If you use a computer, you’ve heard of firewalls. After all, there’s a firewall delivered in recent versions of Windows, and you may also have one in your high-speed modem.
 There are even free firewalls online, as well as ones that you can buy. Despite their ubiquity, however, a lot of folks are confused about what [...]

Security researchers believe that file-parsing bugs in security software could become a big problem
That’s what Thierry Zoller believes. For the past two years, the security engineer for n.runs has taken a close look at the way antivirus software inspects email traffic, and he thinks companies that try to improve security by checking data with more [...]

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cyberoam, a division of Elitecore and the leading innovator of identity-based Unified Threat Management solutions, today announced that a new email-borne malware threat has emerged, where messages claim to be from a private detective hired to monitor the email recipient. According to Cyberoam partner Commtouch, the outbreak was first identified on Saturday, November [...]

 That’s what Thierry Zoller believes. For the past two years, the security engineer for n.runs AG has taken a close look at the way antivirus software inspects e-mail traffic, and he thinks companies that try to improve security by checking data with more than one antivirus engine may actually be making things worse. Why? Because [...]