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TippingPoint Announces Protection Against Microsoft Vulnerabilities

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The TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) offers comprehensive protection against security vulnerabilities announced by Microsoft, including threats that can compromise business networks and gain access for malicious purposes. The Digital Vaccine service provides regular, preemptive protection against the latest threats, ensuring customers' safety against exploits and worms. Dinesh Sequeira, manager of the Digital Vaccine security research team, emphasized the importance of early protection for vulnerabilities, which could be exploited by merely viewing malicious Web links and email attachments.

Key Takeaways:

  • TippingPoint's Digital Vaccine service inoculates devices against Microsoft's latest security vulnerabilities, including those in the Windows Metafile (WMF) and Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image formats.
  • The TippingPoint IPS provides Virtual Software Patches to preemptively protect customers against exploits and worms, safeguarding against vulnerabilities in business networks.
  • The system offers protection for critical infrastructure, including VoIP, routers, switches, DNS, and other essential components, from targeted attacks and traffic anomalies.
  • The TippingPoint Performance Protection capabilities enable customers to throttle non-mission critical applications that hijack valuable bandwidth and IT resources, ensuring network resources are aligned with business-critical application performance.
  • The TippingPoint IPS protects against various threats, including viruses, spyware, and Trojans, which can exploit vulnerabilities in the Windows Graphics Rendering Engine.
  • The system is designed to provide gigabit-speed inspection and can safeguard against attacks originating from internal and external sources.

Statistics:

  • The TippingPoint IPS provides Application Protection, Performance Protection, and Infrastructure Protection at gigabit speeds through total packet inspection.
  • The system safeguards against vulnerabilities in the Windows Metafile (WMF) and Enhanced Metafile (EMF) image formats, which could be exploited by merely viewing malicious Web links and email attachments.
  • According to the Microsoft vulnerability announcement, MS05-053, vulnerabilities in the Windows Graphics Rendering Engine could allow code execution, garnering a critical rating.
  • The TippingPoint Digital Vaccine service offers regular, preemptive protection against the latest threats, ensuring customers' safety against exploits and worms.

Sources:

  • [www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx](www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx)
  • [www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.html](www.tippingpoint.com/products_certifications.html)
  • [www.3com.com/pressbox](www.3com.com/pressbox)

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