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Blue Coat Systems to acquire security analytics firm Solera Networks
Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web traffic filtering and business assurance products and services, plans to buy security analytics specialist Solera Networks, which uses data mining techniques to classify network traffic and detect potential security threats.
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Blue Coat Systems continues reinvention with Solera Networks acquisition
Blue Coat Systems has continued its ongoing act of reinvention with the announcement that it is to acquire big data security vendor Solera Networks. The company will also buy small but innovative high-speed SSL encryption startup Netronome.
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Reveton malware adds keylogging to usual ransom demands
The developers of the Reveton ransom malware could have added a new module that uses keylogging as a backup tactic in case the victim refuses to pay up, Microsoft has found.
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Bit9, FireEye, Palo Alto Networks team to hit zero-day malware
Bit9 has teamed with FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, which each have sandboxing technologies, in order to share information related to zero-day attack code.
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Peculiar malware trail raises questions about security firm in India
Security firm Norman, investigating cyber-espionage-related to a Norwegian telecom company, the Pakastani government and others, says a lot of its findings lead to the word "Appin," which happens to be the name of a security outfit in India whose website indicates it does work for the Indian military.
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Telenor cyberattacks the work of mystery Indian hacking group, researchers find
The large-scale cyberattacks that hit Norway?s state telecoms firm Telenor in March didn?t originate from China as many assumed but from a previously unknown Indian cybercrime group, an analysis by Norman Shark has found.
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Alleged tech support scammers settle FTC charges
Operators of two alleged tech support scams that charged consumers hundreds of dollars to supposedly fix their computers have settled charges from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
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New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer
Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway.
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Internet Explorer 10 blocks more malware than Chrome or Firefox, test finds
Microsoft?s Internet Explorer 10 is better at blocking malware downloads than rivals Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera thanks to superior URL and application reputation technology, a new test by NSS Labs has found.
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FBI briefs US bank executives on wave of cyberattacks
The FBI has reportedly briefed US bank executives on a wave of cyberattacks that have lashed the industry since last summer as part of a new policy designed to foster co-operation between the state and private sectors.
