Do Macs need antivirus? Has there been new malware infections? Is it too late to protect myself? Yes, Yes, and No. Read this month-in-review to find out why your beloved Mac will need an additional layer of security, why researching new infections is so troublesome, and how you can protect your company from hazardous emails and attachments with OPSWAT's Metascan® 20.

Stop More Threats with Better Email Security

Frustrated by malware and spear phishing attacks getting past your email security defenses? By adding an additional email security layer that utilizes technologies such as multi antivirus scanning and data sanitization, you can catch more malware threats and spear phishing attempts with malicious attachments, which previously would have passed by undetected.

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New Metascan 20 for Advanced Protection

By popular demand, OPSWAT is offering a new Metascan package with 20 anti-malware engines to help protect your organization from known and unknown threats. Metascan 20 includes engines from McAfee, Sophos, Ikarus, and Zillya in addition to the Metascan 16 engines.

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The Top Rated Anti-malware Vendors

We are excited to announce the release of our November 2015 Market Share Report. This report shows the top 12 anti-malware vendors by market share as well as various other user behavior statistics collected from our device security and compliance tool, OPSWAT Gears.

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Block More Malware On Blue Coat ProxySG

Would you like to increase your malware threat protection on Blue Coat ProxySG web traffic and downloads? Metascan can be used with ProxySG to significantly improve your malware threat protection. We made this handy guide to show you how!

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OPSWAT Cyber Security Seminar

Along with our Israeli partners, eBusiness Design and Bulwarx, we held a half-day seminar to demonstrate the latest features of our technologies and how they can be integrated with other solutions to fit into your data flow and device security needs.

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Three Myths About Endpoint Visibility

Agent or agentless endpoint visibility tools? Here are three myths about endpoint security agents that you should know before purchasing a solution:

1. Agents cause problems
2. There's no desire to perform audits
3. Focus on the endpoint is just a trend

Read about the 3 myths >>

Studying Anti-malware Naming Conventions

Watch our newest Policy Patrol video for an overview of how it can help protect your organization from zero-day and targeted attacks. Using Metascan's multi-scanning technology, Policy Patrol Security for Exchange can quickly scan and sanitize email attachments with up to 40 anti-malware engines.

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Do Macs Need Antivirus?

Mabouia, a proof of concept ransomware for OS X, shows how vulnerable an unsuspecting Mac user may actually be. The ever increasing popularity of Mac laptops combined with the financial incentives of ransomware seems like a recipe for rethinking the need for third party anti-malware software for Macs.

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Video: NIAS Data Sanitization Presentation

The NATO information assurance symposium (NIAS) is the NCI Agency's annual cyber security event for NATO organizations and industry partners. This year, OPSWAT's Director of Product Management Szilard Stange gave an in-depth presentation on how the threat landscape has changed, the rise of malware exploits, and how data sanitization can repair infected files.

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