Technical

[Pondus]

Why you don't need a firewall
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/why-you-dont-need-firewall-193153

[bob3160]

Why you don't need a firewall
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/why-you-dont-need-firewall-193153

You are free to follow his advice.
I'll continue to use a firewall.

[DavidR]

Excuse me if i don't rush to uninstall my firewall

[Pondus]

You are free to follow his advice

thanks....just wanted to check first.   

however i use win firewall, and router firewall

[Asyn]

Why you don't need a firewall
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/why-you-dont-need-firewall-193153

1. I don't agree with Roger.
2. The article is from May 2012...

[Asyn]

GOTCHA Password Hackers!
http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1137
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1310.1137v1

[Asyn]

Google flagged PHP.net as suspicious website
http://blog.avast.com/2013/10/25/google-flagged-php-net-as-suspicious-website/

[Asyn]

Analysis of a Malware ROP Chain
http://blog.opensecurityresearch.com/2013/10/analysis-of-malware-rop-chain.html

[Asyn]

Facebook Clickjacking: Will You Like Me?
http://blog.avast.com/2013/10/28/facebook-clickjacking-will-you-like-me/

[Asyn]

How I compiled TrueCrypt 7.1a for Win32 and matched the official binaries
https://madiba.encs.concordia.ca/~x_decarn/truecrypt-binaries-analysis/

[Lisandro]

How I compiled TrueCrypt 7.1a for Win32 and matched the official binaries
https://madiba.encs.concordia.ca/~x_decarn/truecrypt-binaries-analysis/

Shortly: "Now we know version v7.1a is not backdoored", i.e., you can trust on TrueCrypt encryption.
Sadly, it's becoming incompatible with newer Windows versions. It could work, indeed with Windows 8 and 8.1, but the boot time will be affected.

[Asyn]

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) #15
http://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/default.aspx

[Asyn]

BadBIOS
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/meet-badbios-the-mysterious-mac-and-pc-malware-that-jumps-airgaps/
http://blog.erratasec.com/2013/10/badbios-features-explained.html
http://www.rootwyrm.com/2013/11/the-badbios-analysis-is-wrong/
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/01/the-badbios-virus-that-jumps-airgaps-and-takes-over-your-firmware-whats-the-story/

[Asyn]

Google Bots Doing SQL Injection Attacks
http://blog.sucuri.net/2013/11/google-bots-doing-sql-injection-attacks.html

[Asyn]

BadBIOS
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/10/meet-badbios-the-mysterious-mac-and-pc-malware-that-jumps-airgaps/
http://blog.erratasec.com/2013/10/badbios-features-explained.html
http://www.rootwyrm.com/2013/11/the-badbios-analysis-is-wrong/
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/01/the-badbios-virus-that-jumps-airgaps-and-takes-over-your-firmware-whats-the-story/

https://plus.google.com/103470457057356043365/posts/Sm2nkvemuUX
http://www.greebo.net/2013/11/06/stop-just-stop/