Hey guys. I'm going to be a student next year at Rice University and recently I've been thinking about setting up my own web/mail server. I will be purchasing either a sun box (from Xyzzy) or a ...

A Black Hat talk demonstrates the ease of poking holes in firewalls: How to break, bypass and dismantle macOS firewall products. LAS VEGAS – Taking aim at the status-quo of macOS firewalls, researcher ...

Security researchers lambasted the controversial macOS Big Sur feature for exposing users’ sensitive data. Apple has removed a contentious macOS feature that allowed some Apple apps to bypass content ...

For all of Apple’s talk of being privacy-first, often its marketing speak doesn’t match up with what it’s actually doing. And the latest example? Well, it’s Apple apps on Big Sur bypassing firewalls ...

The latest macOS Big Sur is currently facing a major problem against Apple apps. The tech giant manufacturer always claims that it is prioritizing the user's privacy before any provided services. In ...

Back in November, some developers raised concerns due to a change in macOS Big Sur, which allowed Apple apps to bypass firewall filters in any situation. Since this could lead to security and privacy ...

The Great Firewall of China is a set of technologies and legislature that limits Internet usage within China. The Chinese government regulates the types of content that are legally allowed to be ...

Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what is now a precious commodity: Your privacy. Read now In a security advisory published this week, the ...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 will bypass the Windows 10 firewall and any configured rules, raising security concerns for those who use the feature. In a blog post today, Mullvad VPN explained ...

In macOS Big Sur, Apple has stopped allowing certain types of kernel extensions from third-party developers. This was expected and something Apple started to warn about in Catalina. So far, this does ...

Next-gen security specialist Sophos has revealed details of a sophisticated new attack known as Cloud Snooper, which enables malware on servers to communicate freely with its command and control (C2) ...

Firewalls aren’t just for corporate networks. Large numbers of security- or privacy-conscious people also use them to filter or redirect traffic flowing in and out of their computers. Apple recently ...