07 Nov 2001
Software firewalls deployed by millions of PC users offer only "illusory" protection against Trojan horses and other malicious programs, security experts warned today.
Techniques for defeating the outbound data filters in popular personal firewalls such as Zone Alarm and Norton Personal Firewall have been independently posted on the Web by several researchers. Using the methods described, a rogue program could upload private user data without being detected by the firewall, the experts claim.
To evade a firewall's guards against unauthorized data leaks, the new techniques include commandeering a legitimate program such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer and forcing it to send out data on behalf of the attacker... [
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Don't forget to Download any of the leak tests to see the exploids for your self.
BlackICE defender user's have also been
mislead but I would call it lied to
