Spirent's CyberFlood Extends Security Coverage

Spirent Communications has announced the release of an update to its flagship security test product, CyberFlood, with new features and capabilities that include the industry’s first pre-emptive means to validate exposure to the recent outbreak of WannaCry ransomware.

This release also strengthens fuzzing capabilities with support for IoT and industrial control protocols, and greater support for common DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks, among other features. It represents a major expansion of CyberFlood’s capabilities, addressing new markets and providing near-zero-day testing for the latest application scenarios, attacks and malware.

“With this release, we are continuing to provide security thought leadership and real-time protection validation for our customers at a time when malware and DDoS attacks are skyrocketing,” said David DeSanto, director of product management and threat research at Spirent Communications. “We have a long history of supporting a wide variety of protocols and we continue to stay ahead of the curve in empowering enterprises, service providers and equipment manufacturers to take proactive measures to ensure high performance and security efficacy with no false positives in their networks.”

“With the increasing volume and variety of cyber-attacks, security testing platforms now more than ever need to be able to test both real-world traffic patterns and a range of current threats in order to be effective,” said Scott Crawford, Research Director, Information Security, 451 Research. “Those that fail in this are at risk of being blind to exposures that attackers can see clearly.”