GFIÂ’s Email Security Testing Zone launches new free email tests based on exploits

(PRWEB) October 26, 2003

GFI’s Email Security Testing Zone, http://www.gfi.com/emailsecuritytest/, has launched a set of new email tests. The tests enable administrators to find out free of charge if their network is protected against emails that use different exploits to try to break into and infect a system, including an email with a long subject, an attachment with no filename, an attachment with a long filename, the Popup Object Exploit and an attachment with a double file extension.

“GFI’s Email Security Testing Zone gives administrators the opportunity to test whether their networks are protected against the latest email threats,” said Sandro Gauci, security researcher at GFI. “Our new tests check if an email client is vulnerable to emails that use exploits like the Popup Object Exploit or take advantage of certain simple tricks – such as a long subject or an attachment with no filename, a long filename, or a double file extension. Emails that use such exploits are dangerous as they can circumvent client level anti-virus and/or content filtering protection, granting a malicious user unauthorized access to that machine and through it, to the network.”

“Email viruses that use email exploits to disseminate are becoming more frequent, as the recent BugBear.B and Fortnight JavaScript worm show. The traditional methods of email security are no longer enough: administrators must use sharp, multi-layered products against the latest email threats,” added Nick Galea, GFI CEO. “Products restricted to a single anti-virus engine combined with content filtering no longer suffice; an email exploit detection engine like the one included with GFI MailSecurity, is a must to combat such email attacks.”

The security tests added to GFI’s free zone are the following:

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GFI’s Email Security Testing Zone launches new free email tests based on exploits