Last Revision:
November 18, 2015
The File Type module is used by Trustwave SEG and Trustwave ECM. Updates are made available for recent versions through the Automatic Updates service. Each product release includes the current update of FileType.
For more information about additional minor features and bug fixes, see the release history.
The following items have been changed or updated in the specific build versions of FileType listed.
| FT-129 | Password protected Excel workbooks (.XLS) were not correctly handled. Fixed. |
| FT-125 | Certain DOCX files created by non MS Office applications were not recognized because they do not contain a docprops file. |
| FT-128 | Password protected Excel files were not correctly handled. Fixed. |
| FT-76 | Egress Switch files (SWITCH) are recognized. |
| FT-104 | ActiveX Binary objects in Word and Excel documents (ActiveXObject) are recognized. |
| FT-112 | StereoLithography files (STL) are recognized. |
| FT-113 | PDF type checking is moved after other document types to reduce false positives. |
| FT-114 | Some components were not correctly identified as mail components if they contained only header data and no body. Fixed. |
| FT-119 | Redhat Package Manager files (RPM) are recognized. |
| FT-120 | Debian package files (DEB) are recognized. |
| FT-121 | Suspect PDF files are better recognized as "invalid PDF". |
| FT-111 | Encrypted PDF files were incorrectly detected as BIN. |
Changes prior to version 7.12 were mentioned in the Trustwave SEG or Trustwave ECM Release Notes.
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