Announcements, news, & PR about zvelo and its vast global network of partners who strive to make the web safer and more secure.  zvelo’s passion is to make the internet safer and more secure by providing the industry’s premium cyber threat intelligence and web classification data services.

zvelo’s proprietary AI-based threat detection and categorization technologies, combines curated domains, threat and other data feeds, with a traffic stream from its partner network of 600+ million users to provide unmatched visibility, coverage, reach and accuracy for powering applications including web and DNS filtering, cyber threat intelligence, endpoint security, XDR, SASE, brand safety & contextual targeting, and more.

zvelo Reaches 100 OEM Milestone

Greenwood Village, Colorado – March 22, 2012 – zvelo, Inc. has announced its 100th OEM for its zveloDB™ – URL Database offering. These OEMs represent a wide array of markets, including online advertising, mobile security, anti-virus software, service providers, gateway appliance, business network security, web filtering, web analytics and more.

zvelo Newly Enhanced Phishing Website, Attack Detection System

With the increasing complexity of threats appearing on the Internet, coupled with the rapid development of security products designed to mitigate them, the number of phishing-based attacks have grown. In the first half of 2011 and compared to the second half of 2010, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reported a 62% increase in unique phishing attacks worldwide in 200 top-level domains (TLDs).1 This trend warrants swift action to address the growing threat.

 

zvelo Enhances SDK Deployments With Real-Time Malware, Porn Protection

zvelo, Inc., a leading provider of website categorization technologies for the OEM market, announced that it has released zvelo Instant Protection (zIP) – a powerful new enhancement for its zveloDB SDK deployments. zvelo Instant Protection is a cutting-edge feature designed to provide push/pull real-time updates to local zveloDB SDKs on important category changes for newly identified blockable (adult, porn, hate, criminal, etc.), malicious (malware, spyware, phishing, compromised, etc.) and recategorized URLs.

Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) 2011 eCrime Researchers Summit Highlights

The 2011 Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) eCrime Researchers Summit, out of San Diego, California, moved fast with a number of interesting presentations and fascinating people. The APWG is a non-profit global pan-industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud, crime and identity theft that results from phishing, pharming, malware and e-mail spoofing of all types. The eCrime Researchers Summit brings together malware researchers, counter-eCrime developers and responders, and includes the 2011 Fall General Meeting. Here are some highlights from the event.