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Startup finds malware intrusions by keeping an eye on processor radio frequencies

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PFP Cybersecurity, a startup with roots in academia and the military, seeks out malware by analyzing the performance of hardware – not software and not the behavior of devices on the network.

PFP’s system compares ongoing radio-frequency output from processors to a baseline that is established when the device is known to be performing legitimate tasks. When it detects anomalies that might represent malicious activity, it triggers alarms. Then it’s up to other tools to figure out what exactly is behind the problem.

The system could be used to keep an eye on a large number of similar devices all performing the same task, such as those found in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks that support power grids, chemical plants and the like. Savannah River National Laboratory is considering the gear for to protect its smart-grid relays.

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Startup promises to catch 100% of network attacks with unique detection technology

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Startup TrustPipe is announcing a security platform that categorizes network-based attacks and blocks them. The company claims that in two years of testing the software has never let attackers compromise the systems it has been protecting.

As it emerges from three years of stealth mode TrustPipe is announcing – perhaps surprisingly – that its first version, called Trust XP, is written specifically for Windows XP, an operating system Microsoft stopped supporting last spring.

But XP is still in use in countless devices – particularly point-of-sale (POS) machines – as well as millions of PCs around the world, especially in China. Trust XP has the potential to address security concerns about these systems and keep them in service longer.

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Startup promises to secure data centers, clouds workload by workload

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Illumio, a well-funded startup with an impressive list of customers, is wheeling out a data-center/cloud security platform that imposes individual security policies on every workload.

The company has amassed $ 42.5 million through two funding rounds from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Formation 8, Data Collective as well as individual investors including Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff and Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.

It boasts Morgan Stanley, Plantronics, Creative Artists Agency, Yahoo and NTT I3 among its initial customers looking to better secure their networks.

+ Also on Network World: Startup Outlier grabs endpoint forensic data without agent software | Startup backs services with elasticity of AWS, Azure clouds to outlast DDoS attacks +

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Startup Aims to Remake Computer Security for the Cloud Age – Wired

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Startup Aims to Remake Computer Security for the Cloud Age
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This startup is called Illumio, and it seeks to better protect our online universe using a new approach to computer security. As Herrod says: “I think it can be bigger than Nicira.” Herrod admits this sounds like bluster, and certainly, his words …

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