SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group and the southern African enterprise partner for eEye Digital Security, today announced the latter's free scanning utility for the Plug and Play Service vulnerability, as a means of pre-emptive protection for a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the Windows platform.
Several instances of proof of concept, or 'exploit' code have surfaced, targeting the recently announced Plug and Play Service Vulnerability (MS05-039), originally disclosed on 9 August 2005. If successfully exploited, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to take full control of a remote system and potentially perform malicious tasks. This flaw is similar to other serious vulnerabilities that have been used in the past to create worms such as Blaster and Sasser.
eEye is committed to enhancing security for the Internet community and helping companies maintain a safe computing environment by offering a free scanning tool to facilitate the discovery of vulnerable machines. The Retina UMPNP Scanner audit tool scans networked systems and detects if any are vulnerable, allowing administrators to efficiently protect their networks. This audit tool is based on eEye's award-winning Retina Network Security Scanner product. While this particular tool allows for a quick audit for this vulnerability, the complete Retina product detects over thousands of vulnerabilities to provide ongoing, comprehensive vulnerability assessments for any network.
Existing Retina customers have already received their updated audit package and can scan immediately. For organisations where immediate scanning and patching is not an option, eEye's Blink Endpoint Vulnerability Prevention solution offers preventive protection from vulnerabilities in the absence of patches.
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eEye Digital Security provides enterprise security software that proactively protects networks from intrusion. USA eEye was founded in 1998, and its integrated family of security solutions include Retina Network Security Scanner, SecureIIS Web Server Protection, Iris Network Traffic Analyzer, Blink Intrusion Prevention System and REM Remote Enterprise Management.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, network security, intrusion prevention software, and network asset management. SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, vulnerability assessment, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs. As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for Trend Micro, SecureData is the African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies and the southern African distributor for US-based Application Security, eEye, Rocket Software, RSA Security, St Bernard and Websense; and UK-based Centennial. For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment. For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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