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News stories from: July 2009-present | Jan-June 2009 | 2008
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January 27, 2010
20 Coolest Cloud Security Vendors
Barracuda recently emerged as a stronger player in the Software-as-a-Service space with the acquisition of Purewire, a SaaS-based secure Web gateway provider, putting the company on par with many established SaaS providers. Down the road, Barracuda plans to offer an array of SaaS and hybrid security services that will eventually integrate Purewire's Web Security Services into Barracuda's SaaS portfolio and existing product line, with a special emphasis on remote user support.
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December 28, 2009
Update your security lessons for end-users
"For some good starting points to the types of malware education you should be referencing, I can recommend two great blog articles. The first is from Barracuda Networks' recent acquisition Purewire. Barracuda Networks has been a longtime fave of my mine since its early anti-spam firewall days. The company has now expanded into Web application firewalls, message archiving, storage, and SSL VPNs (among other product offerings). BarracudaLabs' excellent discussion of today's malware attacks is one of the best I've ever seen. It's a quick, easy-to-follow discussion of the lengths malware sites will go to look legitimate. I challenge anyone to view the examples and not be a little scared of how aggressive our adversaries are being or how realistic-looking their traps have become.
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December 16, 2009
Google Doodle Caught in Malware Scams
On Tuesday, clicking on the illustration on Google's front page commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Esperanto's creator L. L. Zamenhof, generated an awful lot of malicious search results -- taking visitors to dodgy advertisements or pages that tried to trick visitors into thinking their computers were infected and paying for fake antivirus software.
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December 16, 2009
Google Doodle poisoned by scareware slingers
Tainted results appeared among the top five to 10 search results for people who clicked on the Google doodle link on Tuesday, according to security researchers at Barracuda Networks.
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December 16, 2009
Rogue antivirus lurks behind Google Doodle searches
It's the latest example of just how good scammers have become at manipulating Google search results. For months now, they've followed Google's Trending Topics section and then used search engine optimization techniques to push hacked Web pages up to the top of Google's search results, security experts say.
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December 16, 2009
Rogue Antivirus Lurks Behind Google Doodle Searches
Hackers have several ways of getting their code on legitimate Web sites -- lately they've focused on stealing FTP login credentials, according to Dave Michmerhuizen, a research scientist with Barracuda Labs.
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December 16, 2009
Google Doodle leads to Rogue anti-Virus
“This is just another egregious act of criminals using [popular search terms] as vehicles to carry out their malicious intent,” a Barracuda post on the topic said. The Barracuda post raised an interesting observation when they noted that the concerning aspect of this latest round of hijackings comes from encouraged curiosity, as the whole point of the Google Doodles is to get people to search for something by clicking the image. “What does that say about the current state of search and SEO?” the post asked.
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December 16, 2009
Google Abused by Online Scammers to Spread Malware
A research scientist at Barracuda Networks, Dave Michmerhuizen has revealed that he has alone managed to identify as many as 31 poisoned sites among the first 100 search results, and 27 of them were crammed in the first 50 results.
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December 16, 2009
Guess What? Google Doodles Drive Tons Of Queries & Spammers Know It
Looking today at the top results today, I don’t see malware sites, but I do see a number that are redirecting and linking to the CNN home page. It’s weird and disturbing. These sites shouldn’t have been able to rank so quickly in Google. I have follow up questions out.
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December 16, 2009
Rogue antivirus lurks behind Google Doodle searches
"I see this all the time," he [Michmerhuizen] said. "Poisoning a trend is nothing new, but in this particular case, it's a search where you actually click on Google's logo and you get results back from sites where half of the links have been compromised."
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December 16, 2009
Cybercriminals Use Google Doodle Interest To Spread Malware
According to Dave Michmerhuizen of Barracuda labs, some of the websites listed in the search results which appeared as legitimate, were apparently hacked into by hackers who steal FTP login credentials of the website and insert their own codes in them.
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December 16, 2009
Google Doodle Attacked Yesterday
Yesterday, these scammers used the popular Google doodle honoring Dr. Zamenhof as a way to scam the online public. In the past, online scammers have used popular trends, such as those listed in Google Trends, as ways to get their fake offer seen.
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December 16, 2009
Rogue Antivirus Lurks Behind Google Doodle Searches
Hackers have several ways of getting their code on legitimate Web sites -- lately they've focused on stealing FTP login credentials, according to Dave Michmerhuizen, a research scientist with Barracuda Labs..
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December 16, 2009
Rogue Antivirus Lurks Behind Google Doodle Searches
In Esperanto the word is "malica." It means malicious and it's the best way of describing many of the search results Google visitors got Tuesday when the clicked on Google's front-page Doodle sketch, dedicated to Esperanto's creator.
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December 15, 2009
Rogue Antivirus Lurks Behind Google Doodle Searches
It's the latest example of just how good scammers have become at manipulating Google search results. For months now, they've followed Google's Trending Topics section and then used search engine optimization techniques to push hacked Web pages up to the top of Google's search results, (Barracuda) security experts say.
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December 15, 2009
Scammers exploit Google Doodle to spread malware
Dave Michmerhuizen, a research scientist at Barracuda Networks, found 31 poisoned sites among the first 100 results, 27 of them in the first 50 sites alone. On the first results page was a link leading to a compromised Web site that redirects visitors to a fake anti-virus site, according to Michmerhuizen. That site displays a fake alert saying the computer might be infected and does a fake scan before prompting the user to pay for anti-virus software, he said.
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November 20, 2009
Interop 2009 - Interview with Barracuda Networks
TMC's Rich Tehrani speaks with Paul Judge, Chief Research Officer, Barracuda Networks
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November 16, 2009
Local groups name their selections for 'CIO of the Year' awards
The Georgia CIO Leadership Association honored the following people as the top CIOs in specific categories: Randal Robison, CIO at Georgia Pacific LLC (global category); Robert Keefe, CIO at Mueller Water Products Inc. (enterprise); Paul Judge, CTO at Purewire Inc. (corporate); and Dedra Cantrell, CIO at Emory Healthcare (nonprofit).
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October 27, 2009
Cisco picks up web security SaaS provider ScanSafe
This is the second major recent acquisition inside the burgeoning web security market. Earlier this month, Cisco IronPort competitor Barracuda Networks picked up start-up Purewire. Terms of that deal were not disclosed.
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October 27, 2009
Cisco Buys ScanSafe, Ups Security SaaS Reach
The ScanSafe deal also comes just two weeks after Barracuda Networks bought Purewire, another purveyor of security in a SaaS model. Purewire’s services are expected to complement the existing Barracuda line of content security and application firewall appliances, according to those companies.
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October 27, 2009
Cisco acquires SaaS security vendor ScanSafe
The announcement comes just two weeks after Barracuda Networks acquired Purewire another SaaS Web security company, which had been in business for just over a year.
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October 27, 2009
Barracuda acquires Purewire, jumps into cloud computing
The technical brains behind Purewire are fairly well respected in the industry. By acquiring the company and retaining the expertise, Barracuda gains research credentials, which are needed in order to enter a new market (e.g., cloud services.
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October 27, 2009
Barracuda acquires Purewire, jumps into cloud computing
The technical brains behind Purewire are fairly well respected in the industry. By acquiring the company and retaining the expertise, Barracuda gains research credentials, which are needed in order to enter a new market (e.g., cloud services.
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October 15, 2009
Barracuda Networks Acquires Security-As-a-Service Startup Purewire
Personally, I am happy for Purewire, whose execs are Atlanta security veterans (and good folks), most of whom hail back at least to CipherTrust’s halcyon days, and they have innovation in their bloodstream. I look forward to watching them innovate under a new logo.
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October 15, 2009
Intersouth-backed Purewire in Atlanta is being acquired by Barracuda Networks
“There is incredible synergy between the leadership teams of both companies; as former founding members of CipherTrust, Mike, Paul and other Purewire executives have strong roots in e-mail security and in delivering renowned enterprise-class products," Drako added. "Under their leadership, Purewire has helped to shape the Web security SaaS market in a very short period of time, and we believe that our combined forces will make Barracuda Networks the dominant player in the security SaaS market."
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Networks buys Purewire
Barracuda has more than 85,000 customers worldwide for its email, Internet, Web and IM protection. Barracuda Networks said it will now introduce the Purewire product line to a broader global market.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Enters SaaS Security Space With Purewire Acquisition
Barracuda, which entered the security market six years ago as an appliance vendor, is not entirely new to the service space. However, the acquisition of Purewire, a SaaS-based secure Web gateway provider, puts Barracuda on par with many established SaaS security providers, and positions the company as a strong player in the growing SaaS security market.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Networks buys Purewire
As part of the acquisition, Mike Van Bruinisse, Purewire co-founder and CEO, joins Barracuda Networks as vice president of enterprise sales; and Paul Judge, Purewire co-founder and chief technology officer, joins Barracuda Networks as vice president of cloud services and chief research officer.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda swallows Purewire as it becomes a bigger fish in web-based security services
Purewire was one of my favorite companies when it debuted its Purewire Trust service at the DEMO 09 conference in March. With that service, you could type in a web site and Purewire Trust would shoot back a report on the site, telling you whether it is a known carrier of malware, more details on its general reputation, and how fast the site loads.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda swallows Purewire - more momentum for hosted Web security
Today brought yet more evidence (as if you needed it) that the hosted Web security space is hot! hot! hot! The latest proof: Barracuda’s cash and stock purchase of Atlanta based hosted Web security startup Purewire. The deal will put the company behind everyone’s favorite security pizza box, Barracuda, in possession of a highly available, multitenanted content-scanning service built from the ground up for hosted deployments.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Acquires Cloud Security Vendor Purewire
Barracuda Networks is biting into the security services market with its acquisition of Purewire, the 18-month-old juggernaut in cloud-based security. In the year since it started marketing publicly, Purewire has caught the attention of analysts, solution providers, managed service providers and end users. It’s racked up several product and technology awards, signed reseller agreements with major security integrators, and recently embarked on a program to provide its services through master managed service providers…
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Networks acquires Purewire
Barracuda Networks has completed the acquisition of Purewire. This combination broadens the company’s cloud-based platform, enabling it to extend its market leading security solutions across a variety of delivery models including appliance, SaaS and hybrid.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda acquires cloud security vendor Purewire
Purewire, which provides Web filtering, content security and security traffic inspection services, will form the foundation of Barracuda's expanded security as a service effort. Barracuda plans to expand its cloud-based security offerings to include e-mail, instant messaging and Web application firewalls. The services will complement the existing Barracuda line of content security and application firewall appliances, the companies said.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Makes Its Move To The Cloud With Purewire Buy
The marriage of Purewire, which specializes in Web and mobile device security, with Barracuda's popular e-mail filtering and other services could add a level of comfort for enterprise infosec teams.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda snags Purewire in Web security play
“This combination expands our set of SaaS-based solutions, provides new infrastructure and technology, and creates enormous potential to extend our cloud services across all of our rapidly growing product lines,” Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks, said.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Networks acquires Purewire for cloud services
“This combination expands our set of SaaS-based solutions, provides new infrastructure and technology, and creates enormous potential to extend our cloud services across all of our rapidly growing product lines,” Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks, said.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Networks Buys Purewire for SAAS
Barracuda Networks has purchased Purewire to expand its software-as-a-service story. Purewire was launched last year and specializes in Web security in the cloud.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda gobbles up SaaS security start-up Purewire
Barracuda Networks has acquired start-up Purewire in an effort to expand its footprint in the market for Web security services.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda gobbles up SaaS security start-up Purewire
Barracuda Networks, which offers content-security appliances to guard against threats involving e-mail, Web and instant messaging, says the acquisition of Purewire will allow it to expand into the Web security software-as-a-service (SaaS) market.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda gobbles up SaaS security start-up Purewire
Barracuda Networks, which offers content-security appliances to guard against threats involving e-mail, Web and instant messaging, says the acquisition of Purewire will allow it to expand into the Web security software-as-a-service (SaaS) market.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda acquires ATDC company Purewire
Barracuda has more than 85,000 customers worldwide for its email, Internet, Web and IM protection. Barracuda Networks said it will now introduce the Purewire product line to a broader global market.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda gobbles up SaaS security start-up Purewire
Launched last year, Purewire offers a managed security service to detect and block malware. Barracuda Networks, which offers content-security appliances to guard against threats involving e-mail, Web and instant messaging, says the acquisition of Purewire will allow it to expand into the Web security software-as-a-service (SaaS) market.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda acquires Purewire expanding Web security reach
Dean Drako, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks said the goal of the acquisition was to expand Barracuda's delivery model for security services to include appliance, SaaS and hybrid offerings.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Acquires Purewire to Beef Up Its Web Security Services
Barracuda already offers its network security software to protect email, Web browsing, and instant messaging for its more than 85,000 customers. Barracuda employs 600 workers, and says it will fold Purewire's research team into a new group called Barracuda Labs.
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October 13, 2009
Barracuda Network Buys Purewire for SaaS
Barracuda Networks has purchased Purewire to modify its software-as-a-service story.
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October 13, 2009
Cisco pays $2.9 billion for Starent Networks
Smaller deals are getting done as well. Barracuda Networks, a Campbell-based enterprise security company, on Tuesday announced its purchase of Atlanta-based Purewire. It was Barracuda's fifth acquisition since November 2008. Terms were not disclosed in the deal between private companies.
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October 10, 2009
Web Security Goes Online
Our favorite reseller quoted us around $6,700 for a BlueCoat ProxyAV appliance with a 500 user license. A one-year subscription to the MacAfee A/V engine will cost you another $3,000. Don't forget to add in around $5,000 in maintenance per year for both. By our math, capital expenses are just under $35,000. Let's compare that with the service option. Purewire gave us ballpark pricing of $30 per user, per year for its Web security service. For a 500-user shop, all of your licensing costs are operating expenses; the bill comes in at $15,000 per year ($30 times 500 users).
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October 9, 2009
Don't Relax On The Breach
Data breaches that don't involve financial information sound relatively benign. But Paul Royal [of Purewire] recently discovered that these kinds of breaches are often part of a multi-step attack aimed at stealing personal financial data.
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September 30, 2009
Web 2.0 Leaves Browsers Under Constant Siege
More malware distributors than ever have abandoned e-mail-based campaigns in favor of tactics that seek to compromise the vulnerabilities commonly found in this software found on virtually every Internet-connected PC in the world, specifically targeting Web 2.0 channels over which to deliver their threats, Purewire experts point out.
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September 26, 2009
CNN Gives Tips on Trustworthy Tweeting with Mashable’s Ben Parr
Another site highlighted: TweetGrade. This handy tool lets you enter a Twitter username and see how worthwhile it would be to follow that person: it’s particularly useful if you receive a message that the person is following you and want to know if you should follow them back.
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September 24, 2009
SC Magazine Security Innovators Throwdown finalists announced
The top ten finalists have been announced for the SC Magazine Security Innovators Throwdown, part of the second annual SC World Congress, Oct. 13 and 14 in New York City. The Security Innovators Throwdown judges have based their determinations on which vendors had the most robust business plans and tools to attract buyer interest and financial investment.
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September 18, 2009
PBS.org Web site fixed after malware attack
According to Purewire, which noticed the problem and reported it to PBS.org, the rogue authentication screen on PBS.org worked by trying to break into a visitor’s desktop computer by exploiting a variety of software vulnerabilities in Adobe and other applications that might be on the victim’s desktop.
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September 18, 2009
Hackers Hit 'Curious George' on PBS Web Site
Security research firm Purewire found that when visitors tried to log onto a fake authentication page they were served with an error page that took them to a malicious domain where the malware attempted to compromise users' desktop applications.
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September 18, 2009
Curious George’s latest mischief: malware
When the log-in page fails, the end user is served an error page with malicious JavaScript that drags the user to a malicious domain where an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on the user's desktop applications is made, says Paul Royal, principal researcher at security firm Purewire.
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September 18, 2009
Curious George’s latest mischief: malware
When the log-in page fails, the end user is served an error page with malicious JavaScript that drags the user to a malicious domain where an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on the user's desktop applications is made, says Paul Royal, principal researcher at security firm Purewire.
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September 18, 2009
PBS' Curious George site hacked to serve malware
The website for the popular children's television show "Curious George" was compromised this week to serve malware to visitors, according to researchers at web security vendor Purewire. The site, which is run by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), was propagating malware from at least Monday until Thursday, Nidhi Shah, research scientist at Purewire, told SCMagazineUS.com on Friday.
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September 17, 2009
Curious George’s latest mischief: malware
When the log-in page fails, the end user is served an error page with malicious JavaScript that drags the user to a malicious domain where an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on the user's desktop applications is made, says Paul Royal, principal researcher at security firm Purewire.
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September 17, 2009
Curious George’s latest mischief: malware
When the log-in page fails, the end user is served an error page with malicious JavaScript that drags the user to a malicious domain where an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on the user's desktop applications is made, says Paul Royal, principal researcher at security firm Purewire.
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September 17, 2009
Curious George’s latest mischief: malware
When the log-in page fails, the end user is served an error page with malicious JavaScript that drags the user to a malicious domain where an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on the user's desktop applications is made, says Paul Royal, principal researcher at security firm Purewire.
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September 17, 2009
Curious George’s latest mischief: malware
When the log-in page fails, the end user is served an error page with malicious JavaScript that drags the user to a malicious domain where an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on the user's desktop applications is made, says Paul Royal, principal researcher at security firm Purewire.
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September 17, 2009
Curious George’s latest mischief: malware
When the log-in page fails, the end user is served an error page with malicious JavaScript that drags the user to a malicious domain where an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on the user's desktop applications is made, says Paul Royal, principal researcher at security firm Purewire.
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September 17, 2009
Curious George's latest mischief: malware
PBS.org Web site compromised with attack-code, researchers say
The Public Broadcasting System’s Web site has been infected at a section related to the Curious George children’s TV show and when the fake authentication page doesn’t work for the user, tries to drop malware on them, Purewire researchers said Thursday.
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September 16, 2009
Finally - a solid measurement of the scale and scope of cyber attacks
“Neither clicking, nor hovering over the ad was required to activate the malicious code,” says Purewire researcher Paul Royal, who discovered the USA Today attack. “In addition, the (corrupted) ad could have been, and likely was, served almost anywhere on USA Today’s website.”
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September 11, 2009
Purewire Develops Two-Tier MSP Strategy
Purewire, a pioneer in cloud-based Web filtering and security monitoring services, is expanding the availability of its technology by making it available to managed service providers through two-tier reseller agreements with hosted security service providers.
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September 10, 2009
Security experts warn of possible worm hitting Vista
"It has now been noted that this vulnerability does, indeed, have the potential to execute remote code, instead of just crashing (the targeted PC) as was disclosed in the original advisory," says Purewire research scientist Nidhi Kejriwal. "Instructions are available for anyone to try it."
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September 10, 2009
Purewire and Reflexion Networks Team on Web Security
Purewire’s SAAS-based Web security service inspects outbound Web traffic for safety and compliance and analyzes Website response traffic for malicious programs and untrustworthy users. Purewire services can be deployed entirely in the cloud or in a hybrid configuration with an on-premises Web gateway. The company offers managed service providers and channel partners a white-label option for branding the Web security service.
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September 10, 2009
Employers spying on staff: Big Brother bosses
Even workers on the road are not safe from prying corporate eyes. Several start-up companies such as Purewire have launched software to monitor employees outside the company network. Workers accessing the internet from hotel rooms using a company laptop may be surprised to find their web browsing is being monitored by the IT department back in the office. Their page requests flow through a web monitoring service, which can block or report access to certain sites.
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September 10, 2009
Reflexion Taps Purewire for SaaS-based Web Security
Van Bruinisse said Pureware plans to further integrate its offerings into platforms MSSPs use to run their businesses. The company sells through channel partners such as MSSPs and VARs.
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September 10, 2009
Reflexion Taps Purewire for SaaS-based Web Security
In the security market, vendors continue to partner up to seal off as many attack vectors as possible. The latest example: Reflexion Networks and Purewire Inc. have taken the latter approach. Reflexion this week expanded its service lineup into Web security, through a partnership with Purewire Inc.
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September 10, 2009
The stage is set for a Vista worm, as Microsoft scrambles to ready SMB2 patch
However, Purewire research scientist Nidhi Kejriwal says that discussions are already taking place in hacker forums about new, more effective ways to launch a robust Vista worm.
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September 9, 2009
Purewire and Reflexion Networks Partner
"Businesses and solution providers have come to rely on Reflexion to ensure that their networks, and those of their clients, are protected from email-borne malware," said Scott Barlow, VP of sales and product management at Reflexion. "By partnering with Purewire, our customers can extend that protection to the Web with the same high level of service quality and support to which they are accustomed. Together we bring enterprise-caliber solutions to the SMB market."
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September 9, 2009
Purewire and Reflexion Team to Block Malware
Purewire is powering the company’s Reflexion Web Security which allows the delivery of comprehensive Web threat prevention, compliance enforcement, reporting and management to businesses.
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September 2009
Windows 7 fights exploits
"Windows 7 looks to be an all-around win for security" says Principal Researcher Paul Royal with Purewire Web Security Service.
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September 3, 2009
Twittering teens do not rule social networks
More importantly though, web security company Purewire analysed Twitter accounts back in June and estimated that 40 per cent could be dormant.
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September 3, 2009
Alliance Formed to Combat Security Threats
Of the alliance, Ramon Peypoch, executive vice president of business development for Proofpoint comments, “Purewire’s SaaS-based Web security solutions are the perfect complement to our SaaS email security, archiving and data loss prevention products. SaaS is a cost-effective way for enterprises like TSCG to address the risks posed by today’s increasingly complex blended threats.”
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September 1, 2009
Proofpoint Teams with Purewire to Deliver Joint SaaS E-mail and Web-Based Security
"Our channel partners are excited about being able to offer the Purewire and Proofpoint services as a joint offering, particularly since SaaS provides them a low barrier to entry, reduced costs and easier access to innovation," said Mike Van Bruinisse, co-founder, president and chief executive officer at Purewire.
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August 31, 2009
Proofpoint and Purewire Deliver Joint SaaS Email- and Web-Based Security for Technical College System of Georgia (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Proofpoint, Inc. (http://www.proofpoint.com) and Purewire, Inc., (http://www.purewire.com), providers of SaaS-based security services, today announced a go-to-market partnership to protect enterprise customers against Web and email threats.
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August 31, 2009
Proofpoint, Purewire Deliver Joint SaaS Email- And Web-Based Security For College In Georgia
"Purewire's SaaS-based Web security solutions are the perfect complement to our SaaS email security, archiving and data loss prevention products," said Ramon Peypoch, executive vice president of business development for Proofpoint. "SaaS is a cost-effective way for enterprises like TSCG to address the risks posed by today's increasingly complex blended threats. The comprehensive approach to email and Web security delivered by the combination of Proofpoint and Purewire provides the best possible protection and control, at the lowest total cost of ownership."
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August 31, 2009
Proofpoint and Purewire Deliver Joint SaaS Email- and Web-Based Security for Technical College System of Georgia
"Security threats are no longer confined to an email inbox or Web site, but take advantage of both attack vectors," said Steven Ferguson, security engineer at Technical College System of Georgia. "By working with Proofpoint and Purewire, we've been able to easily secure the online activity at each campus across the state and keep our users safe from increasingly sophisticated blended threats."
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August 31, 2009
Sprouting Up All Over
The founders of Atlanta-based Purewire have always had security in their blood. They started the company in 2007 a year after selling their prior company, e-mail security software developer CipherTrust, to Secure Computing, which was then acquired by McAfee.
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August 24, 2009
Web gateway security products, cloud services supplant URL filtering
"Our solution providers -- MSPs, VARs -- have been asking for Web security for a long time," said Scott Barlow, vice president of sales and marketing for Reflexion Networks Inc., a hosted email service provider. Reflexion resells Purewire Inc.'s Web Security Service in an OEM partnership.
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August 21, 2009
Attackers Run Opera, Firefox Browsers to Ward Off Each Other
Purewire’s Paul Royal's findings are interesting because as far as overall market share, Internet Explorer remains the leading Web browser. However, it is also the most attacked browser in the bunch, perhaps for that very reason. Royal speculated that attackers are keenly aware of the fact, and are more likely to run Opera or Firefox because they are less likely to be targeted.
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August 21, 2009
Seeking web security, exploit operators prefer Firefox
Mozilla's Firefox was used by 46 per cent of the exploit kit operators who were tracked in the study, according to Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, a company that protects customers against malicious websites. One third of the Firefox users browsed using a 3.0 version, while 13 per cent had upgraded to the most recent 3.5 version.
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August 20, 2009
One-in-four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals
Security firm (Purewire) bamboozles hacker toolkit operators into divulging info.
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August 20, 2009
One-in-four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals
"Exploit kit operators do use mainstream browsers, but they're much more likely to use Opera than the average user, because they know that the browser isn't targeted by other hackers," said Paul Royal, a principal security researcher with Atlanta-based Purewire.
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August 20, 2009
One-in-four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals
Purewire obtained this insight, and others, by infiltrating hackers' systems using a bug in the analytics software included with a pair of hacker toolkits, notably one dubbed "LuckySploit," said Royal. "We forged a 'refer' field and put in a little JavaScript," he explained, "and that revealed the hackers to us via their IP addresses."
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August 20, 2009
One-in-four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals
Criminals also try to hide from law enforcement by distancing themselves from the servers that host their exploit kits, said Royal. Of the 15 hackers Purewire identified, only two -- both with IP addresses traced to Latvia -- resided in the same country that also hosted the system containing their attack kit.
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August 20, 2009
One-in-four hackers runs Opera to ward off other criminals
"This is a first stab," Royal said when asked what value could be placed on the information Purewire rooted out. "If we can discover the IP addresses of exploit kit operators, we can then turn that over to law enforcement."
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August 20, 2009
8 Hot New Startups At XChange '09
Purewire offers a "pure wire" to safe Web surfing that provides channel partners with a robust, recurring revenue model security solution that eliminates the need to manage hardware and software in a client environment.
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August 14, 2009
Opera's Security Niche
And hackers themselves are Opera lovers. Paul Royal, a security researcher at Atlanta-based Purewire, discovered this after analyzing the "exploit kits" that hackers use to target vulnerabilities at specific browsers and operating systems.
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August 7, 2009
Targeting browsers
Furthermore, the time is shrinking between when vulnerabilities are discovered and when they're “weaponized,” adds Paul Royal, principal researcher with Purewire, an Atlanta-based web security company. As such, browsers are being used as vehicles to drag other malware deeper into the computer, says Royal.
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July 28, 2009
Hackers may slip through hole found in Adobe tools
Criminals typically take control of PCs, turning them into obedient "bots." They can use bot networks to steal data, siphon cash from online financial accounts, spread spam and trigger promotions to sell fake anti-virus programs.
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July 27, 2009
Hackers may slip through hole found in Adobe tools
As a result, "We may see a broad-scale explosion of attacks," says Paul Royal, a senior researcher at Purewire. The security firm has already found a booby-trapped e-mail sent to a corporate executive.
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July 27, 2009
Hackers exploit Adobe Flash, Reader flaw
As a result, "we may see a broad-scale explosion of attacks," Purewire Inc. senior researcher Paul Royal tells USA Today. The security firm says it already found a booby-trapped e-mail sent to a corporate executive.
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July 27, 2009
Homeland Security Issues Vulnerability Notice – Adobe Flash
Adobe Reader is vulnerable because its Flash interpreter is vulnerable, said Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, a Web security services provider.
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July 27, 2009
Purewire researcher says Adobe Flash flaw exploited in Web pages
According to Paul Royal, Purewire's chief researcher, the vulnerability that Adobe has acknowledged exists in some of its Reader, Flash Player, and Acrobat products, is being exploited by way of a malicious Flash code in Web pages - with the mentioned Flash flaw entrenched in the Web sites as multimedia.
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July 26, 2009
Adobe Flash Flaw Exploited in Web Sites, Researcher Warns
But, there is also a different method the Adobe Flash susceptibility is being deflated, according to Paul Royal, chief investigator at Purewire, declares the Adobe Flash coverage is being not working throughout Web pages with the Flash exploit fixed in them as multimedia.
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July 25, 2009
Adobe flaw was known about for seven months
Paul Royal, a principal researcher at web security service provider Purewire, is credited with first noticing that the flaw in Flash was actually logged into Adobe's bug and issue management system on 31 December.
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July 24, 2009
Adobe Flash flaw also exploited in Web pages, says researcher
"Purewire's research indicates this malicious Flash movie file is just different enough from the PDF file exploit that it isn't being detected by many anti-malware software packages yet.
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July 23, 2009
Adobe Flash Vulnerability Also Exploited in Webpages, Says Researcher
But Royal adds that just since Wednesday more anti-malware vendors have worked to update their software to detect the malicious PDF file exploit, generally sent as an e-mail spam attachment. The malicious PDF file appears to be used mostly in targeted attacks against specific corporations.
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July 23, 2009
Adobe's latest zero-day being exploited in the wild
Two types of attacks are occurring in the wild, Purewire’s Paul Royal said. Targeted organizations are being emailed a PDF file with a malicious Flash file embedded inside, and more widespread exploitation is occurring on the web, where compromised legitimate websites are serving malicious Flash files to users.
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July 23, 2009
Adobe Flash vulnerability also exploited in Web pages, says researcher
However, there is also another way the Adobe Flash vulnerability is being exploited, according to Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, says the Adobe Flash vulnerability is being exploited through Web pages with the Flash exploit embedded in them as multimedia.
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July 23, 2009
Adobe Flash, PDF Hit by Zero-Day Flaw
SaaS security vendor Purewire said that an analysis of how different antivirus tools treat the flaw found that as of late Wednesday, few antivirus vendors, if any, could actually detect the problem. Purewire pointed to Virustotal, a free service that scans malware to show how the different antivirus engines can, or can't, detect malware.
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July 23, 2009
Adobe promises patch for seven-month old Flash flaw
Mid-day Wednesday, Paul Royal, a principal researcher at Purewire, said in an e-mail that he had found multiple malicious sites serving up Flash-based attacks.
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July 23, 2009
Touting Possible Benefits of Windows 7 Security
And the arrival and proliferation of the company's next generation Windows 7 release, planned for October, should help Microsoft take another significant step forward by introducing some new technological wrinkles that will make it harder for attackers to have their way with end users, at least according to Purewire Principal Researcher Paul Royal.
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July 22, 2009
Adobe investigating zero-day bug in Flash
Adobe Reader is vulnerable because its Flash interpreter is vulnerable, said Paul Royal, principal researcher at Purewire, a Web security services provider.
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July 22, 2009
New attacks exploit vuln in (fully-patched) Adobe Flash
Although the exploit can be triggered using malicious PDF files opened by Adobe's Reader application, a more common technique uses a 1.1 kilobyte Adobe Flash file to target the vulnerability, says Paul Royal, principal researcher for Purewire, a company that protects web users against malicious sites.
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July 22, 2009
Attackers Target New Adobe Flash/Reader Flaw
Purewire says it appears this exploit has been around since at least July 9, but that Adobe has known about the bug since at least December 2008.
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July 20, 2009
Delivering Security on Demand
Paul Judge, chief technology officer of Purewire, an Atlanta-based Web security company, argues that the software-as-a-service approach is especially suited to handling modern Web threats. This, he says, is because users typically use a range of different devices and networks to do business, requiring, he says, "an approach that can always sit between the user and the Web, no matter where the user is."
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July 16, 2009
Purewire has Web Security on Lock
Better than we could explain it ourselves check out this video of Dr. Paul Judge, CTO of Purewire, at the DEMO ‘09 conference showing a demo of a tool his company created called Purewire Trust, which is located at www.purewiretrust.org.
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July 13, 2009
Where Are the Cybercops?
"Because of the rapidity with which new domains can be registered now, I don't believe ICANN can handle the problem by themselves," Steve Webb, research scientist at enterprise security vendor Purewire, told TechNewsWorld.
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July 10, 2009
Spammers exploit Obama, Jackson and the 4th of July
What do President Obama, Michael Jackson and the Fourth of July have in common? They were favorite topics for email spammers to incorporate as come-ons in the subject line of millions of malicious messages sent across the Internet in recent weeks. References to Independence Day also spread pervasively, often leading to phony YouTube videos of fireworks displays, said researchers at Purewire.
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July 9, 2009
Snake oil at its slickest: A social media spam story
My friends at Web security company Purewire helped pave the way for me to dig into the situation by checking out the Internet trail for malicious code. “The link in the email took me through a series of redirects that ended at a (benign) site advertising a “make money on the Internet via social media” program, which is unlikely to make people anywhere near the amount of money it claims,” said Paul Royal, principal researcher for Purewire. “It’s a 2009 analogue to the early 1990s commercials with Don Lapre selling a program that enabled people to get rich by placing “tiny classified ads’.”
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July 6, 2009
Waledac Takes Its Seasonal Turn
The July 4th appearance was noted by a number of researchers including those working at Purewire. Many of the most recent attacks revolve around phony YouTube lures promising videos of a fireworks display in a nod to the nation's birthday, company researchers said in their blog post.
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July 5, 2009
Enjoyed The July 4th Fireworks? Skip The Waledac Movie
Web security start-up Purewire has published a note showing a sample of the attack already underway. This post has an image of the fake YouTube video, that if clicked will infect users with Waledac.
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July 1, 2009
Despite dwindling budgets, some IT departments are finding ways to become more efficient and secure
"We saved a half-million dollars because we would have had to upgrade hardware and do some cycle replacement," TCSG's Ferguson says. He adds that there was some trepidation over this model at first. He originally thought that having hardware on site gave his team more control, but found that now that they're in the cloud he's still managing these services similarly. And, an added benefit is that the school is getting a much richer feature set, with anti-malware and web content caching, giving TCSG more technology for the spend, he says.
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