Product Update - March 3, 2025

New Features & Enhancements

  • New Monitoring for Socket CPU Usage: Use the CMA to monitor metrics for Socket CPU usage, and identify if the Socket CPU is related to performance issues for a site.
    • Available for all customers in the Site Monitoring > Network Analytics page for a site
    • Customers with a DEM license can also view the Socket CPU metrics as part of path analysis and other tools
    • Required Socket versions:
      • For physical Sockets - from v21.1
      • For vSockets - from v22.0
    • Click here to watch a video recording of this feature
  • App Activities via API for the GitHub SaaS App: Extend your CASB App Control functionality by connecting your corporate GitHub tenant to Cato. This lets you understand who is accessing it and identify suspicious activities or trends even when users are not connected to the Cato Cloud.
    • The GitHub App is available from the Resources > Integrations Catalog, under App Activities
    • Requires a CASB license
  • New Regions for vSockets from AWS Marketplace: AWS vSockets are now available from the Marketplace in these additional AWS regions:
    • Thailand (ap-southeast-7)
    • Malaysia (ap-southeast-5)
    • Mexico (mx-central-1)
  • API Support for Secondary vSockets: To enable full end-to-end API support to automate creating HA vSocket sites, we added the following new APIs for secondary vSockets in AWS and Azure:
    • addSecondaryAwsVSocketInput
    • addSecondaryAzureVSocketInput
  • View and Investigate Apps Used in Your Environment: We improved the Cloud Apps Dashboard for better visibility of the apps used in your environment. You can now:
    • View every app accessed by your users, previously only the top 5 were shown
    • Use the app filter to refine the entire dashboard view based on a specific app

PoP Announcements

  • Ashburn, US: A new range (149.20.197.0/24) will soon be added to the Ashburn PoP location.
  • Cincinnati, US: A new range (199.27.35.0/24) will soon be added to the Cincinnati PoP location.

  • Portland, US: A new range (199.27.34.0/24) will soon be added to the Portland PoP location.

Security Updates

  • IPS Signatures:
    • View more details about the IPS signatures and protections in the Threats Catalog:

      • CVE-2021-20123 (New)

      • CVE-2021-35394 (New)

      • CVE-2021-42237 (New)

      • CVE-2023-1162 (New)

      • CVE-2023-50094 (New)

      • CVE-2024-27172 (New)

      • CVE-2024-29895 (New)

      • CVE-2024-39914 (New)

      • CVE-2024-43468 (New)

      • CVE-2024-55591 (New)

      • CVE-2024-57727 (New)

      • CVE-2025-0108 (New)

      • CVE-2025-21309 (New)

      • Generic .Net Insecure Deserialization Over HTTP: Gadget AxHostState (New)

      • Generic .Net Insecure Deserialization Over HTTP: Gadget TextFormattingRunProperties (New)

      • Generic .Net Insecure Deserialization Over HTTP: Gadget TypeConfuseDelegate (New)

      • Generic .Net Insecure Deserialization Over HTTP: Gadget WindowsIdentity (New)

      • Generic .Net Insecure Deserialization Over HTTP: Gadget WindowsPrincipal (New)

      • Heuristic - Fake Captcha Detection - New Variant (New)

      • Ransomware - BlackLock (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Bot (New)

      • Ransomware - Cerber (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - CipherLocker (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Cloak (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - CmbLabs (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Crypt (MedusaLocker) (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - CryptoFortress (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - DeathHunters (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - ETHAN (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - FOX (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Heda (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Hunter (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Hunter (Prince) (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Hunters (Xorist) (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - King (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - LCRYPTX (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Loches (New)

      • Ransomware - LockBit 3.0 (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Locked (MedusaLocker) (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Lucky (MedusaLocker) (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Mania Crypter (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Ncov (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Purgatory (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - REDKAW (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Vgod (Enhancement)

      • Ransomware - Weaxor (Enhancement)

      • Scanners - Sipvicious Scanner (New) 

  • Suspicious Activity Monitoring:
    • This protection was added to the SAM service:
      • Zoho Assist Download (Enhancement) 

  • Apps Catalog
    • More than 100 new Cloud Apps (see Apps Catalog):
      • BeyondTrust (New)  

      • Tidal Security (New)

      • Dalival (New)

      • NinjaRMM (Enhancement)

      • Obic Business Consultants (Enhancement)

      • Google Ads (Enhancement)

      • ExtremeCloud IQ (Enhancement)

      • Smash )New)

      • Five9 )Enhancement)

  • XDR Indications of Attack Signatures:
    • Threat Prevention:
      • Fake CAPTCHA Detection (Enhancement)

    • Threat Hunting:
      • Monitored Outbound OT Communication (New)
    • Anomaly Detection:
      • File Transfer Protocol Anomaly (New) 

         

  • Application Control (CASB and File Control):
    • ChatGPT Conversation (Enhancement)

    • Microsoft Teams Upload (Enhancement)

    • GitHub Upload (via browser)

    • GitHub Download (via browser)

  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP):
    • GitHub Upload (via browser)

    • GitHub Download (via browser)

  • File Control
    • IPA (Enhancement)

  • Device Inventory:
    • These are the updates to the Device Inventory detection engine:
      • IOT
        • Docking Station 
          • Action Star (Enhancement)
        • Multifunction Device 
          • Toshiba (Enhancement)
        • Printer
          • Epson (Enhancement)
        • Smart TV 
          • LG (Enhancement)
          • Samsung (Enhancement)
        • VoIP
          • Aastracom (Enhancement)
          • Ubiquiti (Enhancement)
      • Mobile
        • Mobile Phone 
          • Google (Enhancement)
          • Samsung (Enhancement)
      • Networking
        • Network Appliance 
          • Aruba Networks (Enhancement)
      • PC
        • Workstation
          • Apple (Enhancement)
          • HP (Enhancement)
        • Laptop
          • Dell (Enhancement)
          • HP (Enhancement)
          • Toshiba (Enhancement)
      •  Server
        • Print Server
          • Axis (Enhancement)
          • HP (Enhancement)

Note: Content described in this update is gradually rolled out to the Cato PoPs over a two-week period. In addition, new features are gradually activated in the Cato Management Application over the same two-week rollout period as the PoPs. For more information, see this article. See the Cato Status Page for more information about the planned maintenance schedule.

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