News (113)

  • Symantec pumps up Windows Mobile protection

    Symantec is preparing to launch a mobile-security suite for Windows Mobile devices that it says will offer the same level of security for handhelds as is standard for PCs.

  • Don't buy stand-alone antivirus: Trend Micro

    Stand-alone antivirus applications were dangerous because they could not adequately protect users and so created a false sense of security, according to the top malware expert at Trend Micro. However, the company continues to sell its stand-alone antivirus app because of 'customer demand'.

  • Patch our products because the viruses are coming: Symantec

    Symantec has warned its customers to patch or upgrade their security products because of a recently discovered vulnerability that could actually help malware writers execute virus code on apparently 'protected' systems.

  • Norton AntiVirus flaw ready for exploitation?

    Exploit codes that take advantage of a security vulnerability in Symantec's Norton AntiVirus software have been published on the Internet, which could leave users vulnerable to an attack.

  • Norton Anti-Virus makes Mac OS X less secure?

    Apple Macintosh users could be making themselves less secure by installing Symantec's flagship anti-virus application.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (69)

  • Laptop users: Personal firewalls a must

    Mobile devices are often the last thing administrators think of when beefing up defenses. What are the potential security holes and issues inherent when laptops log in to the corporate network?

  • Tools for Chief Security Officers

    In this special report, ZDNet Australia presents a three-part exclusive video interview with Westpac Bank chief information security officer, David Backley, in addition to tips and reviews for businesses to thwart security attacks.

  • Managing enterprise-level security threats

    This guide on threat management is aimed at showing companies how to heighten their security awareness and strengthen their perimeter.

  • Norton AntiVirus flaw ready for exploitation?

    Exploit codes that take advantage of a security vulnerability in Symantec's Norton AntiVirus software have been published on the Internet, which could leave users vulnerable to an attack.

  • Assessing the threat: Symantec's 2003 security report

    The latest in Symantec's annual threat assessments seems to suggest that we are more vulnerable, but better protected than we have ever been.

More Features and Case Studies >

Reviews (70)

  • Antivirus hardware: 3 appliances tested

    If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.

  • Symantec pumps up Windows Mobile protection

    Symantec is preparing to launch a mobile-security suite for Windows Mobile devices that it says will offer the same level of security for handhelds as is standard for PCs.

  • Norton 360

    For home and student use, we think Norton 360 represents the best value for ease of use, tools offered, and overall system performance. We recommend it over McAfee Total Protection and Microsoft Windows Live OneCare.

  • Norton Internet Security 2005

    There's little new in Norton Internet Security for upgraders, and newbies can do much better with ZoneAlarm Security Suite.

  • Norton AntiVirus 2005

    Norton adds worm protection to Norton AntiVirus 2005, but for the price, the company should have added a full firewall instead.

More Reviews >

Create an e-mail alert for "firewall"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
firewall


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 9 anti
  2. Popularity: 17 anti-virus
  3. Popularity: 44 antivirus
  4. Popularity: 6 attack
  5. Popularity: 14 business
  6. Popularity: 6 check point
  7. Popularity: 4 code red
  8. Popularity: 6 e-mail
  9. Popularity: 6 email
  10. Popularity: 20 european union
  11. Popularity: 7 firewalls
  12. Popularity: 10 flaw
  13. Popularity: 5 hack
  14. Popularity: 9 hacker
  15. Popularity: 6 hackers
  16. Popularity: 6 hacking
  17. Popularity: 14 internet
  18. Popularity: 6 intrusion
  19. Popularity: 4 john mccormick
  20. Popularity: 5 live
  21. Popularity: 7 malware
  22. Popularity: 26 mcafee
  23. Popularity: 6 msblast
  24. Popularity: 8 network
  25. Popularity: 5 network associates
  26. Popularity: 6 networking
  27. Popularity: 18 norton
  28. Popularity: 5 oltsik
  29. Popularity: 9 onecare
  30. Popularity: 9 patch
  31. Popularity: 5 protection
  32. Popularity: 4 rmit
  33. Popularity: 108 security
  34. Popularity: 6 server
  35. Popularity: 8 software
  36. Popularity: 5 sophos
  37. Popularity: 9 spam
  38. Popularity: 9 spyware
  39. Popularity: 16 t&b
  40. Popularity: 11 technology
  41. Popularity: 6 techrepublic
  42. Popularity: 4 threats
  43. Popularity: 11 trend micro
  44. Popularity: 13 trojan
  45. Popularity: 16 viruses
  46. Popularity: 5 virusscan
  47. Popularity: 16 windows
  48. Popularity: 37 worm
  49. Popularity: 6 worms
  50. Popularity: 7 zonealarm

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue NBN needs workers on board
    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
  • Array D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review
    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
  • Array Opening the floodgates on missing drives
    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured