Kaspersky Adds Protection To Linux Mail Servers



Kaspersky Linux Mail Security protects Linux-based mail servers against spams and malicious attachments.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012: European cyber security giant, Kaspersky Lab, has announced Kaspersky Linux Mail Security for Linux-based mail server. It's compatible with a variety of Linux distributions and aims to protect mail server against spams and malicious attachments. It features support for IPv6, rich traffic management rules and integration with Active Directory and OpenLDAP along with an automatic notification system.

It also includes support for integration with third-party monitoring software and keeps administrators informed about the security status of the mail system. Spams are mostly of 'hit and run' nature. According to Help Net Security report, “When a wave of spam with new threats is first unleashed, approximately half of all its intended recipients receive the message in the first 10 minutes of the attack.” This requires security solutions to respond quickly to the threat. System administrators can link Kaspersky Linux Mail Security with a Kaspersky Lab’s Urgent Detection System, to get updates to the anti-spam databases very fast.

The new solution from Kaspersky Lab is also compatible with the AMaViS software bridge between a mail server and the anti-spam solution, which further expands compatibility with messaging platforms.

Features of Kaspersky Linux Mail Security:

Exploit detection – Uses Kaspersky Lab’s ZETA Shield technology to block complex threats and targeted attacks that exploit new and unknown vulnerabilities in common software.

Attachment filter and format recognizer – Monitors and filters email attachments by their actual content, regardless of its declared file type or extension, and responds according to each company’s security policies, effectively blocking inappropriate email traffic (e.g., music files and videos) and potentially dangerous files (e.g., executable files).

Enforced anti-spam update service – Connects customers more directly than ever to Kaspersky Lab’s security experts to produce fast responses to malicious spam outbreaks.

Reputation-based spam filtering – Uses the global intelligence of Kaspersky Lab’s Urgent Detection System to categorize spam according to reputation, meaning variants of previously-identified spam attacks are automatically blocked without the need for analyst review.

New AV engine – Provides better anti-malware detection with reduced impact on system resources. In addition, it now includes an updatable heuristic analyzer to better combat new and unknown threats.

Source: news.efytimes.com