Security Appliance Stops Zero-Day Attacks
CounterStorm (www.counterstorm.com) has introduced CounterStorm-1, the only network security appliance that detects and stops zero-day and targeted attacks in seconds. CounterStorm also announced today that it has been awarded two Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants by the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) of the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate for a total of $1.5 million. DHS selected CounterStorm’s technology because of its potential to provide unprecedented protection against zero-day attacks.
Zero-day attacks are defined as the malicious exploitation of previously unknown vulnerabilities before patches and signatures are available. They are one of the most difficult network threats to protect against. The near zero-day Zotob attack crippled hundreds of enterprises and several media outlets over the summer. Security experts and industry analysts have issued warnings in recent months that zero-day attacks are a major threat to corporations.
Using patent-pending technologies, CounterStorm-1 achieves unprecedented accuracy and speed to immediately quarantine infected machines and prevent widespread damage. CounterStorm-1 achieves this through a unique combination of behavioral attack recognition, anomaly detection and a dynamic honeypot. Evidence from each of these three engines is dynamically correlated in real-time to enable immediate and accurate containment of malicious activity. CounterStorm-1 also protects against attacks targeted at specific companies and organizations, a practice which has become common among profit-seeking criminals.
Unlike other security solutions, CounterStorm-1 does not rely on signatures and can accurately identify and automatically stop destructive attacks without time-consuming false positives. Even new solutions that don’t require signatures are plagued by accuracy and latency issues, sometimes taking minutes or hours to detect attacks which CounterStorm-1 stops in seconds. As a result, these tools instill a false sense of security while leaving networks vulnerable to zero-day and targeted attacks.
40% Off ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall
Zone Labs, a Check Point company, unveiled an aggressive new promotional offer to help consumers left without proper dynamic Internet security by the discontinuation of Symantec’s Sygate Pro firewall. Users of the Kerio Personal Firewall, which will soon be acquired by Sunbelt Software, are also eligible for the discount. Effective immediately, Sygate and Kerio users switching to ZoneAlarm Pro will receive a $20 instant rebate, over 40 percent off the retail price of $49.95 at www.zonelabs.com.
ZoneAlarm Pro features the recently released vanguard OSFirewall, a new type of firewall that proactively prevents spyware, rootkits and other malware from ever gaining control of a PC. Available in all ZoneAlarm premium products, the OSFirewall monitors behavior between applications and the operating system in order to recognize suspicious actions and block malware from wreaking havoc.
Fedora Releases Fedora Directory Server 1.0
The Fedora Project, a Red-Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project, announced that since the release of the latest version of Fedora Directory Server on Dec. 1, 2005, over 10,000 downloads of the open source LDAP server have been accessed by community members.
Fedora Directory Server was first launched in June 2005. Since its initial availability, the Fedora Directory Server has flourished with hundreds of active community members and more than 50,000 downloads of the open source technology.
New in this release is the use of the open source Apache web server with the Mozilla NSS cryptography engine for ensuring secure management of identity stores. In addition to many other features, such as LDAPv3, Multi-Master Replication and Microsoft Windows Synchronization, Fedora Directory Server 1.0 also includes support for MD5, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512 password hashing. For more information or to download see http://fedora.redhat.com.
