Blue Coat WebPulse Collaborative Defense hits significant milestone
Blue Coat has announced that its WebPulse collaborative defense reached a significant milestone by serving one billion requests in a single day. The high volume of requests gives Blue Coat comprehensive visibility into Web and malware ecosystems, allowing Blue Coat Security Labs to more effectively identify and track malnets (malware networks) to proactively protect 75 million users from new attacks.
Of the one billion requests, there were more than one million requests to Malware Sources and an additional 1.4 million requests for Malicious Outbound Data/Botnets, indicating that a significant number of infected computers were attempting to contact command and control servers. More than 3 million requests were for content categorized as Suspicious, which is often associated with known malnets.
Steve Daheb, Chief Marketing Officer & Sr. VP, Marketing, Blue Coat Systems "WebPulse is a powerful defense that analyzes and correlates a massive amount of information about the Web ecosystem to identify and track the malnets that are responsible for launching attacks on unsuspecting users. The more requests WebPulse receives, the more we understand how these malnets work, the tactics they use and the exploits they serve, which allows us to better protect the 75 million users that are part of the collaborative defense."
For More Details See
www.varindia.com