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Best practices for cleaning up your firewall rule base
After years of use, the rule bases that drive your network firewalls get unwieldy -- clogged with expired, obsolete, duplicative and conflicting...
Important Lessons from the Black Hat ATM Hack
A security researcher named Barnaby Jack amazed attendees at the Black Hat security conference by hacking ATM machines in a session titled...
How Microsoft's Team Approach Improves Security
Microsoft announced new security initiatives and tools today at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. The focus on partnership with other...
Citi iPhone App Flaw Raises Mobile Security Questions
Citigroup warned customers of a security flaw in its free iPhone app and urged customers to update to the newest version, which fixes the problem....
Enterprise UTM vs next-generation firewalls
Today we have a thoughtful contribution from security expert Patrick Bedwell, vice president, product marketing at Fortinet, the well-known provider...
Reliable Encryption for the Rest of Us
Though encryption is a strong way to safeguard passwords, personal information, and other sensitive data, it can be confusing due to the acronyms and...
Windows Shortcut Exploit: What You Need to Know
Microsoft released Security Advisory 2286198 late last week to address a newly-discovered zero-day flaw that can be exploited simply by clicking a...
DHS, vendors unveil open source intrusion detection engine
An open source foundation partially funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security unveiled an open source engine it said improves on past...
Don't Wait for Adobe Sandboxing to Secure PDF Viewing
Adobe has revealed that it will strengthen the security controls in the Adobe Reader application by adding sandboxing in the next release. With...