Security News

Patrick Wardle on Breaking and Bypassing MacOS Firewalls
2018-08-08 13:25

A Black Hat talk demonstrates the ease of poking holes in firewalls: How to break, bypass and dismantle macOS firewall products.

OnDemand Webinar | The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls
2018-07-18 07:18

Major insight from around the world on the state of firewalls.Major insight from around the world on the state of firewalls.

Security spring cleaning: Tidying up messy firewall rules to reduce complexity
2018-05-24 12:30

Most security teams are waging a daily battle against complex IT infrastructures, advanced malware and a severe skills shortage – a trifecta that has forced them to tackle select “priorities,”...

Traditional firewalls fall short in protecting organizations, says survey
2018-04-17 13:12

A new survey, sponsored by Sophos, asked IT managers how their firewall technology is working for them. The results are in.

AWS Launches New Tools for Firewalls, Certificates, Credentials
2018-04-05 05:19

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced on Wednesday the launch of several tools and services designed to help customers manage their firewalls, use private certificates, and safely store credentials....

Palo Alto Networks Releases New Rugged Firewall
2018-02-21 15:59

Palo Alto Networks on Tuesday announced that it has updated its PAN-OS operating system and released a new next-generation firewall designed for use in industrial and other harsh environments. read more

IoT botnet bypasses firewalls to get to ZyXEL modems
2018-02-15 15:36

NewSky Security’s honeypots have detected a new IoT botnet in the making. The botnet was named DoubleDoor, as it leverages two distinct backdoors to get to the target: ZyXEL PK5001Z modems. The...

Cisco Confirms Critical Firewall Software Bug Is Under Attack
2018-02-09 18:06

Cisco has issued patches for the vulnerability, which could be up to seven years old.

Cisco Aware of Attacks Exploiting Critical Firewall Flaw
2018-02-08 10:24

Cisco informed customers on Wednesday that it has become aware of malicious attacks attempting to exploit a recently patched vulnerability affecting the company’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)...