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Chinese Internet Users Can Tunnel Out of the Censorship Wall

The information available on the Internet is not equally available in all the world's regions, and the state of facts in China is the best example of how a government filters the data users can have access to. Popular sites like Youtube and Wikipedia are only two of the many web addresses that get blocked by mil...

9 April 2008
04:51 GMT

Banks Not Responsible for Your Useless Antivirus!

There are so many hacked online bank accounts that banks all over the world start getting tired of helping, recovering and restoring users' accounts just because they were so naive to disclose their login credentials or install useless security products. Because of that, the British Bankers' Association (BB...

4 April 2008
04:27 GMT

pfSense 1.2 - Improved CARP Input Validation

The pfSense development team announced the availability of pfSense 1.2, a m0n0wall-derived operating system. After more than 16 months of work, since the 1.0 release, this version brings you many new features and bugfixes.Here are the highlights of pfSense 1.2:- Improve CARP input validation - GUI previously allowed ...

26 February 2008
06:30 GMT

Intel Plans on Shipping Hardware Security-Enabled Chipsets

Hardware-enabled security devices are quite storming the IT industry fronts lately. Ranging from miscellaneous biometric security devices (such as fingerprint readers or iris scanners) to hardware-based firewall solutions, they offer much better protection than any software-based equivalent on the market. Lenovo was ...

14 February 2008
04:36 GMT

Kaspersky: Windows Vista Firewall Is Full of Leaks

According to Microsoft, Window Vista is the most secure Windows operating system available on the market. The Redmond company has now been shy about downplaying the relevance of previous Windows iterations in order to push Vista to the foreground in terms of security. It is in fact an old drum that Microsoft has been...

27 December 2007
12:12 GMT

ZoneAlarm Now Deploys Browser Toolbar

In case you're not one of those tech-savvy users, you probably leave most options included in the programs' installation files unchanged, because the 'developer often knows what's better for you'. But, what if you're asked to install additional programs such as browser toolbars that com...

18 December 2007
05:40 GMT

Yet Another Utility to Test Your Computer's Security

A new research conducted by Verizon revealed that most consumers were not sure if their computer was protected, although they might have more or less powerful technologies. According to the findings, 92 percent of the respondents said they are safe on the web, but a test with Verizon's Security Advisory revealed...

5 December 2007
10:37 GMT

IPCop 1.4.18 Released: Stop to Bad Packets!

IPCop 1.4.18 was released today. This edition has been split in two parts, in order to accommodate free space limitation related to the great number of new package additions, since the recent releases.You can select one of the two "kernel types" installed (monoprocessor or smp kernel) so that you can satisfy your di...

3 December 2007
05:27 GMT

How to Remain Secure on Cyber Monday

With Cyber Monday almost here, it's very important to equip your computer with powerful and well-developed technologies which would be able to defend you and keep your data secure during the entire holiday shopping season. Today, the Zone Alarm developers, Check Point Software Technologies, offered several piece...

22 November 2007
03:22 GMT

We Fell In Love With Firewalls

GetSafeOnline.org, an organization which fights for better online security, conducted a new research which revealed that no less than 88 percent of the Internet users installed all kinds of security software such as firewalls, antiviruses, anti-spyware tools and others. But what's more interesting comes from the...

12 November 2007
16:31 GMT

Webroot AntiVirus with Antispyware & Firewall Available for Download

Spy Sweeper with AntiVirus is one of the top technologies available on the web which aim to protect users' computers against numerous kinds of threats. But from now on, Spy Sweeper is more than a simple security solution as it received several new features supposed to defend the users. Webroot AntiVirus with Ant...

9 November 2007
14:06 GMT

NOD32 3.0 - A Dream Come True?

A few days ago, ESET launched the 3.0 version of NOD32, its famous security solution which is now even more than a simple antivirus product. NOD32 3.0 bundles antivirus, antispyware, antispam and even a firewall, all of them being meant to protect the users' computers. The developers are really proud of their so...

8 November 2007
16:11 GMT

Gargantuan Firewall with Linux Included

Crossbeam Systems began shipping a massive chassis-style, UTM (unified threat management) system with an open Linux distribution at its base. The company's Linux based operating system, "XOS", runs on the X-Series UTM server, and targets highly scalable firewalls and security applications for large data centers ...

31 October 2007
10:50 GMT

Vyatta 3.0 Released

Vyatta Inc - the company that builds commercially supported, open-source networking solutions which provide an alternative to over-priced, inflexible products from proprietary vendors - announced yesterday the immediate availability of the third major release of their Open Source Linux distribution. Vyatta 3.0 combin...

30 October 2007
04:55 GMT

Safe on The Web? Yeah, Right!

Now, a lot of people think they're actually safe, but they clearly aren't. In this material, I will try to cover what being safe on the web actually means and also try to explain how some people only have a false impression of security. Now, if you've read my articles until now, then you've probab...

2 October 2007
03:09 GMT

Kerio Firewall Could Be Exploited by Hackers

This is the second piece of news about a vulnerable firewall today. Like I said before, it's important to have security measures on your computer, but it's a bad thing when those programs become a liability. As I've read on SecurityFocus, Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall has been disclosed with some vul...

19 September 2007
04:12 GMT

Outpost Firewall May "Burn" You As Well

Agnitum Outpost Firewall PRO 4.0 has been disclosed with a vulnerability that, if exploited by a malicious user, could cause a denial of service (DoS). And all this because the program cannot handle unexpected input the right way. Every program should properly test any data input before actually using it, as incorrec...

19 September 2007
03:47 GMT

Bypass Firewall with Spam!

I guess you've heard of GFC before. It's a Web policy that the Chinese have installed in order to filter web content. It has been enabled by their government and it's strict as well as blunt. It will not allow users to access certain WebPages; not only the ones with an anti-commie content, but also pa...

13 September 2007
03:40 GMT

How to Properly Use UTM

I was searching the web in order to find out more about UTM firewalls and how to use them, when I bumped into something that allowed me to get a better view on how these things work. So, after reading what NetworkWorld had to say about this, here are a few tips on how to deploy these babies.The first thing to do is t...

31 August 2007
09:00 GMT

Mini Firewall - Is It Worth It?

I've heard about this gizmo for quite some time now and some people say it's great, while others almost throw rocks at it. This is a device that deploys security measures; it's not a software, but it seems to be working well (for a beta, that is) though it has some deficiencies (hope those will disappe...

30 August 2007
05:30 GMT

Endian Firewall 2.1.2 Released

The Endian Team introduced yesterday a new version (2.1.2) of their Open Source Endian Firewall Community Edition which brings SATA support and a new wizard that appears after the installation, so you can setup root (system administrator) password. In addition, this new version offers the possibility of restoring a b...

12 July 2007
04:43 GMT

Security - Is It Possible?

The security of our computers is very important for all of us because every personal system stores private information, documents and details that must be hidden from public eyes. That's why it is very important to install security solutions able to block every hack attempt, every spam campaign and to assure us ...

6 July 2007
10:15 GMT

Norton Firewall Gets Vulnerable One More Time

Symantec Norton Firewall is once again vulnerable to attacks after a highly critical flaw was discovered in the security solution. According to a security advisory released by Symantec, the impacted products are Norton Interne Security 2004 and Norton Personal Firewall 2004, both of them being affected by the same fl...

17 May 2007
15:41 GMT

SmoothWall Express 3.0 Beta Released

SmoothWall team announced today the much-awaited beta release of their upcoming 3.0 version of SmoothWall Linux Firewall distribution. Named "Degu", this first beta release is based on the latest Linux 2.6 kernel and it's designed for ease of use and install: "SmoothWall is pleased to announce the much-awaited ...

16 May 2007
11:05 GMT

Norton Firewall Harms Your Computer

Symantec is one of the most powerful security companies on the Internet because it developed some popular applications such as Norton Antivirus, Norton Firewall or Norton System Utilities. Although it is a security company that is meant to assure the security of our computers, if something goes wrong the entire syste...

2 April 2007
06:32 GMT

Secure Your Computer Now!

The security of our computer is more and more threatened by numerous infections or vulnerabilities discovered every day. The most important question is how can we protect our computers and avoid a successful exploitation of the infection or of the vulnerability? Most users think it's enough to install an antivir...

23 March 2007
12:02 GMT

Remote Control for Windows Firewall?

Firewalls have the purpose of protecting your computer against outside attacks. Unlike anti virus software that prevents malicious code from installing on your computer and damaging your OS or personal files, a firewall is supposed to prevent unscrupulous people outside your network from accessing your computer. Wind...

5 March 2007
05:31 GMT


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