Articles by Sean Michael Kerner

Understanding the Flame Malware

It's the largest and most complex piece of malware ever discovered. But Flame (aka Flamer and sKyWIper) does not appear to pose a significant immediate risk to U.S. companies.

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.