Sean Michael Kerner

LAS VEGAS.  One of the highlights for me in any given year of the Black Hat security conference is the Pwnie awards. It’s a time for some good lighthearted fun, while still looking at some very serious problems — and making fun of those responsible for creating the problems and praising those that found the […]

LAS VEGAS. When it comes to security flaws, security pros are not in charge.That’s the message that security researcher Dan Kamsinky, delivered in a press conference at Black Hat today. “People think that security people gets to tell people what to do, but the reality is that developers developers  are in charge.”Kaminsky added that it’s […]

In an interview with InternetNews Barnett explained that a decade ago when ModSecurity was first being built, Apache was the most popular web server and that’s why it was chosen as the initial platform. Fast forward to today, and Apache is still the most popular web server in the world, but it is now facing […]

During Cisco’s third quarter fiscal 2012 earnings call, the world’s largest networking vendor warned about conservative IT spending. Apparently that conservative IT spending approach is having an impact on Cisco’s operations and outlook as well. Late Monday, Cisco announced a workforce reduction of approximately 1,300 staff. Cisco did not specifically identify which staff or units […]

The data that ASEF collects includes captured network activity and system access functions. All the data can then be parsed to help identify anything that is anomalous or potentially risky. One way that risky Android applications can be identified is by the way these apps connect to them. ASEF will analyze the Web addresses that […]

VMware is serious about the Software Defined Networking (SDN) market. To underscore that fact, VMware today announced its intention to acquire SDN vendor Nicira for $1.2 billion. VMware will pay 1.05 billion in cash and $210 million in assumed unvested equity awards. Nicira is the leading vendor behind the Open vSwitch technology, which provides an […]

For many Linux distributions, the Ext4 filesystem is the default choice, following the decade-long legacy of Ext2 and Ext3. While Ext4 provides a higher degree of performance and reliability in comparison with its predecessors, it has trailed other fileystems. Both Oracle’s ZFS, used in Solaris, as well as Btrfs, which is part of the Linux […]

HP’s effort for the next generation of BCS systems is wrapped up in the Project Odyssey banner. Fink noted that Odyssey includes ongoing continued investments in the HP-UX, Non-Stop and OpenVMS platforms. There is also a second component to Odyssey which is about bringing similar capabilities to x86 based systems. One of the x86 components […]

In enterprise IT, identity is a cornerstone technology providing authorized access to employees in a manner that can be tracked for compliance. It’s a role that Oracle’s Identity Management portfolio has been providing for years for wired devices — and is now being extended in the 11g R2 release to a new generation of mobile […]

For the second quarter of 2012, Google reported revenue of $12.21 billion, up by 35 percent on a year-over-year basis. Net Income was reported at $2.79 billion, up from $2.51 billion in the first quarter of 2011. Earnings Per Share came in at $8.42 up from $7.68 a year ago. Google’s financial statements for the […]

“You are doing important work. Please don’t stop. If you have questions or concerns about whether to continue or not, please ask. However, with the exception of a few things that might heavily constrain us in the future, the answer is most likely: “Yes, keep moving.” Marissa Mayer, new CEO of Yahoo in her first […]

Pete Goodall, product manager at Canonical, explained that WebApps is a set of technologies that are being integrated into Ubuntu, one of the leading Linux distributions, to facilitate a native desktop experience. For example, the widely-used Gmail email client can be a WebApp, providing integrated desktop notification and easier startups. The WebApps system is also integrated […]