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Bit9 rocked by attackers who breach certificates and sign them as malware – SC Magazine UK

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Bit9 rocked by attackers who breach certificates and sign them as malware
SC Magazine UK
… of new malware variants being unleashed on the internet each day [the company brags that Bit9 is the only security firm to stop both the Flame malware and the RSA breach attack, even before they were identified by traditional/legacy anti-virus …
Bit9 To Share Data On Certificate HackTechWeekEurope UK
Bit9 customers attacked after firm fails to protect its own digital certificateCSO

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Bit9 hacked, used to inject malware into customers’ networks

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Security vendor Bit9 has been hit by a serious security breach of its own network. Intruders broke into a core part of the company’s service and used its own trusted digital certificates to create pre-authorised malware.
Naked Security – Sophos

Bit9 is First Security Company to Announce it Stopped Gauss Malware from … – Business Wire (press release)

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Bit9 is First Security Company to Announce it Stopped Gauss Malware from …
Business Wire (press release)
It is the most recent example of an advanced persistent threat (APT)—including Flame and the malware responsible for the RSA breach—that Bit9 successfully blocked before it could attack customers' servers, laptops and PCs. “When the Gauss malware was …

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Cyber Security Firm Bit9 Raises $34.5M From Sequoia, Other VCs – Forbes

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Cyber Security Firm Bit9 Raises $ 34.5M From Sequoia, Other VCs
Forbes
In the meantime, cyber attacks from hacktivist networks like Anonymous are continuing, and mysterious state-backed entities continue to propagate malware like the Flame virus. Amidst all that vulnerability likes some compelling investments that venture …
Security software firm Bit9 raises $ 34M led by SequoiaBoston Business Journal (blog)
Sequoia Capital Leads Investment in Bit9 to Expand Leadership in Advanced …Business Wire (press release)
Bit9 Raises US$ 34m Series D Funding, Promises Next Generation of IT SecurityCMSWire

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