Short Bytes: The U.S. government is working on a firewall named EINSTEIN intrusion detection system that is expected to keep the federal agencies safe from cyber attacks. However, even after spending a whopping sum of about $6 billion, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is unable to device a system that can perform basic network security […]
A multi-billion U.S. Dollar firewall run by the Department of Homeland Security meant to detect and prevent nation-state hacks against the government functions ineffectively, according to a sanitized version of a secret federal audit. The National Cybersecurity Protection System (NCPS), also known as EINSTEIN, is a firewall run by the Department of Homeland Security. It’s goal: […]
Fortinet’s FortiOS operating system, deployed on the company’s FortiGate firewall networking equipment includes an SSH backdoor on versions from the 4.x series up to and including 4.3.16, and the 5.x series up to and including version 5.0.7. This vulnerability is not a deja vu of the Juniper incident and seems to be a completely different […]
Backdoor in NetScreen firewalls gives attackers admin access, VPN decrypt ability. An operating system used to manage firewalls sold by Juniper Networks contains unauthorized code that surreptitiously decrypts traffic sent through virtual private networks, officials from the company warned Thursday. It’s not clear how the code got there or how long it has been there. […]
BugSec Group and Cynet discovered a severe vulnerability in Next Generation Firewalls. Head of Offensive Security Stas Volfus uncovered the vulnerability, code-named FireStorm, which allows an internal entity or malicious code to interact and extract data out of the organization, completely bypassing the firewall limitation. It was discovered that the firewalls are designed to permit […]
Apple news (Currently in testing mode) has been taken down in China by the company itself. The reason behind this seems obvious: Strict internet laws and surveillance by the Chinese government. Though, Apple has a very big market in China (2nd largest to be precise) it still had to take down its new service. According […]
GlassWire is a lot more than just a great firewall. The free firewall software monitors your network in an easy to understand way, watches for network related threats, and it lets you know any time something new on your computer is connecting to the Internet. The free version of GlassWire is awesome, but the Pro […]
Security vulnerabilities in UPnP continue to crop up and continue to put millions of home networking devices at risk for compromise. The latest was revealed in early August, but prompted an advisory yesterday from the DHS-sponsored CERT at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. It’s called Filet-o-Firewall and it combines a number vulnerabilities […]
What’s the difference between IDS, firewalls and antivirus? This guide should explain how they complement each other in a balanced security setup.
The Great Firewall of China known for censoring/blocking websites in the country was under DDoS attack which caused a blockage of Reuters’ news website in China on Friday. The content of the website was blocked and could not be accessed later on Thursday. Both the English and Chinese version were inaccessible but the Chinese clients could still […]