The Daily Start-Up: As Cyber Attacks Rise, So Does Solera Networks

“Solera Networks has raised $20 million in Series D funding led by Intel Capital for technology that detects cyber attacks by collecting and classifying network traffic in real time. Solera’s revenue grew 100% last year because of the growing concern among Fortune 500 companies over targeted cyberattacks, although government agencies that may be battling nation-state cyberattacks remain important customers too.”

Intel Leads $20M Round For Solera Networks

“The company says its DeepSee Platform can index and classify all network traffic, giving companies a comprehensive picture of their network security in real-time, either for spotting risks before a security breach or responding quickly once a breach has occurred. Both domestic and international sales supposedly grew more than 100 percent last year.”

Zappos.com attack: Fallout and Feedback

“This, from Alan Hall, security expert and director at Solera Networks: “Without full visibility of the entire attack, organizations can only guess or assume that all records were taken and then address their response to the full extent of possible damage — 24M in this case. An appropriate response includes more detail of ‘how did they get in, where did they go and what was accessed, seen, and removed from the network?’”

FBI Official Warns of Growing ‘Existential’ Cyber Threats

“Despite the increased frequency and severity of online crime and espionage in 2011, many American corporations and consumers are still not taking the threat seriously,…”

No Shelter From a Cybercrime Storm

“It is indeed possible to stop even determined hackers, suggested Andrew Brandt, director of threat research at Solera Networks Research.

“It just takes a guard or team of guards, equipped with the right tools to get the job done, and an equal or greater degree of determination, to stop them,” he told TechNewsWorld.”

Multifunctional malware, staged drive-by attacks to rise in 2012

“Andrew Brandt, Solera’s director of Threat Research, urges Mozilla Firefox users to keep their plug-ins updated and install NoScript to stop the onslaught of drive-by attacks using malicious JavaScript.”

QR Code Malware Picks Up Steam

“Much like URL-shortening services can be and are used maliciously because of the fact that they obscure the real target URL, QR codes can also be used for such deception,” says Joe Levy, CTO of Solera Networks.”

App And Database Security: Two Halves Of A Whole

“The days of static content Web sites are a distant memory, and every Web site or Web-based application today is back-ended by some kind of database, whether it’s your bank, your cloud CRM service, your mobile device’s app-store, your favorite online shopping site, or your photo collection and blog,” says Joe Levy, CTO of Solera Networks.”

SCADA hack shut down a US water plant

“Andrew Brandt, director of research for Solera Networks Research Labs, told V3 that German engineering conglomerate Siemens’ SCADA system is something of a honey pot for hackers and that once inside it they would find a “soft centre” that let them easily take control.”

Flood of Filth Turns Facebook News Feeds Into Open Sewers

“Other possible causes are rogue applications “that have quietly collected personal information, or … a diversion based on something bigger going on,” Andrew Brandt, director of Solera Networks’ Threat Labs, told TechNewsWorld.”