Check Point Launches Anti-Bot Software Blade

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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet has introduced a new Anti-Bot Software Blade that protects against bots and APTs (Advance Persistent Threats)

Check Point Launches Anti-Bot Software Blade


Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet has introduced a new Anti-Bot Software Blade that protects against bots and APTs (Advance Persistent Threats).  A bot is malicious software that enables cybercriminals to take over computers and execute illegal activities – such as stealing data, gaining access to unauthorized network resources, initiating Denial of Service (DoS) attacks or distributing spam. Bots are remotely controlled, typically disguised and operate without the users’ knowledge. Check Point’s new Anti-Bot Software Blade helps customers discover bots and prevent damages by blocking communication between infected hosts and remote operators. The new solution will be integrated into every gateway to provide businesses with multi-layered bot prevention against malware threats, with high traffic performance of over 40 Gbps – ensuring all channels of business communication remain secure.
 
Bots can create a dramatic increase in malware attacks, resulting in significant brand damage, data loss and financial costs to businesses. Botnets, such as Zeus and Mariposa, are infamous forms of malware used to execute cybercriminal activities, such as stealing banking information or executing DoS attacks. While there have been several highly publicized botnets, most attacks are hard to identify and can proliferate silently without an organization’s knowledge.

Check Point’s new Anti-Bot Software Blade is designed to stop bots in their tracks by leveraging advanced technology that helps businesses discover, remediate and prevent future threats. The solution features Check Point’s Multi-tier ThreatSpect, a unique detection engine that analyzes traffic on every gateway, identifies millions of outbreak types and discovers bots by correlating multiple risk factors – such as botnet patterns, remote operator hide-outs and attack behaviors.
 
“With bot toolkits for hackers selling today for the mere price of $500 and attacks costing businesses millions of dollars, it gives people insight into how big the problem has become. As seen with Mariposa, TDL-4 and Zeus, botnets are stealthy in nature and have the potential to infect millions of computers,” said Dorit Dor, vice president of products at Check Point Software Technologies.

 “While thousands of companies have already been targets of bots and APTs, businesses have the responsibility to stop it from spreading. Our new Anti-Bot solution is focused on bot prevention, empowering customers to quickly discover and block bots, before they can threaten security or the flow of business. Our new Anti-Bot Software Blade is a breakthrough in bot prevention. We’re making it easy for customers to enforce Anti-Bot protection across all layers of the network and prevent their businesses from being exploited,” said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Regional Director - India & SAARC at Check Point Software Technologies.

In addition to Check Point’s advanced discovery technology, the Anti-Bot Software Blade revolutionizes bot prevention by providing customers with unique, multi-layered protection on every gateway by integrating with existing security protections, such as Intrusion Prevention, Antivirus & Anti-Malware and URL Filtering. For the first time in the industry, businesses benefit from a unified bot prevention solution, while delivering high traffic performance of up to 40 Gbps.
 “Because bots are stealthy in nature and designed to manipulate the user, many companies aren’t aware when a computer is infected and their security team often lacks proper visibility into the threats that botnets create,” said Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group.