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September 4, 2006 - Security Section
Privacyware has upgraded
its desktop defense software, Privatefirewall 5.0, a
multi-layered endpoint security product. The firm says
that the key enhancement in Privatefirewall 5.0 is a
system monitoring and anomaly detection component that
delivers signature-less protection from viruses and
malware and detects cyber criminal attempts to inject
malicious code, install rootkits, trojans and spyware,
spoof IPs, bypass firewalls and generally gain access,
control and/or damage corporate systems. Privatefirewall
5.0 is comprised of several integrated protection layers
including desktop firewall, URL filtering, process
monitor, and application/system behavior modeling and
anomaly detection. Privatefirewall pricing starts at
$29.95 per installation and a 30-day free trial is
available.
Security experts agree that
by default, no device or system on your network is
secure. In practice this means that when you first plug
in and turn on a device (printers, switches, firewalls,
laptops, desktops, servers, networked storage devices,
etc.), you must first secure it as the default settings
are almost always not secure. For instance, quite a few
devices come with Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) installed and running. Unfortunately, the Read
and Write security "community" strings for SNMP are
often set to the default of public and private,
respectively, which represents a fairly serious security
hole. The solution: disable SNMP on all your networked
devices if you are not using it, or if you are using it,
make sure you update the device with the latest patches
and or firmware related to SNMP security and make sure
you change the community strings from the defaults to
something a lot more secure.
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