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New version of MailMarshal available

Previously known as Marshal Security, M86 Security has released MailMarshal SMTP 6.7 including IP Reputation and the Blended Threat Module, which includes cloud malware protection and a solution for blended threats.

MailMarshal SMTP 6.7 combines content security, defence-in-depth anti-spam engine, blended threat detection and IP reputation analysis and applies this to both inbound and outbound email communications.

“Notoriously devious, blended threats defeat or bypass traditional gateway antivirus and spam solutions by replacing malicious attachments with a URL link to a legitimate-looking Web site that often executes automated, drive-by downloads that infect users and expose them to vulnerability exploits,” says Annestasia Buys, product manager: M86 Security at Workgroup.

“Blended threat e-mails often employ social engineering techniques and clever designs to lure recipients into clicking on the link that then triggers the infection. Once infected, a barrage of malicious activity can take place – from stealing confidential information and data leakage to setting up botnets to execute further criminal activity.”

The new release of MailMarshal SMTP including the Blended Threat Module is the first M86 Security product to fully interact with the behavioural malware detection technology from Avinti, acquired by M86 in 2009. The intelligence from the cloud-based Blended Threat Knowledge Service is also incorporated into the company's WebMarshal and R3000 Web Security products to enhance the blocking of malicious Websites.

Behavioural malware technology provides the best countermeasure to prevent blended threats from entering the network. MailMarshal SMTP 6.7 is a comprehensive messaging security solution that unifies anti-spam, e-mail threat protection, content security, policy enforcement and data leakage prevention. Powered by M86 Security's Defense-in-Depth anti-spam engine, MailMarshal SMTP 6.7 filters all incoming and outgoing e-mail at the gateway perimeter.

MailMarshal SMTP 6.7 includes two other significant capabilities: the M86 IP Reputation Service and SpamBotCensor. The M86 IP Reputation Service is derived from the M86 Security Labs and blocks incoming spam based on the sending IP address reputation to dramatically decrease bandwidth previously consumed by spam, freeing up network and IT resources for other business-critical functions. SpamBotCensor uses M86 Security Labs' vast knowledge of botnets to identify and block bot-based spam with a high degree of accuracy.

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