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With firewalls, antivirus and other security mechanisms protecting corporate networks, how do attackers manage to penetrate enterprise computer systems? Simply by exploiting the weakest link in the security chain. One of the newest methods is tunnelling in via employees’ browsers using an attack known as “Man-in-the-Browser” (MitB). Read entire article Ad-Aware Total Security ($50, 30-day free trial), the newest addition to the Lavasoft line of security software, is an all-in-one suite that builds on the longtime anti-spyware favorite Ad-Aware. It adds anti-virus, rootkit detection, a personal firewall, spam protection, parental control software and more. It’s essentially the same software as Ad-Aware Internet Security Free [...] Microsoft has yanked the security updates shipped in the MS10-025 bulletin after realizing the patch did not fix the underlying security vulnerability.The withdrawal of the bulletin means that affected Windows 2000 Server users should immediately consider applying mitigations and workarounds to avoid malicious hacker attacks.The company did not explain why the bulletin was shipped [...] Checkpoint ZoneAlarm Internet Security 2010 finished 12th in our 2010 roundup of security suites. At $40 (for three users as of 3/29/2010), it contains all the basic features–antivirus, antispam, firewall, antiphishing, and Internet security features–and some useful extras such as one year of credit bureau monitoring for ID theft. But it did a poor job [...] The year 2009 was a bad one for PC security: Online attackers created more malware last year than in the previous 20 years combined. Clearly, this means that in the realm of computer security, the rules have changed, and you can no longer rely solely on traditional definition-based antivirus software and firewalls to protect your [...] |
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