Symantec Stargate Engine release notes for Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG).
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Symantec Stargate Engine release notes for Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG).
**This Knowledge will only contain information on the Stargate version that applies to SMG, so basically anything that does not apply to SMG will not be listed.**
Environment
The StargateEngine is shared by a variety of products, as described below, but not all products have the same version applied to them.
**This Knowledge will only contain information on the Stargate version that applies to SMG, so basically anything that does not apply to SMG will not be listed.**
Products sharing the engine:
- Email Security Services (ESS)
- Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG)
- Content Analysis (CA)
- Web Security Services (WSS)
- Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG)
- CloudSoc (CASB)
- Symantec Web Isolation
- Symantec Protection Engine for NAS Storage (SPE for NAS)
- Symantec Protection Engine for Cloud Services (SPE for CS)
- Symantec Protection for Sharepoint Services (SPSS)
- Cloud Workload Protection Storage (CWPS)
- Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange (SMSMSE)
- SymClass
- Cynic
- Link Following
- Industrial Control System Protection (ICSP)
- CloudScape
- Data Center Security Server (SVA)
- Data Center Security Server Advanced (DCS:SA)
- Symantec Endpoint Protection for Linux (SEPFL)
- Cloud Workload Protection (CWP)
Resolution
Stargate Engine: Stargate 9.0
Description:
- Added the ability to optimise STARGate for Closed Network environments
- Enhanced File Insight Cloud Protection for Mach Object (Mach-O) and Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file types
- Expanded Protected Archive Extraction via our proprietary Safe Execution Environment to the RPM file format
- Improved true file type identification and archive extraction of RAR5 file formats
- Augmented true file type identification to provide process architecture (Intel vs. ARM) for Windows Portable Executable (PE) files
- Continuous Hardening and Quality Improvements
Schedule for release:
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EAS |
Starting July 23, 2025 |
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Phased Release |
Starting July 30, 2025 |
|
Full Release |
August 25, 2025 |
Stargate Engine: Stargate 8.5.0
Description:
- Added multiple LiveUpdate servers configuration ability without the need to restart STARGate
- Enhanced Emulation to protect against obfuscated threats in 64-bit Portable Executable (PE) files
- Augmented File Insight Cloud Protection metadata for improved visibility reporting
- Improved true file type identification coverage for ASCII-based file formats
- Continuous Hardening and Quality Improvements
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EAS |
Starting March 27, 2025 |
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Phased Release |
Starting March 31, 2025 |
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Full Release |
April 16, 2025 |
Stargate Engine: Stargate 8.4.0
Description:
- Expanded Protected Archive Extraction via our proprietary Safe Execution Environment to the following file formats:
- GNU Copy in/out (CPIO) archives
- Raw Disk Image (IMG) files
- LZIP compressed archives
- Added RAR decryption for password-protected RAR archives attached to an email
- Improved File Type identification performance
- Continuous Hardening and Quality Improvements
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EAS |
Starting September 26, 2024 |
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Phased Release |
Starting October 1, 2024 |
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Full Release |
October 24, 2024 |
Stargate Engine: Stargate 8.3.0
- Augmented File Insight Cloud Protection against nonPE threats
- Enhanced Disarm and Reconstruction reporting for actionable intelligence on embedded active content found within Documents
- Expanded Protected Archive Extraction via our proprietary Safe Execution Environment to the following file formats:
- Extensible Archive Format (XAR)
- Windows Imaging Format (WIM) for Cloud services
- InstallAnywhere
- LHA compressed archives
- Improved true file type identification coverage
- New URL Insight cache purge ability for administrators
- Improved file scan timeout accuracy
- Continuous Hardening and Quality improvements
Stargate Engine: Stargate 8.1.10
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Early Adopter Release |
Starting July 25th, 2023 |
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Phased Release |
Starting July 31st, 2023 |
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Full Release |
August 16th, 2023 |
- Enhanced Disarm and Reconstruction memory management for large files.
- Added Virtual Hard Disk (VHD and VHDx) archive extraction to defend against Qakbot Ransomware attacks.
- Augmented File Insight security against malicious Portable Executables with appended data or Portable Executable files signed with Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)
- Improved URL-based security with added risk levels for Email Security Service.
- Added true file type identification for Enhanced Metafile (EMF) and Apple Double file formats.
- Continuous Hardening and Quality improvement.
Stargate Engine: Stargate 8.1.0
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Early Adopter Release |
Starting April 4th, 2023 |
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Phased Release |
Starting April 11th, 2023 |
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Full Release |
May 22 |
- Added Virtual Archive Extraction to defend against Qakbot Ransomware attacks
- Augmented protection against maliciously signed Mach Object (Mach-O) file formats
- Improved scan time performance for non-cached PE and MSI file formats by 7%
- Added true file type identification for Windows Shortcut (LNK), Executable and Linkable Format (ELF), HyperText Markup Language (HTML), and Dalvik Executable (DEX) file formats
- Added tenant-aware foundation for future finer policy control
- Continuous Hardening and Quality improvement
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