Check Point changes the malware game with new threat prevention solution

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. recently announced Check Point SandBlast, a new Advanced Threat Prevention solution that provides a level of cyber protection unmatched in today’s market. By using CPU-level threat detection to uncover threats at the pre-infection level, Check Point SandBlast elevates threat defense with evasion-resistant malware detection and comprehensive protection from even the most dangerous attacks, significantly reducing the risk of expensive breaches.

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In the ongoing battle between hackers and security professionals, attackers are increasingly utilizing more sophisticated tools such as new zero-day attack methods and custom variants of existing malware to circumvent traditional sandboxing technology and slip into their victims’ infrastructures undetected. These new attack vectors require a proactive approach with modern solutions and technologies that not only catch known threats, but are also able to identify and stop unknown malware the first time it is seen in the wild. Check Point’s new cutting-edge CPU-level exploit detection engine is uniquely capable of identifying the most dangerous, zero-day threats in their infancy, before malware has an opportunity to deploy and even attempt to evade detection.

Key features of Check Point SandBlast include:

• Identification of malware at the exploit phase, even before evasion techniques can be applied. It can’t be bypassed by delay loops, attempts to determine if a virtualized OS is in use, or other methods aimed at bypassing the sandbox.
• Combines the power of CPU-level detection with OS-level emulation to evaluate contentin a broad range of file types, including MS Office, PDF, flash, executables, and archives, among others.
• Promptly delivering safe versions of data files with the integrated Threat Extraction capability, enabling real-world deployment to block malicious content, without introducing significant delay.

Check Point SandBlast is part of the Next Generation Threat Prevention product family and includes Threat Emulation and Threat Extraction. Threat Emulation combines the new CPU-level detection with recently evaluated OS-level sandboxing. NSS Breach Detection Systems testing named Check Point Threat Emulation as one of the top-scoring “Recommended” solutions for security effectiveness, performance and value. The new Check Point SandBlast also includes Threat Extraction, adding the capability to provide users with access to safe versions of content immediately while files are under evaluation. By combining CPU-level detection and Threat Extraction, Check Point SandBlast raises the bar even higher, providing the greatest level of proactive protection available.

Check Point SandBlast is available immediately, as a cloud service or on-premise appliance solution, through their worldwide partners.