Latest news
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Netgear releases first VDSL UTM firewall
26.09.2011
NETGEAR introduced the ProSecure UTM9S – the first Unified Threat Management (UTM) gateway with both VDSL and WiFi capability.
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A look into Black Hat's wireless network
10.08.2011
Aruba Networks, which provided and maintained the wireless network for last week’s Black Hat USA 2011 conference, today provided some interesting statistics around the network’s use.
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Google still grabbing more than just Wi-Fi devices' MAC address?
27.07.2011
Google is in for another privacy dispute, as it seems that its Street View cars have not been collecting only hardware IDs of detected Wi-Fi devices, but also the MAC addresses of cell phones, laptops and other Wi-Fi enabled devices.
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Massive sentence for Wi-Fi hacking neighbor
13.07.2011
The Kostolnik family's nightmare is over - the neighbor that has hacked into their Wi-Fi network and misused the access for terrorizing them has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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Wireshark 1.6.0 released
08.06.2011
Wireshark is a popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education.
Spotlight

Is it time to professionalize information security?
Posted on 23 May 2013. | The issue of whether or not information security professionals should be licensed to practice has already been the topic of many a passionate debate.

Review: Logging and Log Management
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.

Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.
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