Top IPS Protections Archive
An in-depth explanation of important recent threats and the related SmartDefense protections.
2010
Internet Explorer iepeers.dll Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Excel Vulnerabilities
Botnets: Kneber and Pushdo Protections
Internet Explorer VBScript Vulnerability
Novell eDirectory Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows SMB Server Vulnerabilities
Critical Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat Products
2009
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Filename Extension Parsing Vulnerability
Adobe Reader and Acrobat Doc.media.newPlayer Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Novell eDirectory Vulnerability
Microsoft Internet Explorer HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows 7 SMB DoS Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Internal Server Vulnerabilities
Oracle Database Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows LSASS Authentication
Microsoft Windows Media File Vulnerabilities
Microsoft SMBv2 Vulnerabilities
Immediate Protection for Unpatched Microsoft Windows SMB Negotiate Request Remote Code Execution
Windows TCP/IP Denial of Service Attacks (Sockstress)
Browser SSL Certificates Vulnerability
Internet Information Services FTP Service Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Workstation Service Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows AVI Vulnerabilities
Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
Microsoft Office Web Components ActiveX Vulnerability
Multiple Vendors NTP Daemon Vulnerability
WebDAV Internet Information Services Vulnerabilities
Critical Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat Products
DirectShow QuickTime Vulnerability
WebDAV Vulnerability in Internet Information Services
MIT Kerberos Uninitialized Pointer Reference Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Multiple PowerPoint Vulnerabilities
Preemptive Protection Against Adobe Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability (Zero-day)
Microsoft ISA Server TCP State Limited Denial of Service Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows HTTP Services Credential Reflection Vulnerability
Check Point Provides Preemptive Protection Against Latest Microsoft DNS Server Vulnerabilities
Microsoft DNS Server WPAD Registration Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Excel Vulnerability
Adobe Vulnerability Attacks:
Proactive PDF Protection
Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerability
Preemptive Protection against Novell GroupWise Internet Agent Buffer Overflow
SmartDefense Deployment Tip: Improving performance for mail server protections
Downadup (Conficker) Worm:
When Patching Takes Too Long
Smart Defense Leads the Industry in Microsoft Protections
Microsoft SQL Server Stored Procedure Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
2008
Sun Solaris Command Injection Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Vulnerabilities
New Microsoft Server Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-067)
Pre-emptive Malformed File Attack Protection
Microsoft Server Service Exploit
Oracle BEA WebLogic Server Apache Connector Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Microsoft Server Message Block Vulnerability