Marshals raid command-and-control centers in Pennsylvania and Illinois.

Hacktivists Surpass Organized Crime in Volume of Data Theft

Cybercriminals continued to perpetrate the majority of attacks in 2011 -- but hacktivists stole the most data, according to Verizon's latest data breach report.

Are Data Breaches Becoming Less Costly?

The financial cost of lost and stolen data is declining overall -- but malicious attacks remain more expensive than breaches caused by negligence.

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes Critical Bug in Remote Desktop Protocol

This month's update from Redmond includes six security advisories, but a pair of IE zero-day exploits demonstrated at last week's Pwn2Own hacking contest remain unpatched.

Browser Hacking Contests Leave $895,000 in Unclaimed Prize Money

Last-minute zero day exploits poked holes in Chrome and Firefox at CanSecWest, and a teenager won $60,000 -- but the vast majority of Google's prize money was left on table.

Chrome Hacked at Pwn2Own and Pwnium Contests

Google's browser falls in two separate hacking challenges as researchers probe for zero-day security holes.

Panda Security Hacked: Is Your Company's Website Safe?

Attack on security vendor offers lessons on website security.

Chrome 17 Bug Finders Get Pay Raise

With the release of the latest update for Chrome, Google is now paying independent researchers a bounty of up to $10,000 per security flaw.

RSA: Don't Forget to Secure Your API

APIs can be attack vectors for SQL injection and exploitation, says Layer 7's Scott Morrison at RSA Conference 2012.