Sean Michael Kerner

Want to uncover security flaws in your product before the bad guys do? Just put a big pile of money on the table. Security researchers collected over $60,000 in prize money on Wednesday for reporting new zero-day flaws in Google’s Chrome web browser at the Pwn2Own and Pwnium security challenges held during the CanSecWest conference. […]

In 2011, the global free pool of available IPv4 addresses ran dry. That doesn’t mean that IPv4 addresses are no longer valid, it just means that in order for big networks to scale, they need to start using the next generation IPv6 addresses. But what about small business users? IPv4 provided more than 4.3 billion […]

From the ‘No Conspiracy Here?’ files: How do Linux kernel devs figure out which kernel will be the basis for their enterprise distros? The Linux kernel community is made up of lots of different developers working at different companies. But as it turns out, those companies don’t really control their own kernel roadmaps as much […]

From the ‘Google Standards Aren’t Real Standards‘ files: A couple week ago, Adobe announced that is was abandoning Flash on Linux to Google. The idea being that Chrome integrates Flash and Google can be the place where Linux users go for Flash. But what about Firefox? Why can’t Firefox on Linux also get the same […]

Intel’s latest server processor isn’t just about servers, it’s about networking, too. Intel officially launched the Xeon E5 CPU this week, providing performance gains of us much as 80 percent over Intel’s previous generation server chips. The E5 includes a new Intel Data Direct I/O system which will help to accelerate networking. The other networking […]

Late Tuesday night, at least 35 public facing websites belonging to Panda Security were hacked and defaced by the LulzSec and Anonymous hacking groups. The defacement also posted multiple usernames and passwords associated with Panda Security employees. For its part, Panda Security has publicly claimed that the attack did not breach their internal security or […]

Large data center networks often require a lot of effort to manage due to the sheer number of networking devices that need to be controlled. Brocade is aiming to make that management “effortless” with some new innovations that will enable more devices to be consolidated and controlled. Brocade is anchoring its new efforts under the […]

Your servers and data centers are about to get a whole lot faster, if Intel has its way. Intel Tuesday officially launched the Xeon E5 CPU platform, which delivers an 80-percent performance gain over the previous generation of Intel’s server chips. “The E5 is the heart of the data center,” Diane Bryant vice president and […]

Traditional firewall network security devices filter data packets looking to weed out malicious traffic. In the modern era of Web threats, that’s not usually enough, which is why networking vendor Netgear is updating its lineup of ProSecure networking appliances with a new software update that helps to control application usage across the network. The new […]

Google is no stranger to paying security researchers for identifying security flaws, though until now the company has never paid out more than $3,337 per issue to any single security researcher. With the Chrome stable 17.0.963.65 browser which was released late Sunday, Google has created a new class of security awards that changes the pay […]

From the ‘Random is Good’ files: Add-ons have long been the weakest link in the chain of Firefox security. In Firefox 13, Mozilla is to close the gap a little tighter by forcing add-ons to do something they should have been doing all along: Implement ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). ASLR is an important (and […]

In 2012, Alcatel-Lucent is repositioning its enterprise business unit with new leadership and new focus. The new enterprise unit no long carries the legacy of its Genesys call center unit which was officially sold off at end of January. At the helm of the enterprise unit is its new President Michel Emelianoff, who officially took […]