GEC NEWS WIRESonicWall reveals that a new Capture Cloud engine has discovered hundreds of new malware variants not seen before by sandboxing technology. Through the use of previously unannounced patent-pending technology, SonicWall Capture Labs security researchers engineered an advanced method for identifying and mitigating threats through deep memory inspection — all in real time.
“This new real-time deep memory inspection technology, coupled with more than a decade of machine-learning experience, will help level the playing field and eliminate some of the most challenging attack vectors. The new engine is the latest addition to our Capture Cloud Platform that reinforces our leadership position,” said SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner.
The new SonicWall Capture Cloud Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI) technology and engine has been operational for months and is discovering hundreds of malware strands not detected by sandboxing technology.
“This is a revolution in engineering, execution and innovation,” said General Michael Hayden, Principal at the Chertoff Group, a global advisory firm focused on security and risk management. “To introduce this technology in the relatively early stages of these advanced attacks is a huge win for the security industry, as well as the public and private sectors.”
SonicWall is unveiling this new technology to strengthen the company’s automated real-time breach detection and prevention platform. SonicWall RTDMI is a patent-pending technology and process utilized by the SonicWall Capture Cloud to identify and mitigate even the most insidious modern threats, including future Meltdown exploits. The new RTDMI technology: Proactively detects and blocks unknown mass-market malware via deep memory inspection in real time; Detects and blocks malware that does not exhibit any malicious behavior and hides its weaponry via custom encryption; Forces malware to “reveal” its weaponry into memory; Identifies and mitigates sophisticated attacks where weaponry is exposed for less than 100 nanoseconds
“Sandbox techniques are often ineffective when analyzing the most modern malware. SonicWall’s RTDMI technology is very fast and very precise, and can mitigate sophisticated attacks where the malware’s most protected weaponry is exposed for less than 100 nanoseconds,” said John Gmuender, SonicWall CTO.
