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Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News More worrying, during a second attack the botnet blocked attempts by the websites to stop them using a port firewall while continuing sending out data to carry on the attack. Attackers disguised the build up of... [06 Mar 2008]
How the good guys fight the security arms race
News It is the erosion of the perimeter, the movement away from perimeter-based security where security is enforced at the edge of systems by methods such as a firewall. We will come in and monitor email... [15 Feb 2008]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News Stewart said the good news is security researchers can now distinguish encrypted Storm traffic from legitimate peer-to-peer traffic, making it easier for network administrators to detect Storm nodes on... [17 Oct 2007]
Cisco plugs DoS hole
News The vulnerabilities are found in a third-party cryptographic library in Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XR, Cisco PIX and ASA Security Appliances, Cisco Firewall Module and Cisco Unified CallManager products, according to a... [25 May 2007]
Cracked: The Great Firewall of China
News The firewall, which uses routers supplied by Cisco, works in part by inspecting web traffic for certain keywords the Chinese government wish to censor, including political ideologies and groups it finds... [04 Jul 2006]
Barracuda customers left high and dry
News More than three-quarters of the spam firewall company's 35,000 customers were affected by the hitch, Barracuda said. Their systems downloaded an incomplete antivirus update file just before 05:00(PDT) and, as a result,... [14 Jun 2006]
Cisco warns of VPN flaw
News The technology is used in IPsec virtual private network (VPN) and firewall products from a range of networking companies, including giants Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. The list of affected products includes Cisco... [15 Nov 2005]
Don't upgrade to Vista until 2008, says Gartner
News Also on the security issue, the Windows Vista personal firewall is better than the one included in XP Service Pack 2, Gartner acknowledged, and will, crucially, improve security on inbound and outbound... [14 Nov 2005]
Is VoIP drilling holes in your network?
News Harders also dismissed any concerns about having to leave certain ports on the firewall open to allow for VoIP traffic: "In the majority of cases we don't see that as a particular risk and think we will... [23 Sep 2005]
Windows Firewall flaw causes port hazard
News Like other firewall software, Windows Firewall is meant to block incoming traffic to a computer. A flaw in Windows Firewall may prevent users from seeing all the open... [02 Sep 2005]
Gartner: Don't believe the tech security myths
News So, Williams said, the answers are the same: guard the IP PBX with a firewall, an Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and other products just as how a server is protected. He then moved on to debunk the view that "Warhol... [25 Jul 2005]
Veritas flaw enables corporate attacks
News For protection, they could also use a firewall to filter traffic on Port 10000 to accept only commands from backup servers, US-Cert said. A security flaw in a Veritas Software backup tool is being... [01 Jul 2005]
Security: Dreaming of a problem-free PC?
News The package will also include Microsoft's spyware-fighting tools and a firewall that blocks unauthorised outbound traffic, such as spyware data, as well as the inbound traffic blocked by... [16 May 2005]
Hackers to test MPs' IT systems
News The House of Commons is also looking to buy an intrusion prevention system (IPS) - a combination of intrusion detection software and a firewall - to reduce the risk of denial of service attacks, virus outbreaks and Trojans. [29 Apr 2005]
Microsoft get serious about business IM
News Microsoft is beefing up its corporate instant messaging product line-up with new extras like firewall traversal and collaboration, as it prepares to launch its code-named Istanbul desktop communications client, possibly... [07 Mar 2005]
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