Hack in the Box 2011: Day 1 & 2 Recap
zveloLABS™ reported live from the 2011 Hack in the Box Security Conference (HITBSecConf) in Malaysia. Following are additional reflections about the conference and other highlights worth mentioning.
Detailszvelo 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.
DetailsAnti-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.
DetailsAnatomy of an Attack – a SOPHOS Web Security Seminar Recap
In mid-September of 2011, I had the privilege of attending a SOPHOS seminar titled, “Anatomy of an Attack – How Hackers Threaten your Security,” hosted by Chester Wisniewski, a highly regarded Senior Security Advisor and frequent contributor to the award-winning Naked Security blog.
DetailsIWF Rewards zvelo for its Support
zvelo is proud to support the Internet Watch Foundation in its mission to make the internet a safer place for all. By working to assess and remove webpages that disseminate criminal content and child sexual abuse content, the IWF is helping to stop criminal activity and to protect web users.
Details
Embedded URL Categorization for Web Content Filtering OEMs
If the top Google suggestions for “how to get around” prove anything, it’s that people want access to websites like Facebook and YouTube during times and at places where such web usage is normally prohibited. In fact, “how to get around blocked sites” is the number one “get around” topic suggestion on Google. Students seek ways to thwart content filters at schools, and employees try to outwit the policy management controls of enterprise networks.
DetailsReflections on the IWF 15-Year Fight Against Online Child Sexual Abuse Content
October 26, 2011, marked the Internet Watch Foundation’s annual Awareness Day, which served to raise awareness online and with the media about the IWF’s internet Hotline and its mission to minimize the availability of criminal online content, primarily child sexual abuse content, in partnership with various Internet industry organizations and law enforcement agencies. In its 15 years of existence, the IWF cites they have removed an overwhelming 87,000 web pages that have consisted of child sexual abuse content.
DetailsHack in the Box 2011: Web 2.0 Application Attacks and Threats
Day two of the 2011 Hack in the Box Security Conference closed as quickly as it started. zveloLABS™ has absorbed invaluable information about web threats that parallel the ongoing innovations of today’s Internet. The previous day’s discussions into traditional attacks against Web 1.0 applications have provided a foundation for today’s discussions on the gravity and severity of similar threats executed in the context of the Web 2.0 paradigm.
DetailsHack in the Box 2011: Report #1
zveloLABS™ is reporting live from the 2011 Hack in the Box Security Conference, now in its 9th year and arguably Asia’s largest and most popular network security conference, and here is our day one report. HITBSecConf has managed to attract a wide range of participants from many IT industry sectors, including a healthy share of government representatives, hailing from the Asia-Pacific region.
Detailszvelo Secures 90 OEM Partners
Strong demand for zvelo’s URL database, website categorization and malicious website detection solutions fuels rapid business growth Greenwood Village, Colorado – October 05, 2011 – zvelo, Inc. has reached 90 OEMs for its zveloDB® – URL Database offering. These OEMs have integrated the zveloDB into various applications, including web content filtering offerings, SMB and enterprise…
Details