Sean Michael Kerner

“These seem like they’re probably some kids in the garage or something that are just having fun.” David Gorodyansky, CEO and co-founder of security software firm AnchorFree commenting on LulzSec hacking group (CNN) “In other words: don’t be stupid.” Linux creator Linus Torvalds takes issue with a kernel developer about kernel versioning issues. (LKML) “When […]

Mass meshing is a new type of redirection attack that differs from SQL injection in a number of critical ways. The most damaging difference is how users can mitigate the risks of a SQL injection versus the difficulties of defending against a Mass Meshing attack. “The mass mesh victim sites are injected with JavaScript, but […]

From the ‘But I Just Got Used to Firefox 4‘ files: Firefox 5 is nearing completion and likely will be out next week. As opposed to Firefox 4 which introduced a new UI, tab panorama, jetpack, sync and apptabs, Firefox 5 sure does feel a bit ‘light’ on the big features side. It does however […]

Tools vendor ActiveState is acquiring cloud startup Phenora which develops a Perl cloud platform. The Phenora platform will complement ActiveState’s Stackato Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) effort which was announced in May. Among the many things that make Phenora an interesting company is the fact that is it run by its 15-year-old founder, Daniil Kulchenko, who is still […]

From the ‘Companies that Don’t Get It‘ files:   Adobe AIR is a really neat technology that truly helps to enable cross platform apps – or at least it used to be. Adobe announced today that it was discontinuing its own supported version of AIR for Linux. The reason? Adobe doesn’t see growth in the […]

Varnish Cache 3.0 was officially released today, expanding the open source technology with the promise of new modularity for the next generation of web acceleration needs. Varnish is often used in deployments alongside Apache, as well as the open source ngnx web server. “Some people look at Varnish as a way to outsource performance,” Per […]

Adobe delivered its June quarterly patch update on Tuesday as well, fixing over 30 flaws across its product portfolio. Flash is being fixed one critical flaw, Shockwave is tagged for 24 flaws and Reader/Acrobat get 13 flaw fixes. Adobe is also helping users to stay up-to-date with the latest security patches. With the new update […]

At networking giant Cisco, Rebecca Jacoby has held the position of CIO for the last four years. In terms of how Jacoby reviews IT operations within Cisco, that’s a process that has also been evolving over the last four years. She noted that the traditional operations components of how the systems are performing is quantifiable […]

Google’s SPDY protocol is all about accelerating the web, with one major caveat. SPDY only works with Google’s Chrome browser. SPDY also benefits from SPDY protocol support on web servers, which is where a new offering from site optimization vendor Strangeloop comes into play. The SPDY optimization reside on Strangeloop’s site optimizer appliances which leverage […]

Swedish Telecom vendor Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) announced today its intention to acquire privately-held Telcordia. The all cash transaction is valued at $1.15 billion and will see 2,600 Telcordia employees join Ericsson. Ericsson expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter of 2011. The deal marks a return of Telcordia’s assets to the public markets after […]

HP (NYSE:HPQ) is making major organizational changes this week, as the IT giant aims to realign its business for market opportunities. Among those affected is HP executive Ann Livermore, who had been touted in the past as a possible CEO replacement. Livermore has been with HP for 29 years, and most recently has been running […]