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The WebPulse collaborative defense powers Blue Coat’s Web Security portfolio, delivering fast and effective Web 2.0 threat protection for 75 million users worldwide. To keep pace with the evolving threat landscape, Blue Coat Security Labs continually adds new defenses to WebPulse that are immediately available to all 75 million users without updates or downloads.

In the future, Blue Coat Security Labs expects that nearly two-thirds of all new attacks will come from malnets. By identifying and tracking malnet infrastructures, the Blue Coat WebPulse collaborative defense can link new servers and domains to known malicious components and block them at the source, before they are used to launch attacks.

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Some Changes in Continuing .PW Spam

June 17, 2013 - By Chris Larsen
A month ago, we advised people to consider blocking the .PW top level domain (TLD). There is still a lot of spam happening there, but there have been some changes recently. In particular, there are more "normal" TLDs mixed in with the .PW ones. However, even though the TLD may be normal -- like .com -- the domain name itself won't necessarily be...

Malvertising Quick Look: Kooora.com

June 6, 2013 - By Chris Larsen
[Disclaimer: This analysis deals largely with circumstantial evidence, for reasons laid out in the introductory blog post to this series. Any conclusions are preliminary, and subject to change based on further research.]  

What If Your CEO Is a Foolish Zebra?

June 4, 2013 - By Chris Larsen
Occasionally when I travel, I indulge in reading an old-fashioned paper edition of a newspaper. Last week, in Hong Kong, I happened across an interesting article in the Asia edition of the Wall St. Journal (linked here, so you don't have to go find it on paper).
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