We continue to get reports on problems installing the recent Symantec NAV or Firewall updates for OS X (see also previous coverage). Symantec offered this advice to Danny Skarka (and it worked!): "You ...

Several sources report the firewall in macOS Sequoia can sometimes leak data after an update. Here's how to test and fix it. The macOS firewall in System Settings allows you to protect your Mac and ...

Update 4/16/24: Updated story with more information on how previous mitigations do not protect devices. Exploit code is now available for a maximum severity and actively exploited vulnerability in ...

Cisco’s Talos research team says it’s monitoring a ‘global increase in brute-force attacks’ against targets including VPN services, while an exploit has been released for a critical vulnerability in ...

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today disclosed a vulnerability in its Pan-OS firewall operating system that is being actively targeted by hackers. The exploit, which is tracked as CVE-2024-3400, has received ...

A previous virtually identical zero day DoS vulnerability was targeted in the wild, and there's already a PoC for this one.

While the firewall in OS X is meant to be straightforward and simple, the idea of which settings are preferred can be a little confusing. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for ...

I have a hardware firewall - 2 years old, but no longer being used because the manufacturer (Gsec1) went into liquidation last year & there are therefore no more updates to it released.<BR><BR>It did ...

Here's my question:<BR><BR>Does running a firewall for one computer actually protect anything?<BR><BR>Here's why I wonder:<BR>I set up a firewall that allowed all outgoing connections, but blocked ...

Today, Palo Alto Networks warns that an unpatched critical command injection vulnerability in its PAN-OS firewall is being actively exploited in attacks. "Palo Alto Networks is aware of a limited ...