Media Alert: Check Point Endpoint Security Protects the Enterprise against New Nine Ball Attack

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that users of Check Point Endpoint Security™ are protected against Nine Ball, a multi-layered Web browser attack targeting legitimate Web sites to redirect users to malicious sites owned by the attacker. Check Point Endpoint Security™ antivirus capabilities protect enterprise desktops and laptops against the malicious programs downloaded through the Nine Ball exploit, preventing the attacker from gaining access to proprietary data. The antivirus feature removes the malicious programs currently delivered through Nine Ball.

The Nine Ball attack first works by infecting a legitimate Web site, and then redirects the visiting victim to a malicious site owned by the attacker. The compromised Website, loaded with malware, checks for vulnerabilities in the browser, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC), AOL Super Buddy, Adobe or QuickTime software on the user’s desktop, making the victim susceptible to a drive-by-download attempt. If successful, the attack will download a Trojan with a keylogger component used to log keystrokes. Anything the victim types could be monitored and used to commit data theft, such as stealing customer data, corporate credit card numbers or passwords.

"Corporate endpoints are a vulnerable entry point for exploits and can affect an entire organization if confidential data is leaked or misused,” said Ben Khoushy, vice president of endpoint products at Check Point. "As part of Check Point’s Total Security offering, our Endpoint Security solution protects against mass compromise attacks like Nine Ball, and also provides anti-spyware and encryption capabilities.”

Check Point Endpoint Security™ is the first and only single agent that combines all essential components for total endpoint security including: highest-rated firewall, antivirus, anti-spyware, full disk encryption, media encryption with port protection, network access control (NAC), program control and VPN. It protects endpoints and networks while eliminating the need to deploy and manage multiple agents, reducing total cost of ownership (TCO). More information on Check Point Endpoint Security can be found at: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/endpoint_security/index.html

About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com), worldwide leader in securing the Internet, is the only vendor to deliver Total Security for networks, data and endpoints, unified under a single management framework. Check Point provides customers uncompromised protection against all types of threats, reduces security complexity and lowers total cost of ownership. Check Point first pioneered the industry with FireWall-1 and its patented stateful inspection technology. Today, Check Point continues to innovate with the development of the Software Blade architecture. The dynamic Software Blade architecture delivers secure, flexible and simple solutions that can be fully customized to meet the exact security needs of any organization or environment. Check Point customers include tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes including all Fortune 100 companies. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm solutions protect millions of consumers from hackers, spyware and identity theft.

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