Finjan Inc., a global provider of best-of-breed proactive web security
solutions for businesses and organizations, today unveiled Finjan
SecureBrowsing, an intuitive security assistance tool for end-users. Finjan
SecureBrowsing is being demoed at Finjan's RSA exhibit, Booth 2213, along
with the company's other recently-introduced web security offerings --
including its upgraded high-performance line of Vital Security(TM) Web
Appliances and its RUSafe tool for scanning web content in "sniffer" mode.
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Finjan SecureBrowsing is a new browser extension that proactively alerts
users to potential malicious content hiding behind links of search results,
ads and other selected web pages. Finjan SecureBrowsing accesses each of the
links in its current form on the web, and scans the relevant pages in real
time using Finjan's patented behavior-based technology. Each link is then
marked with a safety rating - either safe (green) or potentially malicious
(red). Finjan SecureBrowsing enables end-users to experience the same
best-in-class security technologies currently in use at large enterprise
customers.
"Finjan SecureBrowsing utilizes our breakthrough web security approach,
as implemented through our patented behavior-based scanning technology. It
analyzes website code in real time to provide users with safety ratings of
URLs before they visit the sites. This approach helps to prevent potentially
malicious content from entering companies' networks or PCs," said Yuval
Ben-Itzhak, CTO, Finjan. "By its nature, the web is very dynamic with website
content changing continuously -- a URL that was safe yesterday might contain
malicious code today. What's more, malicious attacks are frequently performed
from short-lived web pages that appear and vanish within days without ever
being categorized. Therefore, URL categorization solutions fail to provide a
real time safety rating of the web content. That level of protection can only
be achieved by detecting the intention of the code up front, in real time,
before the user visits the site."
Ben-Itzhak noted that Finjan SecureBrowsing runs as an Internet Explorer
and Firefox extension, and will be available for download from Finjan's
website in March.
Latest Vital Security(TM) appliances provide unmatched protection against
malicious web content
The latest Vital Security family of proactive web security appliances
being demoed at RSA Conference includes the new Vital Security Web Appliance
NG-6100, a gateway solution that utilizes a robust, high availability
platform to meet enterprises' stringent reliability and performance
requirements. Finjan is also demoing its new line of Vital Security Web
Appliances -- comprising the NG-8100, NG-5100 and NG-1100 - which have been
upgraded to Finjan's new SUPERFORMANCE platforms. The new and upgraded Finjan
offerings introduce significant performance enhancements, in some cases
doubling the performance of previous models, as well as ensuring high
availability to comply with enterprises' demanding requirements. In terms of
security, Finjan's offerings continue to provide the highest level of
protection against malicious web content, recognized as the number one threat
to enterprise networks.
Finjan will also demo its innovative Finjan RUSafe tool, which runs on
the Vital Security Web Appliances and enables enterprises to sniff live
traffic, scan content using Finjan security engines, and generate traffic
logs and reports. With Finjan RUSafe sniffer mode, an organization can deploy
the Vital Security Web Appliance using a very simple configuration and
without changes to its existing network topology. Enterprises needing a
proof-of-concept for Finjan solutions, or a sniffer approach to security, can
now install Finjan RUSafe in parallel to their existing infrastructure, and
easily upgrade the appliance to "live" mode when needed.
Q&A
Q. How do I benefit from Finjan SecureBrowsing?
A. While browsing the web, you visit numerous websites that use Active
Content to enhance your web experience and capabilities. Active Content
supports capabilities such as changing images when the mouse moves over them,
popping up windows, displaying advertisements and supporting advance design
elements. However, these capabilities are also used by hackers to change your
system settings or even install Spyware applications. Finjan SecureBrowsing
alerts you, before you visit these pages, to any potential malicious Active
Content enabling you to benefit from today's wealth of web capabilities
without jeopardizing your PC and your private information.
Q. What types of threats are identified?
A. Finjan SecureBrowsing identifies potentially malicious code such as
Spyware, hacking code viruses and code that tampers with your PC system
settings. Such malicious code can even try to steal your private user name
and passwords when you visit your on-line banking website. Finjan
SecureBrowsing identifies all of these threats, in real time, by analyzing
the behavior of active content that could be used maliciously (such as
JavaScript, VB Script, ActiveX and Java applets).
Q. Frequently malicious web sites appear and vanish rapidly. What happens
if I encounter such a short lived dedicated malicious web site that has just
been publicized?
A. Finjan SecureBrowsing analyzes the website's behavior in real time,
enabling the detection of these short-lived malicious sites without having to
rely on history, black lists, or reputation. Finjan SecureBrowsing analyzes
the current web content, thus any time the page you browse contains any type
of malicious code, it will be detected, regardless of the time it appears on
that page. Other tools, such as URL Filtering, rely on black lists and
historical rating and thus are unable to analyze website content in real
time.
Q. How can a malicious site harm my computer?
A. Malicious sites contain active content that may alter your PC settings
and install Spyware, Adware, Trojans or other types of malicious code. The
outcome of these attacks may compromise your private information, such as
your on-line banking user name and password, and damage or crash your system.
Q. How many websites are mapped by Finjan SecureBrowsing?
A. Finjan SecureBrowsing uses a real time analysis method. This means
that Finjan SecureBrowsing scans each URL showing in your browser as it
currently exists on the web. Thus, there is no limit to the number of
websites supported, and you are always assured of receiving the safety
ratings. Currently, for practical reasons (in order to keep a reasonable
number of safe/unsafe indications on the screen), Finjan SecureBrowsing
provides safety indication for URLs showing in the most popular websites and
search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, Digg, Wikipedia and Blogger.
Q. What happens if a website contained malicious code in the past, but
now is ok?
A. While website categorization based rating would indicate that the site
is malicious, Finjan SecureBrowsing's safety rating is based on real time
malicious content detection. Hence the correct - green - indication would be
displayed.
Q. How accurate is the indication I get?
A. Finjan SecureBrowsing is proven to be the most accurate dynamic
malware sensor available. A 'red' indication is provided only when suspicious
code is detected.
Q: How is Finjan SecureBrowsing different than other available solutions?
A. Other solutions are based on URL filtering/categorization technology.
URL categorization entails mapping the huge number of existing websites, and
rating each site as ok or malicious. While this has obvious value, it also
has a few major deficiencies:
- As there are hundreds of millions of websites and the number is
constantly growing, it is impossible to map the entire WWW
- It typically takes days to weeks to map a new website. Some hacking and
Phishing sites are short lived and vanish before they are even categorized.
- By its nature, the web is very dynamic with website content changing
continuously - a URL that was safe when it was categorized might contain
malicious code two hours later. Hackers are now taking advantage of this weak
spot of URL categorization, trying to install malware on reputable URLs, such
as MySpace and Wikipedia.
In contrast, Finjan SecureBrowsing scans the current content of each URL
rather than looking it up on a database. Thus, there is no limit to the
number of websites supported by Finjan and the rating provided by Finjan
SecureBrowsing is always accurate and up to date.
Finjan is a global provider of best-of-breed web security solutions for
businesses and organizations. Our proactive, appliance-based solutions
deliver the most effective shield against web-borne threats, freeing
enterprises to harness the web for maximum commercial results. Finjan's web
security solutions utilize patented behavior-based technology to proactively
repel all types of threats arriving via the web, such as Spyware, Phishing,
Trojans and other malicious code, securing businesses against unknown and
emerging threats, as well as known malware. Finjan's security solutions have
received industry awards and recognition from leading analyst houses and
publications, including IDC, Butler Group, SC Magazine, CRN, PCPro, ITWeek,
and Information Security. With Finjan's award-winning and widely used
solutions, businesses can focus on implementing web strategies to realize
their full organizational and commercial potential. For more information
about Finjan, visit: www.finjan.com.
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