The hot topic hitting the tech news cycle this week has been the malware called CVE-2017-0199, a zero-day security vulnerability disguised as a Microsoft Word attachment. This bug is particularly dangerous because you don’t need to enable macros for it to activate. Simply opening the malicious Word attachment itself spreads a Dridex banking Trojan that can steal sensitive data.
Microsoft became aware of this vulnerability and sent out security patch updates on Tuesday, April 11th. How long these updates deter additional online attacks is yet to be seen. But, there is a silver lining to all of this. Our clients with SentinelOne protection had nothing to fear, even before Microsoft was working on the case.
You can see for yourself in the quick video demonstration below how SentinelOne Endpoint Protection is able to detect and prevent this vulnerability. CVE-2017-0199 is just one of the many online threats that can’t stand a chance against the rock-solid protection of SentinelOne.
It’s pretty clear why some of our clients have already started using SentinelOne to protect their computers and servers. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about how we can protect your company with the latest technologies, give me a call at 317-372-7625 and we can talk further about how current anti-virus software is now extinct.
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