Sourcefire this week is expected to announce add-on software called Intrusion Agent for its intrusion-detection system freeware Snort. The add-on will let the freeware version of Snort work with an ...

To learn more about keeping our network from being compromised, we subscribed to a security mailing list. We have read about the Snort intrusion-detection system. Can we run it on a Windows system and ...

Designed to fill the gap left by expensive, heavy-duty network intrusion detection systems, Snort is a free, cross-platform packet sniffer, logger, and intrusion detector for monitoring smaller TCP/IP ...

The author of Snort, an open-source Intrusion Detection System (IDS), Martin Roesch, has dismissed as untrue claims the software was 'trojaned' by attackers. Roesch, who is also the chief technology ...

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A variety of intrusion detection systems (IDS) are on the market, ranging from enterprise-level, managed network monitoring solutions to simple on-the-host logging systems. There is also a distinction ...

At Def Con, researchers unveiled a first of its kind cellular intrusion detection system that allows organizations to monitor cellular network traffic for malware. Organizations struggle with securing ...

Cisco Systems has begun integrating its $2.7 billion Sourcefire acquisition, starting with its S-Series Ironport appliance and also adding advanced threat protection capabilities to its Web, email ...