Category: security

IPv6 is the next generation of IP–the protocol by which most of our computers, phones, and other related devices talk to each other and to the Internet. Today, everything generally talks using IPv4, which has a 32-bit address space, or …

Anyone who’s following the Check Point Twitter, Facebook page, or has been peeking around in User Center has probably seen the release of R75–Check Point’s next major release. DLP, Mobile Access, Identity Awareness, and Application Control are all …

Found at a hotel “business center” computer.

From Using Firesheep is illegal in the US, UK, and most of the world:
One thing that many sites have glossed over is the inherent illegality of using Firesheep. “Go on! Try it! It’s cool!” — yes, it is shockingly cool, …

From Why Firesheep’s Time Has Come | Steve (GRC) Gibson’s Blog:
In case you’ve been somewhere off the grid, and have somehow missed the news, Firesheep is an incredibly easy to use add-on for the Firefox web browser that, when invoked …

From an article on Cnet announcing a mobile security product:
The [product] runs on all mobile operating systems and devices. It includes antivirus, personal firewall, antispam, and remote monitoring and control services. It remotely backs up and restores data and …

From Check Point isn’t for sale, says Shwed – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News:
Two months ago, antivirus systems giant McAfee was sold to Intel for $7.7 billion. At the time, a number of analysts suggested that Check Point Software …

From Schneier on Security: Stuxnet:
Computer security experts are often surprised at which stories get picked up by the mainstream media. Sometimes it makes no sense. Why this particular data breach, vulnerability, or worm and not others? Sometimes its obvious. In …

While I am sympathetic to people who would like some of the functionality that jailbreaking your iPhone provides–heck, I wouldn’t mind some of it myself–anyone who is calling upon Apple to “call off the dogs” on jailbreakers clearly doesn’t understand …

In my last post, I told people how to turn off your friend’s ability to check you in via Facebook Places, the new location-based feature that Facebook made available this week. Of course, in typical Facebook fashion, they …