Dasient Press Releases

Black Hat USA 2011 Conference – Las Vegas, NV – August 4, 2011 – At the Black Hat conference this week, Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, will deliver the full results of an in-depth study that reveals new concerns about the security of mobile applications and devices, as well as the personal information of the people who use them.

The report, "Mobile Malware Madness, and How to Cap the Mad Hatters: A Preliminary Look at Mitigating Mobile Malware" was authored by Dasient's research team including Neil Daswani, Gerry Eisenhaur, Michael N. Gagnon and Tufan Demir. In a Black Hat presentation scheduled at 4:45pm PT on Thursday, August 4, Dasient’s co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Neil Daswani will reveal details on this behavioral analysis study of 10,000 applications downloaded from the Android Market, which found that 842 of those applications are leaking personal information. He will also discuss Dasient’s findings on mobile drive-bys– a method by which malware is delivered to users via legitimate markets or applications.

"Our research indicates that mobile devices and applications are subject to a number of security considerations that may cause them to leak personal data, or expose users to infection via malicious drive-bys," said Daswani. "These issues need to be recognized immediately, both by those who write mobile applications and by the people who use them."

Some of the key findings of Dasient's research include:

• 842 of the 10,000 apps analyzed from Google's Android marketplace were leaking private information. The apps transmitted International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and International Mobile Subscriber Identiy (IMSI) numbers to remote servers, potentially exposing this personally identifying information to compromise. The leaks occurred most frequently when application developers used IMEIs as user IDs, enabling unrelated applications to compare notes on user behavior, and clone users' phones.
• Hashing IMEI numbers to protect privacy does not protect user privacy. While some mobile application developers seek to protect the personal IMEI data via cryptographic "hashing," the Dasient security team found that the hashing techniques used on IMEI were relatively easy to circumvent.
• Mobile drive-by attacks can become a very real and a new threat vector for malware distributors. Dasient's security team prototyped a mobile drive-by attack for Android. While drive-bys on desktop PCs on the Web are very common, the ability to conduct mobile drive-by attacks is a new, and potentially attractive, method of deployment for malware distributors.

"Mobile devices and applications are becoming a more popular platform for malware creation and distribution,” Daswani concluded. “It’s likely that we are on the threshold of another new wave of malicious attacks, and the time to start preparing is now."

The full Dasient report on mobile malware, including detailed results of the Android application study, can be found here. More information can also be found on Dasient's blog: http://blog.dasient.com/

About Dasient

Dasient, the leader in Web anti-malware technology, envisions an Internet that is safe and malware-free for users and online businesses. Dasient protects the websites of leading financial services, e-commerce, media, web hosting and other global enterprises from losses of data, revenue and reputation caused by web-based malware attacks. Furthermore, Dasient's adaptive security intelligence redefines Internet security by scanning the expanses of the Web and harnessing the power of data to mount defenses against future malware attacks. For more information about the company and its services, visit www.dasient.com .

Las Vegas, NV – July 21, 2011 - The mobile malware landscape has dramatically increased in size and scope these past few months with recent reports of DroidDream, Plankton, and GG Tracker, among others, impacting hundreds of thousands of Android users. As Android adoption continues to rise among consumers, malware authors too have turned to this lucrative market of mobile applications to spread malicious code and legitimate applications are also leaking sensitive user data.

On Thursday, August 4th, Dasient’s CTO and Co-Founder, Neil Daswani, will present "Mobile Malware Madness, and How To Cap the Mad Hatters" at Black Hat 2011 in Las Vegas, NV. This talk will reveal cutting-edge research the Dasient team has conducted on the Android application market. Specifically, Dasient sampled 10,000 mobile applications to examine malicious threats through behavioral analysis. This is the largest study of Android applications to-date to use behavioral analysis - in addition to normal static analysis. In behavioral analysis, the applications are actually run and executed in addition to looking for patterns in their code as with static analysis. During his talk, Neil will also describe a mobile drive-by attack that Dasient’s research team prototyped, and its implications are to users.

Session Details:

To set up a time to speak with Dasient about their participation at Black Hat or to obtain a full copy of this research report, please contact: Michelle Schafer, (703) 403-6377 or

BOULDER, CO – June 14, 2011 - Lijit Networks, Inc., an innovative provider of advertising services, audience analytics, and reader engagement tools for online publishers, today announced that the company has implemented Dasient’s Anti-Malvertising Solution (AMS) to protect publishers from sophisticated malware threats.

Lijit’s direct partnerships with every major industry player – ad agencies, trading desks, DSPs, ad exchanges, ad optimizers, and ad networks – provides mid- and long-tail publishers with an opportunity to work with the industry’s widest range of ad providers.  With over 1,000 ads per second supplied by hundreds of buy side partners, Lijit’s primary mission is to protect publishers while optimizing their review opportunity.  Dasient’s Anti-Malvertising Solution (AMS) provides an extra layer of protection to ensure ad delivery is as safe and secure as possible.

“Our vision is to be a true business partner to online publishers and many of the publishers in our network don’t have the resources to implement costly security measures,” said Todd Vernon, CEO and founder of Lijit Networks. “Dasient allows us to take extra precautions on behalf of our publishers so that they can focus on what they do best – creating highly engaging, conversational content for their readers.”  

Dasient scans millions of ads and web pages daily to identify the latest malvertising attacks and has built an Infection Library of over 230,000 malware infections.  Leveraging its deep behavioral analysis technology, Dasient’s AMS monitors ads from third-party ad networks and automatically identifies malicious advertisements coming into a website or network, thus limiting the exposure and severity of a malvertising attack.

“We are delighted that Lijit has selected Dasient to protect their publishers from the growing threat of malicious advertising,” said Paul Stich, President and CEO of Dasient. “Each day, legitimate websites are inadvertently serving over a million malicious and deceptive ads, posing threats to consumers and the websites they visit. With the Dasient solution deployed, publishers using Lijit’s advertising services can feel confident in the built-in protection they receive from a partner like Lijit.”

To learn more about Lijit’s advertising services, please visit http://www.lijit.com/publishers/monetize.

About Lijit Networks, Inc.
Lijit Networks, Inc. was incorporated in June 2006 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. By providing innovative advertising services, audience analytics, and reader engagement tools to over 21,000 online publishers, commercial websites and content networks, Lijit helps publishers grow their website, build their business and make more money. Lijit connects publishers with premium online advertising campaigns that are highly targeted and contextually relevant to the publisher’s audience. Learn more at www.lijit.com.

Lijit, the Lijit Networks logos and all other Lijit Networks product or service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lijit Networks, Inc. All other names and trademarks are property of their respective owners.

About Dasient
Dasient, the leader in Web anti-malware technology, envisions an Internet that is safe and malware-free for users and online businesses. Dasient protects the websites of leading financial services, e-commerce, media, web hosting and other global enterprises from losses of data, revenue and reputation caused by web-based malware attacks. Furthermore, Dasient’s adaptive security intelligence re-defines Internet security by scanning the expanses of the Web and harnessing the power of data to mount defenses against future malware attacks.  For more information about the company and its services, visit www.dasient.com.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - April 27, 2011 - Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, today announced that Harnish Patel has joined the company as its new Vice President of Sales. In this role, Patel is responsible for the worldwide sales of Dasient's product services and will work closely with Dasient's CEO, Paul Stich, and co-founders Neil Daswani, Shariq Rizvi and Ameet Ranadive to continue driving the company's growth and extend the reach of its anti-malware products into new markets.

Patel joins Dasient from McAfee Inc., the world's largest security-focused technology company, where he held Vice President positions in sales, marketing and business development. With more than 25 years experience in executive-level sales, marketing strategies and relationship management, Patel has built and managed world-class sales and marketing teams in both the U.S. and U.K. at technology giants IBM and Sun Microsystems. He also led similar teams at Secure Computing (acquired by McAfee in 2008), SurfControl, Nuance and Quadriga.

"With its suite of web anti-malware solutions and industry leading research, Dasient is tackling one of the most critical, fastest growing threats on the Internet today – malware," said Patel. "Clearly, there is a market need. Dasient's research indicates that the number of websites and advertisements infected with malware has nearly doubled in the past year. But there are still many businesses that have not fully recognized the threat or what they can do about it. I'm excited about the opportunity to help them solve that problem."

"We are delighted to have Harnish on the team. His global experience and security network will enable Dasient to continue its rapid growth," said Paul Stich, CEO of Dasient. "While the growth of web malware continues to be a great concern for the industry, it also represents an opportunity, both for Dasient and for its customers, to gain an edge by putting a stop to it. Harnish and his team will help enterprises to recognize that there is an answer to this problem."

With the addition of Patel, Dasient continues its aggressive growth path. In January, Dasient announced a new round of funding by Google Ventures that is being used to expand its research and development team that has developed the market's leading web malware detection solution. In 2010, Dasient made record sales of its industry-leading solutions in the financial, media, and e-commerce verticals. Dasient also achieved triple-digit customer growth and doubled its team size as it expanded to new headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.

About Dasient

Dasient, the leader in Web anti-malware technology, envisions an Internet that is safe and malware-free for users and online businesses. Dasient protects the websites of leading financial services, e-commerce, media, web hosting and other global enterprises from losses of data, revenue and reputation caused by web-based malware attacks. Furthermore, Dasient's adaptive security intelligence redefines Internet security by scanning the expanses of the Web and harnessing the power of data to mount defenses against future malware attacks. For more information about the company and its services, visit www.dasient.com.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - February 7, 2011 - Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, today announced it has received a new round of funding from Google Ventures to accelerate the company's future growth plans, extend its reach into new markets, and enhance research and product development efforts. Google Ventures joins Dasient's previous investors including Benhamou Global Ventures, Floodgate and Radar Partners.

"Malware is one of the fastest-growing threats on the Internet today, and Dasient has developed innovative solutions that aggressively tackle this problem head on," said Karim Faris, Partner, Google Ventures. "Now, more than ever, the safety of the Internet is at risk, underscored by the rapidly increasing number of websites and advertisements infected with malware. Dasient enables companies to proactively protect their websites by detecting and identifying a malware infection before it harms their business. We are excited to be working with the Dasient team to help build and grow the company as the worldwide leader in Web anti-malware."

The new round of funding will be used to expand Dasient's research and development team which has developed the market's leading web malware detection solution. The additional funds will also help the company expand its sales and marketing initiatives to further penetrate existing markets and develop new market opportunities. In 2010, Dasient made record sales of its industry-leading solutions in the financial, media, and e-commerce verticals. Dasient also achieved triple-digit customer growth and doubled its team size as it expanded to new headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.

"Dasient started with the vision to help secure the world from web-based malware - and two years later, we are proud to report that our technology has helped keep millions of websites malware-free," said Paul Stich, CEO of Dasient. "Dasient is thrilled to receive this new round of funding from Google Ventures to continue our strong growth and contribute new research and future technology innovations that can help curb the spread of sophisticated malware attacks."

In its most recent Quarterly Malware Update, Dasient reported malware on more than 1.2 million websites, more than twice as many as in the same quarter a year before. To address this increasing threat Dasient provides a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can automatically identify and contain malware on websites, helping businesses avoid losses of traffic, reputation, and revenue. In early 2010 Dasient also set new marks for anti-malware technology innovation, introducing the industry's first Anti-Malvertising Solution which helps publishers and advertising networks quickly monitor and remediate malicious advertising attacks whenever they occur.

"Just about anyone with the malicious knowledge can get in and take down your website and that could potently affect your bottom line", said Dasient customer, Jim Shugarts, Director of Field Support for MediaNews Group interactive. "After looking at multiple vendors we selected Dasient because of their technology leadership, their breadth of offering and their ability to scale with our business. They're looking at the whole website as well as Malvertising and we need both to protect our online business. Dasient is a critical factor to bring on board for any product going out on the Web these days - you need to be protected."

About Google Ventures

Google Ventures seeks to discover and help develop great companies - we believe in the power of entrepreneurs to do amazing things. Our investments range from seed to late stage, across a broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean tech, biotechnology and health care. We embrace the challenge of helping young companies grow from the proverbial garage to global relevance. The Google Ventures team includes entrepreneurs, investors and innovators, along with some 24,000+ exceptional Googlers whose breadth of knowledge, experience and creativity constitute perhaps our most valuable resource. For more information, visit www.google.com/ventures.

About Dasient

Dasient, the leader in Web anti-malware technology, envisions an Internet that is safe and malware-free for users and online businesses. Dasient protects the websites of leading financial services, e-commerce, media, web hosting and other global enterprises from losses of data, revenue and reputation caused by web-based malware attacks. Furthermore, Dasient's adaptive security intelligence redefines Internet security by scanning the expanses of the Web and harnessing the power of data to mount defenses against future malware attacks. For more information about the company and its services, visit www.dasient.com.

Online Trust & Cybersecurity Forum - Washington, DC - September 22, 2010 - Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, today announced that they are now a member of the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) and will participate in the OTA's recently developed Anti-Malvertising Working Group and Taskforce, created in response to the increased threat of malicious advertising to consumers and to help defend the integrity of interactive advertising.

Founded in 2007, the OTA is an online trust community that promotes business practices and technologies to enhance consumer trust and the vitality of interactive marketing, ecommerce, governmental and online financial services. Their Anti-Malvertising Working Group and Taskforce, created in early September 2010, is comprised of over three dozen businesses, advertising industry and government representatives. The mission of the Anti-Malvertising Working Group is to:

• Develop and promote voluntary best practices and guidelines;
• Develop standardized metrics, report and facilitate data sharing and collaboration with industry and law enforcement;
• Advance technical counter measures and solutions to help detect, mitigate and block threats;
• Provide prescriptive advice to minimize threats to consumers; and
• Protect the vitality of advertising supported online services.

As part of the Anti-Malvertising Working Group, Dasient's CTO and co-founder, Dr. Neil Daswani, will give a presentation and participate in the Working Group's first meeting today, September 22, 2010, at 1:15 p.m. EST. In this meeting, members of the task force will review recommendations, operational best practices and potential technical remedies. The meeting will take place during the OTA's 5th annual Online Trust and Cybersecurity Forum being held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Speakers at the Forum include US Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, Congressman Cliff Stearns and representatives of the Federal Trade Commission, FBI, Direct Marketing Association and the Interactive Advertising Bureau. They will be joined by over 50 other industry, business and government leaders who will discuss best practices to protect online trust and maintain confidence and vitality of the Internet economy.

"We are extremely pleased to have Dasient as a new member of the OTA and as an active participant in our Anti-Malvertising Working Group and Taskforce. With their deep understanding of malware and specific focus on the threats of malvertising, we believe Dasient will provide invaluable insights and contributions to help protect consumers and businesses from the onslaught of cybercrime," said Craig Spiezle, Executive Director, Founder and CEO of the Online Trust Alliance.

Recent research from Dasient has shown that in Q2 of this year an estimated 1.3 million websites were infected with malware. To help combat this rapidly growing threat, Dasient monitors millions of web sites and ads daily to identify the latest attacks - including those related to malvertising - and has built an Infection Library of over 200,000 unique web-based malware attacks.

"Dasient is proud to be part of this community that has come together to build and promote online trust among consumers and organizations. As leaders in the fight against malvertising, we are confident in our ability to help the OTA drive awareness and education around this fast-growing threat. By joining forces with the industry, Dasient can leverage its proprietary behavioral malware analysis platform and its strong knowledge base to help shut down bad ads and help organizations mitigate these threats in the future," said Dr. Neil Daswani, CTO and Co-founder.

About Dasient

Founded in 2008, Dasient is an Internet security company that protects thousands of businesses from web-based malware attacks. Dasient monitors millions of ads and web pages daily to identify the latest attacks and has built an Infection Library of over 200,000 web-based malware attacks. It is the first company to develop a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Ca., Dasient is backed by a group of investors who include Floodgate, Benhamou Global Ventures and Radar Partners. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com and www.twitter.com/dasient.

About Online Trust Alliance https://otalliance.org

OTA's mission is to create an online trust community, promoting business practices and technologies to enhance consumer trust and the vitality of online services. OTA is the only global organization which represents the broad internet ecosystem supporting user choice and control, protection of critical infrastructure, privacy and data governance, promoting marketing best practices, balanced legislation, benchmark reporting, and self-governance. Through its member companies, governmental organizations and organization affiliates, OTA represents over one million businesses and 750 million users worldwide with regional chapters in Asia Pacific, Canada and Europe. OTA is governed by a sectorial Board and Steering Committee and is a member of leading organizations committed to collaboration, law enforcement and data sharing including the Anti-Phishing Working Group, (APWG), Digital PhishNet, Email Senders & Providers Coalition (ESPC), InfraGard, Identity Theft Council and the London Action Plan, (LAP).

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Palo Alto, CA - September 13, 2010 - Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, today announced that one of the fastest growing global advertising networks, XTEND, has selected its Anti-Malvertising Solution (AMS) to add an extra layer of protection against sophisticated malware threats. XTEND will leverage Dasient's AMS to protect its 1500 advertisers and publishers in over 200 countries around the world from malicious advertising attacks.

Headquartered in Israel with offices in Spain and Mexico, XTEND is one of the largest international advertising networks in the world delivering 18 billion ad impressions to more than 140 million unique users per month. The company was founded in 2006 to be a "one-stop-shop" media solutions provider for both advertisers and publishers. XTEND offers performance marketing to advertisers, working with them on promotional offers, and maximizing revenues with the best return on investment (ROI). XTEND's key verticals are gaming, social networks and entertainment.

Recent research from Dasient has shown that 1.3 million malicious ads are viewed per day on the Web. To proactively protect its publishers against these malvertising threats, XTEND deployed Dasient's AMS earlier this year.

Dasient scans millions of ads and web pages daily to identify the latest malvertising attacks and has built an Infection Library of over 195,000 malvertising attacks and malware. Leveraging its deep behavioral analysis technology, Dasient's AMS monitors ads from third-party ad networks and automatically identifies malicious advertisements coming into a website or network, thus limiting the exposure and severity of a malvertising attack.

"As one of the largest ad networks in the world, XTEND is committed to protecting its publishers and advertisers from all security threats, especially malvertisements which can spread quickly and cause our customers' websites to be blacklisted," said Erez Gross, Vice President of Media at XTEND. "By adding Dasient's anti-malvertising solution on top of our existing tools, we are now taking a more proactive, comprehensive approach to securing our customers from malicious ads."

"We are pleased to see global media giant XTEND take such an aggressive, proactive approach to combating today's growing malware threats and protecting their customers," said Paul Stich, CEO of Dasient. "Our research has shown that malvertising threats will inevitably keep climbing. XTEND's decision to deploy our AMS demonstrates their commitment to providing a safe environment for their clients to operate in."

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of investors who include Floodgate, Benhamou Global Ventures, and Radar Partners. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com and www.twitter.com/dasient.

About XTEND

Founded in 2006 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, XTEND is a display ad-network and SEM company that servers around 20 billion monthly impression to thousands of ads. XTEND provides marketing solutions for hundreds of advertisers across multiple categories via its vast array of publishers, XTEND is part of the Adsmarket Group. Adsmarket is one of the leading, international online performance based marketing firms in Europe with a growing presence in both the North and South American Markets that uses its proprietary platform to provide the most advanced tracking, reporting and optimization system available to date. XTEND's senior management brings years of online marketing experience. With this winning combination, XTEND delivers the most consistent revenue growth for its clients. Find out more about XTEND at www.xtendmedia.com.

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Palo Alto, CA - August 18, 2010 - Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, today announced that AdOn Network, part of a leading Internet and mobile marketing technology and services company, PV Media Group, has selected its Anti-Malvertising Solution (AMS) to protect their ad network from malicious advertising attacks. AdOn Network is a leading advertising network providing performance marketing solutions to more than 1,000 national and international advertisers and publishers.

To combat the industry-wide surge of malware distribution through online ads, AdOn developed a proprietary random sampling process to monitor its own network. In an effort to automate and extend this protection to its entire network, AdOn considered multiple technology providers, including building an in-house solution, before partnering with Dasient. Leveraging its own proprietary processes and Dasient's pioneering malware detection technology, AdOn is among the first in the industry to continuously and in real-time, monitor its network, covering tens of thousands of campaigns and millions of ads.

"Ensuring that our network is secure from the growing threat of malware is one of our top priorities at AdOn," said Bhaskar Ballapragada, President of AdOn Network. "Within the first month of deployment, Dasient's Anti-Malvertising Solution identified and helped remove several malicious ads from our network in real-time and gave us the confidence in our ability to protect our network partners from malware. We are very pleased with Dasient's technology and responsiveness to our specific needs. Dasient has been a true partner to us."

Dasient scans millions of ads and web pages daily to identify the latest malvertising attacks and has built an Infection Library of over 180,000 malvertising attacks and malware. Leveraging this robust database, Dasient's Anti-Malvertising Solution monitors ads from third-party ad networks and automatically identifies malicious advertisements coming into a website or network, thus limiting the exposure and severity of a malvertising attack.

"We are pleased that AdOn Network has been able to realize the benefits of our anti-malvertising solutions in such a short period of time," said Dasient CTO and co-founder Dr. Neil Daswani. "Our research has proven that the threat of malvertisements will only continue to proliferate - approximately 1.3 million malicious advertisements are viewed on the Web daily. AdOn Network is a great example of a forward-thinking company that understands the severity of this threat vector and is leading the sector in taking the right steps to protect its network partners. We look forward to working with AdOn Network and other publishers and ad networks in a similar fashion to fight malvertising threats."

To learn more about Dasient's Anti-Malvertising Solution (AMS), please visit: http://wam.dasient.com/wam/products_anti-malvertising.

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of investors who include Floodgate, Benhamou Global Ventures, and Radar Partners. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com and www.twitter.com/dasient.

About AdOn Network

Established in 1999 and headquartered in Phoenix, AZ., AdOn Network is a leading advertising network providing performance marketing solutions to more than 1,000 national and international advertisers and publishers. For its advertisers, AdOn provides performance-based online and mobile advertising solutions with industry leading campaign and account management solutions, targeting, optimization and reporting tools to maximize their marketing investment. For its publisher partners, AdOn provides a suite of customizable advertising units including Display, Text, Rich Media and Mobile to enhance user engagement and maximize site monetization.

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Black Hat USA 2010 Conference - Las Vegas, NV and Palo Alto, CA - July 26, 2010 - Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, today released a new research report, "Structural Vulnerabilities on Websites: Why Enterprise Websites Are Vulnerable to Malware Attacks," which found that, across all verticals, 75 percent of enterprises use some form of third-party JavaScript widgets, 42 percent of websites display external advertisements and up to 91 percent run third-party web applications, much of which is outdated and vulnerable. Findings from this new report will also be discussed during CTO and Co-Founder Neil Daswani's Black Hat presentation on Wednesday, July 28th on "mod_antimalware: a novel apache module for containing web-based malware infections."

To conduct this research, Dasient ran automated, passive malware risk assessments against the websites of Fortune 500 companies, Quantcast Top 1000 sites and other highly trafficked websites to determine which vertical markets (publisher/media, financial, ecommerce, traditional retail, high-tech manufacturers, travel/entertainment/leisure, consumer packaged goods, business services, manufacturing, and healthcare) were most at risk of having their websites infected with web-based malware due to structural vulnerabilities. According to Dasient's report, structural vulnerabilities fall into three categories: third-party widgets such as polls, analytics or other sharing capabilities; external advertisements that could be serving malicious ads (malvertising); and third-party applications. These third-party resources are necessary for enterprises to provide functionality to users, but they can be exploited to distribute malware.

"In today's online world, it is highly unlikely that enterprises will rely completely on using all their own software on their websites - they depend on third parties to supply widgets, applications and ads to offer functionality and interactivity for many parts of their websites," said Daswani. "Even while maintaining high security standards for the parts of the website that they directly manage, many enterprises have much less control over the security practices of these third-party providers, offering attackers easy, backdoor access to legitimate websites. If any of these third parties become compromised or infected, the entire website can be turned into a vehicle for the distribution of web-based malware, significantly damaging the enterprises' business."

Some of the key findings of Dasient's research include:

• There is an increased reliance on third-party JavaScript across all verticals. 75 percent of websites use some form of third-party JavaScript widgets. The highest category of vertical using widgets was travel, entertainment and leisure at 99 percent. Publishers came in second at 95 percent; high-tech was a close third at 94 percent; and financial institutions at 89 percent.
• More than 4 out of 10 of all websites rely on third-party advertising and publishers are twice as likely to use third-party ads. Across all verticals, Dasient found that 42 percent of websites used some third-party advertising on their sites and 82 percent of publishers already use third-party ads. In the retail and high-tech sectors, over 50 percent of sites used third-party ads. Surprisingly, 41 percent of financial institutions also use third-party ad-related resources on parts of their websites where financial advice is being exchanged among online communities.
• Many websites today are running outdated, vulnerable third-party applications. Across all verticals, Dasient found that up to 91 percent of businesses had outdated software applications (such as a content management, blogging or shopping cart systems) powering their websites. Three verticals were tied, at 97 percent, for having the highest percentage of websites with outdated software applications: consumer packaged goods, publishers and high-tech websites. Interestingly, some of the verticals that had a lower percentage of sites with external JavaScript or ads actually ranked higher for having outdated applications.

Added Daswani, "Websites today are being turned into malware distribution vehicles and when a site includes code from other places, it naturally increases the risk and attack surface, resulting in the creation of these significant structural vulnerabilities. The best way to mitigate the risks from structural vulnerabilities is to monitor websites for malware infections and automatically contain them."

As part of the report, Dasient offers the following best practices for enterprises to protect their websites against the threat of structural vulnerabilities:

• Vet your third-party partners. Dasient recommends that enterprises vet third-party partners to be sure they have good security practices in place. Determine if your third-party partner has control over their own secure software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Proactively monitor your website and contain malware infections. Monitoring will help organizations find out about an infection before search engines and customers learn about it and before the site could get blacklisted, which would result in significant revenue and brand loss and reputation damage. Dasient's mod_antimalware offering can strip out infections in websites in real-time or block infected pages from being served to users altogether.
• Prevention alone is not the solution and is not effective for structural vulnerabilities. Dasient recommends detection and remediation Web Anti-Malware (WAM) services that provide end-to-end protection by monitoring websites for and automatically containing Web-based malware infections.

Dasient is also releasing a new white paper at Black Hat this week on mod_antimalware that discusses the importance of using a containment technology to mitigate infections from structural vulnerabilities. To download a copy of Dasient's mod_antimalware paper, please visit: http://info.dasient.com/mod-anti-malware.html.

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of investors who include Floodgate, Benhamou Global Ventures, and Radar Partners. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com and www.twitter.com/dasient.

About Dasient WAM

The Dasient WAM services are built on a set of behavioral analysis technologies that continually crawl customer sites and the web, identifying new web-based malware infections. The monitoring and diagnostic components are provided to customers as a web service, and the quarantining technologies are made available as web server modules that can be installed by customers or web hosting providers.

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Palo Alto, CA - July 12, 2010 - Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, today announced that Paul Stich has joined the company as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As the company's newly appointed leader, Stich plans to work closely with co-founders Dr. Neil Daswani, Ameet Ranadive and Shariq Rizvi to significantly grow Dasient's customer base, extend the company's reach into new markets, and accelerate research and product development.

"We are delighted to be able to attract a CEO of Paul's caliber and industry experience to lead Dasient through its next stages of growth and help fulfill its potential - particularly at a time when the market opportunity for Dasient's products and services is so ripe," said Dasient investor Eric Benhamou.

Founded in late 2008, Dasient is the first and only company to provide a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can automatically identify and contain malware on websites, helping businesses avoid losses of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Recently, in May 2010, Dasient expanded its product line to offer the industry's first Anti-Malvertising Solution designed to help publishers and advertising networks quickly monitor and remediate malicious advertising attacks whenever they occur.

"Dasient is truly an innovative company that is addressing one of the fastest growing security threats today - web-based malware," said Stich. "The current leadership team has made significant progress over the past two years to develop best-in-class security solutions that are unrivaled in the market. I am very excited to take the company to the next level by expanding Dasient's global footprint and leveraging my experience and insight to support the future development of its managed security services offerings."

Stich brings over 25 years of technology industry experience and leadership to Dasient. During the past decade, Stich has served as the CEO at leading venture capital and private equity backed firms. Most recently, Stich was Vice President of Global Telecommunication Solutions at McAfee. He also served as the president and CEO of Counterpane Internet Security, the leading managed security services firm, which was acquired by British Telecom in 2006. During his tenure, Stich's team expanded the service offerings, developed a new go-to-market strategy and grew revenues nearly 1000 percent. After the acquisition, he managed the successful integration of Counterpane into BT Global Services.

Before Counterpane, Stich was the co-founder, president and CEO of Groundswell, a premier internet consulting firm. During his tenure there, Stich raised $50 million in funding and grew revenue from $1.5 million in 1999 to $17 million in 2000. He grew the company from 3 to 230 people in 14 months and opened offices across the U.S.

Prior to starting Groundswell, Stich was the vice president of global services at IBM, responsible for the telecommunications, media, entertainment, and utility industries for North and South America. Earlier in his career, Stich spent over a decade at KPMG where he was a Partner in charge of building the firm's National Telecommunications practice.

"Paul brings unmatched security industry experience from both McAfee and BT Counterpane to Dasient that complements our already successful managed security services business," said Dasient Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Dr. Neil Daswani. "Our industry-leading Web Anti-Malware and Anti-Malvertising Solution are two such services we have brought to market thus far, and we look forward to working with Paul to continue addressing the unmet security needs of the marketplace."

Stich earned his MBA from the University of Notre Dame Graduate School of Business and his Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Mary's College of California.

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of investors who include Floodgate, Benhamou Global Ventures, and Radar Partners. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com and www.twitter.com/dasient.

Media Contact

Michelle Schafer
Merritt Group for Dasient
Cell: 703.403.6377
schafer@merrittgrp.com

Palo Alto, CA - May 18, 2010 - Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites, today announced a new Anti-Malvertising Solution (AMS) designed to help publishers and advertising networks quickly monitor and remediate malicious advertising attacks whenever they occur. Dasient's solution automatically discovers and diagnoses malicious ads quickly and easily, limiting the exposure and severity of a malvertising attack.

Malicious advertising, also referred to as "malvertising," is a relatively new attack vector for cyber criminals that is quickly on the rise. With malvertising, fake malicious ads are delivered (often via advertising networks) to well-known websites as a way to reach millions of users at once on websites they normally trust. Unlike typical spam or virus attacks, which rely on victims to click on a link in an email or accidentally download an infected program, malvertising attacks are presented on popular websites and can download malicious code directly onto a user's computer when the victim views the compromised ad. By infiltrating an entire ad network, the criminal gains access to a broad number of syndicated websites that can spread malicious code even further.

Millions of users have been infected by malvertising threats recently, as evidenced by the high-profile attacks on The New York Times, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, WhitePages.com and other sites. Based on data generated from Dasient's telemetry system, there are approximately 1.3 million malicious ads viewed per day. Scareware, or fake security software, is yet another means for criminals to distribute malware through pop-up ads. Dasient estimates that 41 percent of malvertisements are from fake anti-virus pop-ups and 59 percent are from drive-by downloads of the malicious ads. Dasient's research also uncovered that the probability of a user getting infected from a malvertisement is twice as likely on a weekend and the average lifetime of a malvertisement is 7.3 days.

"Website owners are relying upon their ad partners and ad networks to keep their sites clean and safe for their visitors. When malware is served up to site visitors, trust is lost," said Dr. Neil Daswani, one of Dasient's three co-founders. "With malvertising attacks, not only are users at risk, but publishers, ad networks and website owners also feel the pain - their websites can be potentially blacklisted, and they suffer brand loss and reputation damage, resulting in lost customers and increased technical support costs."

Traditionally, many publishers and ad networks only respond to a bad ad when a user complains about the problem, and one complaint could mean thousands have been infected already by a malvertisement. To deal with the threat, publishers and ad networks have had to manually investigate reports of bad ads, which takes time and resources. Because attacks are sporadic, it makes the source of the bad ad very hard to pin down. To-date, publishers and ad networks have not had an automated solution to address the malvertising problem.

Dasient scans millions of ads and web pages daily to identify the latest malvertising attacks and has built an Infection Library of over 150,000 malvertising attacks and malware. Leveraging this robust database, Dasient's new Anti-Malvertising Solution:

1. Monitors ads from third-party ad networks and automatically identifies malicious advertisements coming into a website or network.
2. Immediately notifies the ad network partner or publisher that a malicious ad came through.
3. Identifies the exact source ad with an ad ID that needs to be shut down.
4. Traces all redirects the ad followed.
5. Captures a screenshot of the ad; and
6. Provides forensic information about the virus that was served for further investigation.

"Every publisher uses an ad network - it's an easy way for malvertisements to get onto publisher sites. The problem is confounded by the fact that ad networks sub-syndicate their ad inventory, which in turn sub-syndicate, leaving ad networks exposed," said Ameet Ranadive, Dasient co-founder. "To date, there has been no automated solution available to deal with this growing problem which is why so many of the threats have gone ignored. Even if they get lucky and find a malicious ad on their own, they still have lost time, money and potentially customers while the ad is out there spreading infection. Our new Anti-Malvertising Solution is truly ground-breaking for ad networks and publishers - they finally have a solution that can immediately identify the source of the malvertising threat to help shut it down."

Dasient's new Anti-Malvertising Solution is available immediately and works seamlessly with a user's existing security and IT infrastructure - there's no complex hardware to install or major software integration. Pricing is based on the number of ad tags and frequency of monitoring. Enterprise pricing starts in the low thousands. Dasient also offers a hybrid solution which includes Dasient's Web Anti-Malware (WAM) service combined with its new Anti-Malvertising Solution.

For more information, please visit: info.dasient.com/anti-malvertising.

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete web anti-malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of seed investors who also invested in VeriSign, Citrix, Twitter, Digg, Tumbleweed, Finjan, and more. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com and www.twitter.com/dasient.

About Dasient WAM

The Dasient WAM services are built on a set of behavioral analysis technologies that continually crawl customer sites and the web, identifying new web-based malware infections. The monitoring and diagnostic components are provided to customers as a web service, and the quarantining technologies are made available as web server modules that can be installed by customers or web hosting providers.

Press Contact

Michael Kirkland
Cutline Communications
mkirkland@cutline.com
415.793.5571

Palo Alto, CA February 24, 2010 -- Dasient Inc., the leading provider of anti-malware solutions for websites, today announced that it is introducing the Dasient SafeSite security seal for websites to communicate that they are continuously testing clear of any malware by the most reliable, precise, and real-time monitoring service available -- Dasient WAM (Web Anti-Malware). The Dasient SafeSite seal is the world's first recognized security seal specifcally for malware protection, and it will provide critical differentiation for web businesses that are committed to offering a safer user experience for their site visitors.

With the dramatic increase in malware-based web attacks, website owners and consumers are increasingly seeking ways to protect themselves. "Security is becoming a bigger and bigger concern on the web," said Dr. Neil Daswani, one of Dasient's three co-founders. "Unfortunately, hackers are becoming more sophisticated and infecting more websites with malware which in turn infect consumers with viruses. Dasient SafeSite was conceived with the notion that websites that are being monitored against malware will provide a safer online experience for visitors."

Dasient customers using the monitoring component of Dasient's WAM service will now be able to display the SafeSite seal and start receiving reports with statistics on how much of their traffic is protected by malware monitored pages. Additionally, Dasient SafeSite provides instant visual feedback to visitors, allowing them to see at a glance whether a website is malware monitored.

As attacks are constantly on the rise, legitimate websites face the problem of being infected with malware. A recent study by Dasient shows that every 1.3 seconds a new web page is infected with malware and that malware attacks have grown by 600% since 2008. Consumers are becoming more and more concerned about getting infected, and websites are increasingly losing revenue due to a lack of customer confidence. Research shows that 75% of consumers do not want to provide their credit card information online (Pew Research, 2008) and 93% of consumers are concerned about viruses being installed on their computer (RSA 2010).

"We're excited to bring Dasient SafeSite as an added offering to more businesses on the web, to help them protect their sites from the serious threat of web-based malware and communicate that protection to their site visitors. The Dasient SafeSite Seal enables sites to increase customer visits, conversions and revenue," Dr. Daswani said.

Dasient SafeSite is being made available to all existing and future Dasient customers.

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete web anti-malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of seed investors who also invested in VeriSign, Citrix, Twitter, Digg, Tumbleweed, Finjan, and more. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com and www.twitter.com/dasient.

About Dasient WAM

The Dasient WAM services are built on a set of behavioral analysis technologies that continually crawl customer sites and the web, identifying new web-based malware infections. The monitoring and diagnostic components are provided to customers as a web service, and the quarantining technologies are made available as web server modules that can be installed by customers or web hosting providers.

Press Contact

Michael Kirkland
Cutline Communications
mkirkland@cutline.com
415.793.5571

PALO ALTO, Calif., December 1, 2009 - Leading web anti-malware provider Dasient today announced that the monitoring and diagnostic components of its Web Anti-Malware (WAM) service have graduated out of beta. The Dasient WAM services have successfully helped tens of thousands of site owners address their web-based malware issues to date, and are now generally available at www.dasient.com.

"Prior to using Dasient, we had repeated issues with malware infections on our website," said Heiko Mitzkus, president of Enlighten Living, a retailer specializing in home lighting and ceiling fans. "And by the time we realized we were infected, search engines and browsers had already blacklisted us, causing an 80% drop in traffic and sales. Dasient WAM is a great preventative tool to have, giving us advance warning that our site is hosting malicious content before we're flagged by a blacklist."

With the graduation of these services into general availability, a number of new features have been introduced. These include richer reporting tools that will provide customers with data on the number of URLs scanned each week, lists of all URLs scanned and attacks being checked for, and the latest web-based malware attacks Dasient has detected. They also include new account management features that will enable customers using Dasient WAM to protect multiple domains to manage all those domains using a single login.

Other new updates include significant upgrades to the overall speed and reliability of the Dasient WAM scanning technology, as well as the ability to scan customer sites for links to dangerous downloads that might be placed in user-generated content or in syndicated ads on those sites.

"In the last six months, we've continued to build out the scalability, reliability, and speed of our Dasient WAM malware detection platform and have proved its readiness with tens of thousands of beta customers," said Dr. Neil Daswani, one of Dasient's three co-founders. "We're excited to now be able to bring Dasient WAM to even more businesses on the web, to help them protect their sites from the serious threat of web-based malware."

Services like Dasient WAM are becoming increasingly important to companies of all types and sizes, as attackers are focusing more than ever on compromising legitimate websites and using them to distribute malware. In the second half of this year alone, Dasient has identified more than 98,000 unique web-based malware infections, which in turn have impacted hundreds of thousands of sites and millions of pages. The speed, scale, and complexity of these attacks makes it extremely difficult for site owners to identify and fix the resulting infections, and as a result, more and more legitimate sites are feeling the effects of web-based malware infection, which can include loss of traffic, decline in revenue, and damage to brand equity.

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete web anti-malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of seed investors who also invested in VeriSign, Citrix, Twitter, Digg, Tumbleweed, Finjan, and more. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com and www.twitter.com/dasient.

About Dasient WAM

The Dasient WAM services are built on a set of behavioral analysis technologies that continually crawl customer sites and the web, identifying new web-based malware infections. The monitoring and diagnostic components are provided to customers as a web service, and the quarantining technologies are made available as web server modules that can be installed by customers or web hosting providers.

Press Contact

Michael Kirkland
Cutline Communications
mkirkland@cutline.com
415.793.5571

WASHINGTON DC - August 11, 2009 - Today at HostingCon 2009, Dasient launched Mod Anti-Malware Lite, an open source version of its Web Anti-Malware (WAM) remediation technology. Mod Anti-Malware Lite is an Apache server module that will help site owners, web hosts, and developers protect themselves against the effects of web-based attacks that can compromise their sites and spread malware to their users. Mod Anti-Malware Lite will be made available today at www.dasient.com/partners and www.sourceforge.net.

"Every day, thousands of legitimate websites are infected with malicious code, and the speed, scale, and complexity of these attacks makes it difficult for website owners to identify and address the resulting infections," said Dr. Neil Daswani, one of Dasient's three co-founders. "Now more than ever it's important for site owners to deploy defenses that can operate at the scale and speed required to deal with this problem."

The most immediate result of web malware infection is blacklisting by search engines like Google and Yahoo; browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome; and desktop anti-virus providers like Norton and McAfee. Using Dasient's Web-Anti Malware service can help sites stay off these blacklists, all of which can have a significant impact on site traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient WAM is the only web anti-malware service on the market that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue.

Dasient is making Mod Anti-Malware Lite available as open source so that web hosts, site owners, and developers can test the Dasient WAM technology on their sites and explore different uses of the technology. When used in conjunction with the Dasient WAM monitoring and diagnostic service, the module will prevent any page that's been infected with malware from being served to users. Anyone who downloads and installs Mod Anti-Malware Lite will be granted a limited free trial of the Dasient WAM monitoring and diagnostic service, to be used in conjunction with the module.

Compared with the technology offered in Mod Anti-Malware Lite, the remediation technology in the premium service takes things a step further, removing any dangerous code but still serving the rest of the page to users, so site owners both protect their users from infection and stay open for business.

Dasient Launches Partner Center and Announces New Web-Host Partners

Also today, Dasient is launching a new partner center at www.dasient.com/partners. The partner center is designed to be a resource for web hosting providers, enabling them to quickly and easily sign their customer domains up for free blacklist monitoring, download Mod Anti-Malware Lite, and more.

Dasient is also happy to announce new distribution partnerships with five web hosting providers: Consolidated, Vexxhost, Ultrahosting, and Nerds on Site in North America and Diadem Technologies in India. These partners will be integrating Dasient WAM into their product platforms in the coming months, selling the product to their customers and sharing revenue with Dasient.

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of seed investors who also invested in VeriSign, Citrix, Twitter, Digg, Tumbleweed, Finjan, and more. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com.

About Dasient WAM

The Dasient WAM monitoring and diagnostic services are built on a set of behavioral analysis technologies that continually crawl customer sites and the web, identifying new web-based malware infections. The monitoring and diagnostic tools are provided to customers as a web service, and the quarantining technologies are made available as web server modules that can be installed by customers or web hosting providers.

Press Contact

Michael Kirkland
Cutline Communications
mkirkland@cutline.com
415.793.5571

PALO ALTO, June 16, 2009 - Dasient today introduced the industry's first service to protect companies against a fast-growing class of web-based attacks that compromise legitimate websites and then use them to spread malware to the sites' visitors. Dasient's new Web Anti-Malware (WAM) service continually monitors websites, diagnoses any infections, and helps businesses address the infections, before the sites suffer significant losses in traffic, revenue, and reputation.

"In the last two years, we've seen a fundamental shift in the way malware is spread," said Dasient co-founder Dr. Neil Daswani. "Hackers are using highly automated and mutable attacks to turn websites into delivery vehicles for malicious software. This is a web problem at its core, and it requires a solution that can function at web speed and web scale. That's exactly what we had in mind when we designed the Dasient WAM service."

Sharp Increase in Malware-Infected Webpages

Each day, thousands of legitimate websites are infected with malicious code, often without their knowledge. The speed, scale, and complexity of these attacks makes it extremely difficult for website owners to identify and fix the resulting infections, and in some cases to even know they've occurred.

The most immediate result of web malware infection is blacklisting by search engines like Google and Yahoo; browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome; and desktop anti-virus providers like Norton and McAfee. When blacklisted, a website's visitors are redirected to a warning that the site they're about to visit might be dangerous. In many cases, being blacklisted causes a sharp drop in traffic to the site, depriving the site owner of advertising or e-commerce revenue, damaging the site's brand, and spurring additional support costs.

Dasient Identifies and Contains Malware That Can Infect Site Visitors

Today Dasient is announcing the following updates to its patent-pending Web Anti-Malware service, which has been in alpha testing with thousands of websites since early this year:

Free Blacklist Monitoring: Regularly monitors blacklists from search engines, browsers, and desktop anti-virus companies and provides customers with instant alerts if they've been flagged by those providers. The WAM Blacklist Monitoring service is now in public beta, and is available for free to direct customers and web hosting providers.

Premium Monitoring and Diagnosis: Continuously monitors customer websites for malicious code that can be distributed by web applications, user-generated content, third-party widgets, advertisements, and other vulnerable site elements. When an infection is identified, customers are notified and provided with detailed diagnostic information, including all malicious source code and infected URLs. The WAM Premium Monitoring service is now in public beta, and is available on a subscription basis to direct customers and web hosting providers.

Quarantining: Used in conjunction with the Premium Monitoring service, Dasient's quarantining technology automatically contains infections as soon as they're diagnosed, serving the webpages in question but not the malicious code. Quarantining prevents the site from spreading malware broadly to its visitors and keeps it from being flagged by blacklist providers. The WAM Quarantining service is now in private beta, and direct customers and web hosting providers can sign up to join the beta on the Dasient site.

The Dasient WAM monitoring and diagnostic services are built on a set of behavioral analysis technologies that continually crawl customer sites and the web, identifying new web-based malware infections. The monitoring and diagnostic tools are provided to customers as a web service, and the quarantining technology is made available as a web server module that can be installed by customers or web hosting providers.

More information about the Dasient WAM service and pricing can be found at www.dasient.com.

About Dasient

Dasient is an Internet security company that protects businesses from web-based malware attacks. It is the first to develop a complete Web Anti-Malware service that can monitor, automatically identify, and quarantine malware on websites before it can infect visitors and cause a loss of traffic, reputation, and revenue. Dasient was founded by former Google engineers Neil Daswani and Shariq Rizvi and former McKinsey strategy consultant Ameet Ranadive. They are backed by a group of seed investors who also invested in VeriSign, Citrix, Twitter, Digg, Tumbleweed, Finjan, and more. More information about Dasient can be found at www.dasient.com.