San Diego-based security vendor Websense has deployed what it calls "HoneyJax" across the Internet that attempt to seek out malware, phishing kits and other threats before they snare Web surfers.
Websense Vice President of Security Research Dan Hubbard will unveil the "HoneyJax" to attendees of this year's Defcon convention in Las Vegas. The name is a play on words—a combination of honeypots and AJAX, Hubbard said.
Websense has been building the tools over the last six to eight months to find malware targeting sites using Web 2.0 applications, he added. "HoneyJax" mimic user behavior within Web 2.0 applications to uncover threats before they spread, and are part of the Websense ThreatSeeker technology.
"The basic concept is it's kind of the next evolution of tracking Internet activity…[and] is designed to track things like malicious code, phishing fraud, [sexual] predators, and a number of illegal activities that happen in Web 2.0 space," Hubbard said. "We need all kinds of new tools to evolve with the new types of attacks. There is not a whole lot out there that is designed to actually track some of the new Web 2.0 attacks."
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Websense Vice President of Security Research Dan Hubbard will unveil the "HoneyJax" to attendees of this year's Defcon convention in Las Vegas. The name is a play on words—a combination of honeypots and AJAX, Hubbard said.
Websense has been building the tools over the last six to eight months to find malware targeting sites using Web 2.0 applications, he added. "HoneyJax" mimic user behavior within Web 2.0 applications to uncover threats before they spread, and are part of the Websense ThreatSeeker technology.
"The basic concept is it's kind of the next evolution of tracking Internet activity…[and] is designed to track things like malicious code, phishing fraud, [sexual] predators, and a number of illegal activities that happen in Web 2.0 space," Hubbard said. "We need all kinds of new tools to evolve with the new types of attacks. There is not a whole lot out there that is designed to actually track some of the new Web 2.0 attacks."
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