John Casaretto

SiliconANGLE's CyberSecurity Editor - Have a story tip or feedback? Please reach out to me! Security is as critical as ever and our mission is to uncover those stories that will help our industry be more secure.

Latest from John Casaretto

Exclusive: John McAfee’s ring of danger in Belize

If you have kept up on the continuing John McAfee series here at SiliconANGLE, you may recognize that the elements surrounding McAfee in Belize were filled with not only dangerous situations, but also some very dangerous people. As his world in Belize started to close in around him, he decided to gain the upper hand.  ...

John McAfee privacy app D-Central1 to hit Google Play

Back in February, John McAfee announced the developing privacy app project under the working title ‘Cognisant’ – with the release date of March 1st.  Delayed by refinement work and beta testing, the app has gone through a number of enhancements and a name change to D-Central1.  D-Central as you may recall is the anchor product that ...

Windows XP – Proceed at your own risk

The countdown to XP Armageddon is now eight days away and if you’ve sat there twiddling your thumbs, thinking there would be an extension or that your Windows XP systems work great, then you’re about to be very sorry.  On August 25, 2001 Windows XP was released, here we are nearly thirteen years later, your ...

Russia evades US SIGINT surveillance – Has Snowden turned spy?

This will be a bit controversial as famed NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden himself is a controversial figure.  Some say he’s a hero, others say he’s a villain and others say the truth is somewhere in between.  Given the nature of what Snowden acquired and disclosed, we must be careful not to assume that every intelligence ...

Splunk Cloud launches as security demands rise| #AWSSummit

With more announcements and customer stories at #AWSSummit than you could shake a stick at, picking up on one over any others is a difficult task. Splunk is a popular topic in the industry, and the announcement that Splunk Cloud is now available will probably mean there will be many new converts to the popular ...

Document management, security + AWS | #AWSSummit

This year’s AWS Summit featured much buzz around cloud services and products, and one of the recurring stories was how partner services have been able to utilize AWS to provide definitive value to their clients.  Alfresco is one of those companies and in a sit down interview on theCUBE, Luis Sala, Alfresco Director of Technology ...

Cloud security isn’t one size fits all | #AWSSummit

TheCUBE visited the 2014 AWS Summit last week, and there was no shortage of absolutely great thought leadership going on throughout the broadcast.  Cloudnexa CEO Joel Davne had a great spot on theCUBE where he talked about the company’s market positioning, and it was pretty obvious that this is a company that really puts it ...

AWS Summit exhibits a growing security ecosystem | #AWSSummit

I’ve taken AWS out to the woodshed in the past on security questions, but have always done so with valid points and concerns.  Having watched this past week’s AWS Summit on theCUBE, it’s clear that security is a top priority in the game today, and the shift in thinking that was required by the pure ...

McAfee CSO article stirs up the whitehat infosec community

An article published by Security Magazine online by McAfee Chief Security Officer Brent Conran earlier this month has created a storm of controversy in the infosec community.  Posted under the category ‘Cyber Safety’ and entitled ‘Why Not to Hire an Ethical Hacker’, the article itself doesn’t really give any reasons why you shouldn’t hire an ...

Predictive security goes beyond the network

In the last several months millions of credit card numbers have been lost in data breaches.  Personal health records have been lost and millions of user IDs and logins have slipped through the fingers of those entrusted to protect them.  The loot that is targeted and collected by mal-intending hackers can also include intellectual property. ...