Addendum: Swiss Bank Vandal No Match for Aladdin's eSafe.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 2000 Aladdin Knowledge Systems Aladdin Knowledge Systems NASDAQ: ALDN is a company that provides solutions for software digital rights management and Internet security since 1985. Its corporate headquarters are located in Tel Aviv, Israel. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ALDN), a global leader in the field of Internet content and software security, announced that its Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. solution eSafe guards against the new VBS See VBScript. .Resume vandal without the need to update. In a press release issued on Aug. 17, Aladdin stated that "stealing PIN numbers from European customers of Swiss-based bank UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System , this vandal can be considered an extremely dangerous Exteremely Dangerous is a 1999 four part series for ITV starring Sean Bean as an ex-MI5 undercover agent convicted of the brutal murder of his wife and child who goes on the run to try and clear his name. He sets out to follow up a strange clue sent to him in prison. threat, proving eSafe's generic protection safeguards users from such malicious content." Aladdin's press release was intended only to inform the public of the vandal's dangerous potential to steal pin numbers from bank customers. UBS has stated that no damage has occurred to date as a result of this vandal. For the complete UBS announcement, please visit the UBS website at http://www.ubs.com. While other companies must provide an update for their customers, eSafe continues to provide security from specific threats without the need to download constant updates, reducing the risk of attack. Similar to the Love Letter virus, this vandal travels through Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook and infects a user once they open an attachment named "resume.txt.vbs." within an email that has a subject of "resume." While the vandal has some similar characteristics of the Love Letter virus, it is not a variant. Aladdin's CSRT CSRT Combatant Status Review Tribunal CSRT Conseil Supérieur de la Recherche et de la Technologie (France) CSRT Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists CSRT Combat Status Review Tribunal CSRT Connecticut Society of Radiologic Technologists discovered the unknown author of this vandal used an open, public place on a server belonging to the National Institute of Health, as well as a university server, to distribute itself throughout Europe. Attacks in the U.S. are expected to increase later today. Aladdin's CSRT experts found the vandal attempts to: - Block user's ability to alter vital system files, thereby reducing IT maintenance and repair costs. - Stop access to web sites with inappropriate or malicious content, such as hate literature or pornography, or those sites known to propagate viruses. - Sends the collected information to the hackers - Send itself to all the names All the Names (Portuguese: Todos os nomes) is a novel by Portuguese author José Saramago. It was written in 1997 and published in English in 2000 in an award winning translation by Margaret Jull Costa. in the address book "This latest vandal is a good example that illustrates the need for a true PROACTIVE security system, that can provide REAL-TIME protection Real-time protection, on-access scanning, background guard, resident shield, autoprotect, and other synonyms refer to the automatic protection provided by most antivirus, antispyware, and other antimalware programs, which is arguably their most important against unknown threats, without having to rely on outdated signatures," said Shimon Gruper, Aladdin's Executive Vice President of Internet Technologies. "eSafe's proactive security solutions are especially important to e-banking and e-commerce." Another security product by Aladdin - The hardware based eToken, provides a perfect solution to the urgent need of safe storage for PIN numbers, passwords, and digital certificates, critical to the success of e-Commerce and e-Banking. For further eToken information, visit www.ealaddin.com/etoken. For the latest information on the VBS.Resume vandal, visit Aladdin's Content Security Response Team web page at www.ealaddin.com/home/csrt. ABOUT eSAFE Aladdin's eSafe product suite, which includes eSafe Desktop, eSafe Enterprise and eSafe Gateway, provides the most comprehensive protection available against hostile elements on the Internet and gives users confidence in their ability to navigate the Internet safely. eSafe is the only comprehensive suite of content security solutions on the market to provide proactive protection from the gateway to the desktop. It also is the only one to provide Total Sandbox II(TM) Quarantine protection against all forms of malicious content including viruses, vandals and worms. A unique feature found only in Aladdin's eSafe solutions, the Sandbox erects a protective wall around vital system files and isolates all potentially dangerous viruses, vandals and worms in a sterile environment, preventing them from damaging, infecting or stealing from system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. . Much more than anti-virus protection, the eSafe suite of products enables businesses to: - Block user's ability to alter vital system files, thereby reducing IT maintenance and repair costs. - Stop access to web sites with inappropriate or malicious content, such as hate literature or pornography, or those sites known to propagate viruses. - Restrict outgoing emails from sending classified or prohibited content. ABOUT ALADDIN Aladdin is a global leader in securing digital content, from applications software to Internet use and access. Aladdin's products include HASP (Houston Automatic Spooling Program) A mainframe spooling program that provides task, job and data management functions. HASP - Houston Automatic Spooling Program and Hardlock, software security systems that protect the revenues of developers and publishers; Privilege, a software licensing platform for the Internet; the eSafe line of anti-vandal, anti-virus and content filtering See Web filtering and parental control software. software for PCs and networks connected to the Internet; and eToken for Internet security and authentication. Aladdin serves its customers through eight offices located in the world's major software markets as well as a network of 50 distributors serving more than 100 countries. For more information visit our website at www.eAladdin.com. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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