An advisory posted by German security firm Phion Information Technologies said the vulnerability affects the point-to-point tunnelling protocol (PPTP) commonly used in the VPN software bundled in Microsoft's Windows 2000 and XP operating systems...
Even if no important files are ever stored on a laptop hard drive - instead being accessed over the web via browser - it can still present security issues. With the boundaries removed - or at least pushed back - IT managers still have to maintain...
These require software to be installed on the device from which the VPN is being accessed and for a connection to be established by dial-up, broadband or a third-party’s LAN. An IPSec VPN connection is all or nothing, namely once the connection is...
Fred Felman, vice president of marketing for Zone Labs, one of the leading makers of firewall software, said the firewall components added to Windows XP are broad tools that don't distinguish between different types of internet activities or...
In response to this and to address fears about the threat of viruses Lloyds TSB has teamed up with Zone Labs to offer online banking customers visiting lloydstsb.com a free PC security scan. A survey of 1,400 people commissioned by Lloyds TSB found...
Websites that exploit the vulnerability are popping up and attempt to load malicious software onto vulnerable Windows PCs in a way that is undetectable to users, experts said. The CoolWebSearch gang has also adopted the new flaw as a way to...
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