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BANGALORE, INDIA: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has announced that users of Check Point Endpoint Security are protected against Nine Ball, a multi-layered Web browser attack targeting legitimate Web sites to redirect users to malicious sites owned by the attacker.
Check Point Endpoint Security antivirus capabilities protect enterprise desktops and laptops against the malicious programs downloaded through the Nine Ball exploit, preventing the attacker from gaining access to proprietary data. The antivirus feature removes the malicious programs currently delivered through Nine Ball.
The Nine Ball attack first works by infecting a legitimate Web site, and then redirects the visiting victim to a malicious site owned by the attacker. The compromised Website, loaded with malware, checks for vulnerabilities in the browser, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), AOL Super Buddy, Adobe or QuickTime software on the user's desktop, making the victim susceptible to a drive-by-download attempt. If successful, the attack will download a Trojan with a keylogger component used to log keystrokes. Anything the victim types could be monitored and used to commit data theft, such as stealing customer data, corporate credit card numbers or passwords.
"Corporate endpoints are a vulnerable entry point for exploits and can affect an entire organization if confidential data is leaked or misused. The emergence of intelligent and sophisticated attacks techniques has made data more vulnerable than ever. At Check Point we believe in pre-empting and proactive in assessing threats and thus we are always ahead in providing the best of breed solutions to our customers," said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, regional director, India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies.
"As part of Check Point's Total Security offering, our Endpoint Security solution protects against mass compromise attacks like Nine Ball, and also provides anti-spyware and encryption capabilities," he added.
Check Point Endpoint Security is the first and only single agent that combines all essential components for total endpoint security including: highest-rated firewall, antivirus, anti-spyware, full disk encryption, media encryption with port protection, network access control (NAC), program control and VPN. It protects endpoints and networks while eliminating the need to deploy and manage multiple agents, reducing total cost of ownership (TCO).
