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2024

Add Content Filtering

Kaspersky Security Update for: mail servers Added advanced event filtering content and visualization. Kaspersky announced this on April 22, 2024.

According to a study by Kaspersky Lab in 2023, 77% of companies in the world have encountered at least one cyber incident in two years. At the same time, 21% of incidents were related to phishing attacks on employees, including through email. The real number of email attacks can be much higher - so it is important to reliably protect this communication channel. Kaspersky Lab presents an updated Kaspersky Security solution for mail servers designed for comprehensive protection against email attacks. The updated version provides more advanced options for filtering content, visualizing events for SOC (information security monitoring centers), as well as analyzing quarantined letters.

Advanced content filtering. Administrators can now create comprehensive filtering rules to find keywords in the email subject, body of the message, sender's address, and attachment name. You can also configure filtering by hidden headings in the body of the letter.

In addition, administrators can create lists of allowed and prohibited keywords, for example, to adapt filtering rules for different groups of users. If changes are made to these lists, they will be centrally applied to all associated filtering rules.

Kaspersky Security for Mail Servers now also helps prevent data breaches by monitoring outgoing messages and checking them for sensitive data. Administrators will be able to create regular expressions that match a specific type of data (for example, a credit card number) in order to detect and block their transfer in time, reducing the risk of data leakage . These restrictions primarily apply to sending emails to external mailboxes, but you can also set a limit on sending messages containing a certain type of data between specific departments in the company.

Advanced event visualization capabilities. Comprehensive event blocking information is now available to SOC teams, including details of attachments, their scan results, and a verdict on blocked link transitions. This will allow SOC analysts to more accurately study events and further strengthen their incident response strategy.

Quarantine management. Administrators can now view quarantined emails in the original format directly from the console. This simplifies the quarantine management process and makes it more transparent, as well as helping to strengthen control over potential threats.

In addition, Kaspersky Security for Mail Servers now supports integration with the Red Software Red Virtualization Server and Workstation Virtualization Management System, certified by the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation.

Email is one of the main channels of communication for business and at the same time it is one of the channels most often used by attackers to penetrate corporate infrastructure. The Kaspersky Security solution for mail servers helps to provide reliable protection against cyber attacks, including through multi-level security mechanisms based on the machine learning algorithm. We are constantly improving our solutions to protect organizations from a wide range of threats - from non-standard Trojans to targeted malware attacks, "said Timofey Titkov, head of cloud and network security product development at Kaspersky Lab.

Dangerous vulnerability found in Kaspersky mail anti-virus

On February 1, 2024, FSTEC published a warning in its Threat and Vulnerability Data Bank (DBU)^[1] about a dangerous vulnerability in Kaspersky Security email antivirus for Linux Mail Server 8, which was released by Kaspersky Lab on May 14, 2018. According to the third version of CVSS, the vulnerability was rated 8.8 out of 10, and according to the second version - 10 out of 10. The vulnerability allows foreign code to be executed using a specially prepared link.

The vulnerability of the antivirus software Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server 8 exists due to the failure to take measures to neutralize special elements, the department's warning says. - Exploitation of the vulnerability can allow an attacker acting remotely to execute arbitrary code.

As an attack method, the NOS indicates the injection of foreign code if special elements are incorrectly neutralized in the output data used by the downstream component. As written on the website of the email gateway protection manufacturer, the vulnerability gives an external attacker the ability to take certain actions on the machine if the administrator clicks on a specially prepared link. The company thanked researchers Andrian and Bogdan Tyrone for alerting them to the vulnerability, and also praised them for disclosing information responsibly.

Kaspersky Lab has already released fixes for the vulnerability - it has been fixed in Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server 10. The main recommendation of the manufacturer is to install a new version of the software. If this is not possible, the company encourages email gateway security administrators to use two separate browsers to manage the application and visit third-party sites.

In addition, FSTEC offers such an additional protection measure as the use of web application layer firewall tools to limit the ability to navigate untrusted links.

2022: Compatibility with the software complex for building cloud solutions "Basis"

The software package for building cloud solutions "Basis" has become fully compatible with the Kaspersky Security solution for virtual and cloud environments. This was announced on May 19, 2022 by Rostelecom. Read more here.

2021: Possibility of detailed (layer-by-layer) anti-virus scanning of containers

Kaspersky Lab"" On January 27, 2021, it announced that it had updated its solution for protecting virtual cloudy and environments. It now boosts safety environments. DevOps It now improves the security of DevOps environments, which aim to shorten the system development lifecycle and ensure continuous integration and delivery with high-quality software. Kaspersky virtual Added granular (layered) capabilities to Security for and Cloud. This anti-virus scannings containers allows you to minimize the risk of their compromise and, as a result, successful attacks on. supply chains

Attackers regularly commit such attacks, for example, inject a fragment of malicious code into legitimate programs. This method was used, in particular, in the attack on the ShadowPad supply chain, when the backdoor was built into the popular library. Open source repositories are often also targeted, for example, 17 images with backdoors were found in the Docker Hub, and users downloaded 725 malicious packets almost 100 thousand times from RubyGems.

Protection against supply chain attacks is one of the key needs of software developers, but it is not easy to find an effective tool, since reconciliation of the integrity of a rapidly changing environment is a difficult process from a technical point of view. The operation of the security solution should not prevent the application from being released on the market in time or generally violate the general flexible approach typical of DevOps. Developers can add additional security checks to continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, including TeamCity projects and Jenkins Pipeline, through command line interfaces and application APIs. This allows you to check containers and container repositories for cyber threats at different stages of building and testing applications.

In addition to integrating with public cloud environments AWS, Microsoft Azure and Yandex.Cloud, Kaspersky Security's virtual and cloud security solution is now also integrated with Google Cloud. All security tools are managed through a single management console from Kaspersky Security Center.

"Continuous software development is a modern approach to creating software. DevOps allows you to eliminate the usual long coordination procedures, but solving information security problems within this method is not easy. Secure use of containers reduces the risk of malware being injected into the development environment, containerized applications, or the substitution of third-party libraries used by such applications. Our virtual and cloud security solution offers win-win companies a scenario to fill the cybersecurity gap in the development environment. The product includes tools that developers understand and do not prevent them from doing their job, and helps to repel attacks on the part of the infrastructure that was not previously protected, "comments Andrey Pozhogin, senior product manager at Kaspersky Lab.

2020: The ability to connect the Kaspersky Security service in Yandex.Cloud

Users of the Yandex.Cloud platform will be able to strengthen the protection of their IT resources and data using Kaspersky Security for cloud and virtual environments. At the time of launch, the tool is available to users using the BYOL (Bring Your Own License) model: you must subscribe to the service directly from Kaspersky Lab. The PAYG (Pay As You Go) model will also be available in 2020. This was announced on October 16, 2020 by Yandex.Cloud. Read more here.

2019

Kaspersky Security for Business "Universal"

On July 25, 2019, it became known that Kaspersky Lab has included a solution in the Kaspersky Security for Business line that provides security for both physical and virtual workspaces. This product combines specialized protection for virtual environments with all Kaspersky Security for Business Advanced functionality, including system administration, patch management and encryption tools.

Kaspersky Security for Business "Universal" solution allows you to manage the security of physical and virtual infrastructure from a single console, which significantly reduces the burden on administrators. Under the purchased license, companies can change the ratio of virtual and physical workstations, as well as servers.

In addition to traditional protection of workstations and servers, Kaspersky Security for Business "Universal" includes the latest version of the specialized solution "Kaspersky Security for Virtual Environments|Lightweight Agent," which allows you to evenly distribute the load on virtual machines without slowing down the work of critical business applications.

We have expanded our product line to protect our business, as we see that companies are increasingly using virtualization technologies and want to simplify and make the transition to virtual platforms as painless as possible for them. Now, together, we offer a choice of four levels of Kaspersky Security for Business solution: Standard, Advanced, Universal and Total,

Kaspersky Security for Business Universal is available in Russia, Belarus, Transcaucasia and Central Asia and is sold through Kaspersky Lab partners^[2].

Kaspersky Security for Virtual Environments "Light Agent"

On July 19, 2019, the company Kaspersky Lab"" released an updated version of applications Kaspersky Security for virtual environments "Light Agent," which is part of the Kaspersky Security solution for virtual cloudy and environments.

According to the company, in addition to improving security functions, the product has optimized deployment capabilities, as well as added support for virtual platforms and hypervisors. The solution can now effectively protect even very large infrastructures - up to 100,000 virtual machines - without impacting the performance of virtual servers and workstations.

In order for organizations to gain access to high-quality protection of virtual systems, regardless of the virtualization platform used, Kaspersky Lab is constantly expanding the set of supported hypervisors. For example, the updated Kaspersky Security for virtual environments "Light Agent" is compatible with two more platforms: Huawei FusionSphere and Skala-R. In addition, for July 2019, the application supports dynamic VMware NSX tags, which allow you to respond faster to incidents on virtual machines or even completely prevent them.

In order to optimize the deployment of the solution in large environments, the updated version of Kaspersky Security for virtual environments "Light Agent" has improved the algorithm for detecting and selecting virtual security devices (Security Virtual Machine - SVM) for installing a light agent. This not only accelerates implementation, but also automates the process of balancing the load on virtual machines.

The updated version of the solution provides support for role-based access control (RBAC) - that is, certain rights are granted to a specific administrator or selected types of employees. This approach optimizes the management of virtual infrastructure security in large-scale, high-user environments.

Finally, the updated application provides additional security capabilities for the virtual infrastructure. So, now to control the launch of programs, you can use the blacklist mode, with which you can block the launch of certain applications on virtual machines. You can also check for protected threats. And traffic https improving the exploit protection feature will prevent vulnerabilities from being exploited to penetrate harmful ON virtual environments and elevate privileges.

In addition, Kaspersky Security for virtual environments "Light Agent" is now fully compatible with a specialized solution for protecting desktops and effectively responding to incidents. Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (Kaspersky EDR) Together, both of these products provide an opportunity to further control the situation cyber security in the most vulnerable places - on workstations, including virtual ones, as well as on. servers

Virtual and cloud infrastructures are increasingly attracting modern business with their flexibility and availability. And if for a company as a whole a virtual environment is an advantage, then for cybersecurity specialists it is often a source of additional "headache." And we understand them: the more complex and large-scale IT infrastructure, the more time, effort and resources it takes to maintain its operability and security. That is why we pay so much attention not only to the protective capabilities of our solution for virtual environments, but also to its usability - in particular, the ease of deployment, scaling and management, compatibility with popular platforms. Sergey Martsynkyan, Head of Product Marketing for Corporate Business at Kaspersky Lab

Support for the Rock-R

On July 18, 2019, IBS announced that, together with Kaspersky Lab, they announced support for the Skala-R hyperconverged infrastructure with the Kaspersky Security solution for virtual and cloud environments. Skala-R became the first Russian virtualization platform supported by the developer.

Rock-R is a pre-configured and ready-to-install infrastructure solution in the data center for organizing an enterprise private cloud. Until recently, the organization of antivirus protection of virtualized infrastructure was carried out separately from the delivery of Skala-R.

Thanks to close cooperation with Kaspersky Lab, customers of the Skala-R IT infrastructure have the opportunity to purchase a solution with pre-installed comprehensive protection. The complex can be immediately launched: there is no need to wait until the corresponding license for security software is purchased and configured. In addition, a partner agreement between manufacturers allows you to supply the solution as part of the Skala-R hyperconverged infrastructure on special commercial terms.

The purchase of security software as part of Skala-R is convenient from the point of view of service and support organization: information security software is included in the service package of the entire complex and is carried out by the infrastructure supplier on the principle of one window.

Thanks to the architecture, Kaspersky Security for virtual and cloud environments provides significant savings in the computing resources of the Scala-R virtual infrastructure. The antivirus kernel is installed on each virtual host. A lightweight client is installed on virtual machines that interacts with the corresponding antivirus kernel.

Such a scheme allows the security program to balance the load on the virtualization infrastructure and prevent the situation of system overload due to the simultaneous operation of a large number of virtual machines in the presence scan mode. viruses The system monitors the performance of the hypervisor, distributes and reduces, if necessary, the load on each host, including the I/O subsystem of the hypervisor,, memory processor,. storage

The solution provides antivirus protection for various guest operating systems based on Windows and Linux.

{{quote 'author = said Svyatoslav Sorokin, Skala-R Product Director at IBS|All manufacturers of hyperconverged IT infrastructure declare that it can be easily scaled horizontally - it is enough to add the required number of servers. However, no one says what happens with additional functionality, for example, with information security tools. We create an infrastructure in which all components, without exception, can be easily scalable, and the Kaspersky Security solution for virtual and cloud environments meets these conditions, }}

In the updated version, the functionality of Kaspersky Security for virtual and cloud environments is seamlessly integrated into the Scala-R infrastructure and protects the entire data center, regardless of the number of protected virtual machines. Thanks to this, from the point of view of antivirus protection, the Skala-R platform now fully complies with the high corporate standards of commercial and state organizations, as well as the facilities of the critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation. " 'noted Anton Klimov, Director of the Department for Implementation and Operation of Information Security Systems at IBS '

Kaspersky Lab has improved protection for business

Kaspersky Lab presented in March a new generation of its solution for protecting end devices of corporate users. The updated Kaspersky Security for Business product automatically recognizes anomalies in the corporate network, blocks mining attempts on work devices, detects malware even if it uses complex masking methods, and offers system administrators convenient tools to automate routine processes.

This version of Kaspersky Security for Business combines advanced technologies based on machine learning algorithms and threat analytics. This allows you to protect companies from attacks by not yet known malware. In particular, the Adaptive Anomaly Control function, which appeared in the new version of the product, analyzes the behavior of users and remembers the scenarios of their work and the typical processes that they perform. As soon as the system records any deviation from the usual activity on devices, it blocks an abnormal action and notifies the system administrator of a suspected threat. The entire process is fully automated and does not require manual configuration of program control policies - this not only saves time, but also avoids false positives.

Special attention in the new generation of Kaspersky Security for Business is paid to improving protection against web threats. For example, the Web Threat Protection component scans encrypted traffic for threats that attempt to use encrypted data channels to sneak into the system. In addition, the Web Control function now contains a special technology that detects and blocks attempts to launch mining programs in the corporate network - the number one threat in 2018 - and access to cryptocurrency exchanges.

In turn, the console for managing the security system - Kaspersky Security Center * - is now presented in the web version, that is, in order to access the control tool, the system administrator just needs to open the browser (no pre-installation ON is required). Remote management not only simplifies the security control process, but also allows administrators to quickly respond to any incidents in the organization's corporate network. At the same time, using the web console does not exclude the possibility of deploying the local version of Kaspersky Security Center.

An important advantage of Kaspersky Security for Business is the automation of many routine processes. This allows system administrators to focus on strategic tasks instead of wasting time and resources on basic operations.

2018: Kaspersky Security release with machine learning technology

On April 27, 2018, Kaspersky Lab announced the release of the next generation of a comprehensive security solution for corporate users of Kaspersky Security for Business. The product combines technologies for recognizing cyber threats, including based on machine learning, and has become even more effective and convenient. Among other things, it gives visual control over all protected devices in the corporate network and guarantees the integrity of running processes and systems. And integration with the additionally available EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) product allows you to instantly detect and block any anomalies in employees' workplaces, neutralizing the most complex APT attacks.

The updated version of Kaspersky Security for Business signals even at the slightest suspicion of malicious activity in real time. This is achieved through the use of dynamic machine learning, as well as behavioral analysis technologies, intrusion prevention systems, protection against exploits and the rollback of malicious actions.

In turn, vulnerability assessment and patching allow you to automate the process of closing gaps in the software. In addition, the solution has advanced protection against ransomware: it monitors suspicious activity on Windows, Linux and Windows Server devices and, if detected, blocks the device from accessing shared network folders, which prevents the spread of ransomware viruses on the corporate network.

In general, the updated Kaspersky Security for Business features improved performance, ease of control and interface. And integration with the EDR system allows you to visualize the array of information that the security system collects on work computers. As a result, cybersecurity experts instantly see any suspicion of network compromise and can immediately take all necessary actions to eliminate risks.

Finally, thanks to the flexible scalability of Kaspersky Security for Business, you can deploy even a very large corporate network (including up to 100 thousand devices) within just one server installation.

"Business protection needs are changing as cyber threats evolve and become more complex. Simply improving even the most effective protective technologies that have worked well for years is no longer enough today. Manufacturers of information security systems should take into account many other risks and threats, in addition to malicious ON as such, and also take into account that the requirements of companies vary depending on their size, scope and available resources. That is why we create a comprehensive and easily scalable product. The generation of Kaspersky Security for Business is not just level protection, it is a really rethought approach to ensuring truly comprehensive cybersecurity for any organization. " Dmitry Alyoshin, Director of Product Marketing at Kaspersky Lab

2017: "Kaspersky Security for Virtual Environments|Agent-Free Protection"

On March 17, 2017, Kaspersky Lab introduced a modified version of Kaspersky Security for Virtual Environments|Protection Without Agent.

Protection against cyber threats in real time is now provided on connected and disconnected virtual machines - the same level of information security is supported throughout the virtual infrastructure. The technology is fully compatible with the VMware NSX virtualization platform and protects every machine and every network without affecting their performance^[3]

The Kaspersky Lab product recognizes and prevents network intrusions (IDS/IPS), complex threats and zero-day vulnerabilities on all virtual hosts running VMware NSX. At the same time, the installation process of all components of the security solution is automated, each virtual machine has individual and precisely configured security tools.

Kaspersky Security for virtual environments and the VMware NSX platform exchange security tags, which can change according to the specified rules, for example, when other types of malware are detected on the network. This interaction between the virtual infrastructure and the security solution means that the data center can respond in real time to any information security incident and automatically reconfigure the entire virtual network if necessary. The functionality of checking enabled and disabled virtual machines allows you to ensure the protection of an enterprise software-defined data center, regardless of the technological and business processes that take place in it.

The performance and security of virtual environments has been a dilemma for IT professionals since virtualization began to "conquer" the enterprise sector. Our collaboration with VMware resolved this dilemma without any "sacrifice" on either side. The updated Kaspersky Security solution for virtual environments provides a high level of cybersecurity for the virtual infrastructure and has practically no impact on the performance of the VMware NSX platform. As a result, the protection we now offer for VMware NSX and VMware vShield Endpoint enables IT to meet any security challenge for virtual machines and networks. Vitaly Mzokov, Head of Data Center and Cloud Protection at Kaspersky Lab

The version of Kaspersky Security for virtual environments supports full integration with the VMware NSX platform - this means that our users can continue to use all the capabilities of virtualization and at the same time be confident in protecting their virtual infrastructure. We have been cooperating with Kaspersky Lab for a long time and are glad that with each new update of our solutions they are becoming more convenient for users. , Alexander Vasilenko Head of VMware Russia and CIS

2016: Integration of Kaspersky Security with VMware NSX

On August 24, 2016, Kaspersky Lab"" VMware and announced the development of cooperation to increase the level of security of business-critical data in. program defined DPCs

Implementing the planned plans, the companies integrate Kaspersky Security for virtual environments with modern network virtualization technology - VMware NSX. According to the partners, this will help provide private, public and hybrid cloud owners with a combination of data center infrastructure management tools and tiered protection of its components - from a virtual server to large segments^[4] Kaspersky^[4].

Through such solutions, enterprise customers will have the optimal balance between manageability and security of the infrastructure against external and internal cyber threats, the ability to use the computing resources of the virtualization platform and its further scaling. Solution integration helps you distribute workloads within a software-defined data center and provide the protection you need.

We have been working with VMware for many years, ensuring the security of their virtualization platforms. Kaspersky Lab products will provide enterprise virtual environments with additional security capabilities. Integrating our solution with the VMware NSX platform will optimize the security of software data centers, protect virtual servers, workstations, and data centers of our customers from malware, network attacks, and zero-day threats with minimal impact on performance. Vitaly Mzokov, Head of Corporate Sales for Data Center Protection and Virtual Environments at Kaspersky Lab

The partnership with Kaspersky Lab is a strategic step for us in the face of the constant growth of cyber threats. Every day we learn about new cases of attacks on corporations, the appearance of unknown types of malware and vulnerabilities in operating systems. Security should be a priority for any company, and VMware is actively developing this area of ​ ​ its business. Together with Kaspersky Lab, we will be able to provide our customers in Russia and around the world with the necessary level of security for their software-defined data centers in accordance with their needs and regulatory requirements. Alexander Vasilenko, Head of VMware Russia and CIS

2014: Kaspersky Security for Virtual Environments|Lightweight Agent

Kaspersky Lab released Kaspersky Security for Virtual Environments|Lightweight Agent in May 2014, designed to protect virtual machines in Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer and VMware ESXi environments. It complements the line of Kaspersky Security products for virtual environments, providing support for two new virtualization platforms (Microsoft and Citrix), and for users VMware provides a more functional alternative to agent-free security technology.

Creating and maintaining a virtual infrastructure requires appropriate expertise and tools that differ from the tools used to work with the physical network and workstations. In terms of information security, the situation is completely similar, but often enterprises in protecting virtual environments still use antivirus products created for physical devices in the old fashioned way. This approach is called "agent-based," and it generally negatively affects the performance of the virtual infrastructure. In particular, this reduces the level of consolidation of virtual machines (the density of virtual machines on the host server), which eliminates the main advantages of virtualization technology and reduces the economic effect of its implementation. Therefore, the use of an agent approach is justified only in rare cases.

The solution of Kaspersky Lab with the use of light agent technology has significant advantages compared to the use of traditional protective equipment. Such a model implies most resource-intensive operations by a dedicated virtual security device, which also hosts regularly updated antivirus databases. At the same time, a special module (light agent) is installed on each regular virtual machine, which provides maximum protection without compromising the performance of the virtual infrastructure, and Shared Cache technology eliminates the double validation of identical files on different virtual machines.

This approach provides advantages not only over traditional solutions, but also over agent-free protection. The latter helps to significantly reduce resource consumption, but at the same time has a smaller set of protective functions.

A lightweight agent solution is the middle of the road and offers the perfect balance of benefits - it provides the optimal level of resource utilization and adds the ability to apply additional security mechanisms: firewall, application and device control, web policy settings and intrusion detection technology. Separately, it is worth noting such an advantage of a lightweight agent solution as the ability to work in mixed environments that use different types of hypervisors, but while maintaining the ability to control the protection of both virtual and physical machines from a single console.

2013: Kaspersky Security для SharePoint Server

Kaspersky Lab announced in October 2013 the release of an updated version of Kaspersky Security 8.0 for SharePoint Server, which, in addition to a number of functional improvements, implements support for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 and optimizes protection against cyber threats.

Enterprise collaboration solutions have simplified the process of solving the daily challenges faced by company employees. However, documents stored on such systems, being infected with malware, ON can cause an epidemic of the entire corporate network. That is why such files require special protection, the company said. To solve this problem, Kaspersky Lab offers Kaspersky Security 8.0 for SharePoint Server, an enterprise solution created specifically for protection that IT infrastructures ensures collaboration in the company.

As part of the update, support for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 was integrated into the solution, as well as anti-phishing technologies from Kaspersky Lab were added. Now any link to an external source contained on the portal will be checked for legitimacy and blocked if it turns out to be phishing, the company told CNews.

Kaspersky Security 8.0 for SharePoint Server also has the ability to protect additional types of storage available in the Microsoft product: wiki sites and blogs. The Kaspersky Lab solution is able to protect SharePoint servers that provide access to data not only from the corporate network. In addition, the control panel interface has been updated and support for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 has been added.

"The release of a new version of Kaspersky Security 8.0 for SharePoint Server is a logical step towards improving the level of security of collaboration through Microsoft SharePoint, taking into account various scenarios for applying this solution. Support for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013, the emergence of functionality for protecting wikis and blogs, as well as the introduction of additional security technologies - improvements that serve this purpose, "said Dmitry Alyoshin, Head of Product Management at Kaspersky Lab.

2012

Kaspersky Security для Mac

Kaspersky Lab introduced Kaspersky Security for Mac, a solution designed to protect Apple computer users, on the Russian market in June 2012.

Kaspersky Security for Mac uses the latest technologies to provide high quality protection against all types of threats, including Trojans, worms, spyware, ON adware, etc. Detection and blocking of malware, created for Mac OS X operating systems Windows , and, Linux prevents the transfer of malicious objects to the user's personal home computer or computers belonging to his friends and colleagues. The use of cloud technologies and regular compact updates of antivirus databases allow you to protect against the most current threats and minimize computer resource consumption.

To safely work on the Internet, Kaspersky Security for Mac has implemented a "Web filter" that helps to block malicious, fraudulent and phishing sites and warn users about all detected web threats. Phishing Protection technology increases the security of your Mac, especially when you use Internet banking or online payments. To protect sensitive data, such as credit card details and passwords, Kaspersky Security for Mac implements Virtual Keyboard. It is available as an extension to the built-in Safari browser. Google Chrome and Firefox browsers are also supported. Using this feature deprives cybercriminals of the ability to intercept sensitive data using keyboard spies.

The new product implements Parental Controls. It ensures the safe and controlled work of children and adolescents on the Internet. Parents can set a temporary limit on the online activity of their children or determine for each day a specific time when they are allowed to go online. Kaspersky Security for Mac will make sure that search engines, such as Google, always have the Safe Search feature enabled, which prevents unwanted content from entering search results. You can also prevent certain types of files from being downloaded when the child is using the computer. You can also block certain unwanted sites - manually or by category. In addition, Kaspersky Security for Mac monitors the activity of children on social networks, such as Facebook. This feature allows parents to be aware of who the child is communicating with and to prohibit communication with certain contacts or the entire social network. An advanced reporting system allows adults to get all the information they need about when and how their children use the World Wide Web.

The new product has increased performance and ease of use. The complex of iSwift technologies created by Kaspersky Lab provides intelligent file scanning, which scans only objects created or changed since the last scan. This minimizes system resource consumption. The updated user interface with clear settings and displaying all the necessary information in the main window makes the solution as convenient as possible for the user.

Kaspersky Security для Linux Mail Server

Kaspersky The Security for Mail Linux Server solution, designed to protect corporate email traffic from malware spam, showed strong results in the fall of 2012 in the latest VBSpam testing, organized by the authoritative Virus Bulletin magazine among 20 antispam solutions. The new Kaspersky Lab product demonstrated a detection rate of 99.93% and received the VBSpam award. This is the best result among corporate antispam products. The security solution "" Kaspersky Lab for Linux-based mail servers also improved its performance compared to the 99.75% result shown in the previous VBSpam test.

VBSpam testing is conducted on a regular basis and assesses antispam solutions by the level of spam detection and blocking. The last stage of testing was carried out in August and September 2012. More than 130,000 spam messages were processed in 16 days. Testing was carried out on current samples of spam letters that came in real time from two different antispam databases. Particular attention was paid to messages sent around the world, as well as spam in various languages. Another 10,000 emails - legitimate newsletters in different languages that are often mistaken for spam - were used to test products for false positives.

During testing, Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server successfully detected 99.93% of spam messages. At the same time, only one false positive was recorded (erroneous detection of legitimate writing as spam), that is, the rate of false positives was only 0.01%. The final result is the first place among corporate antispam products and the second place in the overall ranking with a slight lag behind the hosting solution (represented by the SaaS model).

In December 2012, Kaspersky Lab announced the release of a key update for Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server, an enterprise solution that secures Linux and FreeBSD mail servers. The updated product uses innovative technologies to protect corporate users from spam and malware distributed by e-mail, the company told CNews.

In particular, among the improvements, the developers highlight a new technology for recognizing and blocking zero-day threats and exploits, a system for neutralizing targeted attacks, content reputation and format recognition filters, and much more.

A distinctive feature of modern spam mailings is the speed of their implementation: about half of unwanted and malicious emails are distributed in the first 10 minutes of the attack. The new service for forced updating of anti-spam databases in real time downloads the most important parts of the anti-spam signature update, so that Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server can quickly respond to the emergence of new spam mailings, Kaspersky Lab explained.

In addition, the new technology of reputational content filtering decomposes the contents of the email into fragments, analyzes and compares them with well-known samples of spam mailings using the cloud resources of Kaspersky Lab. Thus, this approach not only increases the detection rate of new spam messages, but also reduces the rate of false security positives at the same time.

Finally, the increasingly targeted attacks on companies pose a serious threat to business today. To conduct them, attackers often resort to sending letters with malicious attachments, including those containing exploits - malicious objects that use errors in the system or applications to infect a computer. The innovative ZETA Shield (Zero-day, Exploits and Targeted Attacks Shield) technology allows Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server to quickly detect and block emails containing exploits, including new and previously unknown, the developers say.

Based on its needs, the company can purchase one of three ways to license the updated Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server solution. The first method provides for the presence of anti-spam tools in Kaspersky Security, the second - anti-malware tools, in ON turn, the third method implies the acquisition of comprehensive protection of the mail server from current cyber threats.

"Our updated Linux email server protection solution not only detects and blocks spam mailings, but also thanks to the presence of innovative ZETA Shield technology, it helps to counter targeted attacks on the company by e-mail. Thus, Kaspersky Security for Linux Mail Server provides comprehensive protection of mail traffic, and the flexible licensing system of the client company allows you to choose the necessary level of protection, "said Nikolai Grebennikov, director of research and development at Kaspersky Lab.

2010: Kaspersky Security для Microsoft Exchange Servers

Kaspersky Lab has announced the release of an updated solution for protecting corporate mail traffic Kaspersky Security 8.0 for Microsoft Exchange Servers. The new version of the product contains a number of features designed to improve the effectiveness of management and protection tools. Among the most important innovations are support for the cloud security system Kaspersky Security Network, the new Enforced Anti-Spam Updates service, as well as a console for monitoring the main parameters of work in real time.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Exchange Servers protects enterprise mail servers based on Microsoft Exchange from malicious objects and spam. The solution is part of the Kaspersky Open Space Security product line, which also includes other means of protecting various elements of the corporate IT infrastructure, including for mail and file servers, as well as for computers of company employees, Kaspersky Lab said in a statement.

The Maintenance Pack 1 update provides full support for the Database Availability Group, a technology introduced in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Support for this technology, along with other innovations in the Kaspersky Lab solution, reduces, according to the developers, the time spent on configuration and management, providing tools for centralized administration, reporting and backup. Another means of improving efficiency and ease of management is the new dashboard, which allows you to control the main settings for protecting the mail server in real time.

The spam analysis and filtering system provides more efficient detection, as well as increased performance. The Enforced Anti-Spam Updates service is responsible for the prompt response to new mass spam mailings. It offers a new method for fast delivery of spam database updates, which means even more prompt blocking of spam messages. Finally, support for the cloud security system Kaspersky Security Network offers a fundamentally new level of protection against spam by receiving information from millions of users of Kaspersky Lab products in real time, the company says.

"Email is one of the main ways that malware can penetrate an organization's computer network, so reliable email server protection is needed to ensure stable operation of any business. Kaspersky Security 8.0 for Microsoft Exchange Servers has already established itself in the market as an effective solution that protects world-class malware and spam. The released update made it possible to improve the existing functionality of the product, as well as expand it with new tools, "commented Sergey Zemkov, Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab in Russia, on the release of the updated version of the product

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