Organizations face a wave of increasingly advanced and evasive malware. Hackers are leveraging zero-days, encrypted communication channels, kernel-level rootkits, and evasion techniques to sneak past network defenses undetected. Daylighting malware in this virulent threat landscape can prove daunting, and so we are starting to see solutions that combine the powers of multiple … [Read more...]
Machine Learning a Force-Multiplier in Malware Prevention
Every day over 1 million new viruses are discovered on the internet. The sheer volume of threats is due to the ever increasing prevalence of advanced malware designed to look completely unique in the eyes of signature-based anti-virus. Polymorphic malware produces multiple unique versions of a malicious file by automatically rearranging characters, inserting whitespace and … [Read more...]
Firebox Cloud: Public Cloud Security for Small and Midsize Businesses
The cloud is no longer just for large enterprises. Today, organizations big and small are moving to cloud environments to reduce capital expenditures and benefit from the increased flexibility, scalability, and reliability the cloud offers. In fact, according to RightScale’s 2016 State of the Cloud report, 71 percent of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are running at least … [Read more...]