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Used for months by the vendor’s Capture Cloud threat intelligence service, the previously secret deep memory inspection technology has already identified hundreds of malware variants sandboxing systems missed, and offers protection from the Meltdown vulnerability.

Designed to help businesses embrace cloud computing without exposing themselves to threats on-premises security solutions can miss, the system is the latest addition to Pax8’s portfolio of Symantec offerings.

Now in beta testing, the new offerings include the vendor’s first virtual firewalls and first web application firewall, as well as a new API designed to let third-party platforms perform automated firewall configuration and management.

The latest edition of Intercept X includes new malware detection functionality powered by a deep learning engine, as well as an extensive series of new anti-exploit safeguards.

Hackers used a flaw in Kaseya’s RMM solution, which has since been patched, to deploy Monero crypto-mining software on managed endpoints.

Strongarm, Percipient’s flagship product, will beef up the anti-phishing and anti-malware capabilities of WatchGuard’s network security platform and Total Security Suite bundle.

The deal will give CARVIR’s MSP customers access to multi-tenant, consumption-priced web gateway, DNS, email, sandboxing, and mobile security technologies from a vendor that provides threat intelligence services to Google and Microsoft, among others.

Both moves are intended to burnish the distributor’s capabilities in the strategic cybersecurity market and help resellers make the transition to selling solutions rather than products.

The deal adds the Avast Business security portfolio to the line card of a distributor owned and operated by Temprano Techvestors, which helps eastern and southern European software vendors bring their products to North American buyers.

Two days after announcing that the company he founded has completed its acquisition by a private equity firm and officially merged with Autotask, the Datto CEO has now made the largest donation in the history of the Rochester Institute of Technology.