A software vulnerability in the widely used Snort open-source intrusion detection system (IDS) software could allow an attacker to crash the Snort sensor or gain control of the host device on which ...

An exploit has been published that could take advantage of a flaw in Snort, a popular open-source intrusion protection system, according to a security group. The exploit code, published to the Web by ...

Network intrusion detection company Sourcefire faces a number of challenges but one of its biggest may be making a buck from an open source security project dubbed Snort. Sourcefire is expected to ...