CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Inc

Check Point� Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that users of its VPN-1, IPS-1, Connectra, and InterSpect products are protected against a potentially dangerous remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. Check Point customers who subscribe to Check Point SmartDefense Services � which provide ongoing and real-time updates and configuration advisories for defenses and security policies � received protection for the broader DLL-load Hijacking vulnerability on June 2nd. These customers are protected not only from the Safari instance of DLL-load Hijacking, but from other exploits that may try to utilize a similar vulnerability approach. �Windows platform vulnerabilities, which often go unpatched for days, weeks or even months, continue to be one of the top security challenges facing enterprise network environments today,� said Oded Gonda, vice president of network security products at Check Point. �Check Point customers, however, through our SmartDefense Services, do not have to rely on patches to be issued by vendors or deployed to all machines to have the protection against these vulnerabilities.� Check Point�s SmartDefense Services maintain the most current preemptive security for the Check Point security infrastructure. To help defenses stay continuously ahead of today's constantly evolving threat landscape, SmartDefense Services provide ongoing and real-time updates and configuration advisories for defenses and security policies. Announced in Microsoft Security Advisory 953818 on May 30, this vulnerability affects users of Windows XP and Windows Vista when Apple�s Safari for Windows has been installed. The vulnerability is due to the combination of the default download location of dynamic link libraries (DLLs) and how the Windows desktop handles these executables. The result is a blended threat in which files may be downloaded to a machine without prompting, allowing them to be executed. Apple issued a patch on June 19th for the Safari-specific vulnerability. More information about this vulnerability can be found at Check Point Software�s SmartDefense Services website at: www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2008/cpai-02-Jun.html About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is the leader in securing the Internet. Check Point offers total security solutions featuring a unified gateway, single endpoint agent and single management architecture, customized to fit customers� dynamic business needs. This combination is unique and is a result of our leadership and innovation in the enterprise firewall, personal firewall/endpoint, data security and VPN markets. Check Point�s pure focus is on information security. Through its NGX platform, Check Point delivers a unified security architecture to protect business communications and resources, including corporate networks and applications, remote employees, branch offices and partner extranets. The company also offers market-leading endpoint and data security solutions with Check Point Endpoint Security products, protecting and encrypting sensitive corporate information stored on PCs and other mobile computing devices. Check Point's award-winning ZoneAlarm solutions protect millions of consumer PCs from hackers, spyware and identity theft. Check Point solutions are sold, integrated and serviced by a network of Check Point partners around the world and its customers include 100 percent of Fortune 100 companies and tens of thousands of businesses and organizations of all sizes. �2003 � 2008 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.