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Google invests in anti-malware start-up

By | February 7, 2011, 11:43pm PST

Summary: The venture capital arm of web search giant Google has joined the latest round of funding for Dasient, a Web security start-up founded by a pair of ex-Googlers.

The venture capital arm of web search giant Google has joined the latest round of funding for Dasient, a Web security start-up founded by a pair of ex-Googlers.

Dasient, which offers anti-malware protection tools for ISPs, Web sites and ad networks, said Google Ventures joins Dasient’s previous investors including Benhamou Global Ventures, Floodgate and Radar Partners in this latest funding round.

Financial details were not released.  Dasient originally raised $2 million in 2008 to build out Web security offerings for businesses.

The company said the new round of funding will be used to expand Dasient’s R&D and marketing efforts.

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RE: Google invests in anti-malware start-up
FAULKNE 13th Oct
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rikasa 8th Feb 2011
Ahh, Neil Daswani's gig! I learnt a whole lot about DB security from one of his Tech Talks... good to see him doing well for himself.
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makes sense - Google wants to block all malware except for there own!
Ron Bergundy 8th Feb 2011
so investing in a company to keep them from blocking google's malware makes sense!
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RE: Google invests in anti-malware start-up
statuskwo5 8th Feb 2011
@Ron Bergundy I though the same thing....
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The description says it all
crazydanr@... 8th Feb 2011
Dasient, which offers anti-malware protection tools for ISPs, Web sites and ad networks

I consider "Ad networks" pretty much malware to begin with.
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RE: I consider "Ad networks" pretty much malware to begin with.
fatman65535 8th Feb 2011
@crazydanr@...

Which is why I use Firefox with Ad Blocker Plus and a bunch of blocking rules.

A long time ago, before others recognized it, I appreciated the potential of XSS (Cross Site Scripting) attacks; especially ones from (often third party) ad slinging sites.

It is one reason why I got rid of IE and switched to that newcomer (at that time) - Firefox. I have been using Firefox since version 1.0.
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RE: Google invests in anti-malware start-up
tom@... 3rd Mar 2011
@fatman65535 ... Wow, you're a bit behind the times there, fella. It's OK to have opposing opinions but it's not so fine when all they are is about history and not even close to today or tomorrow. I'd suggest expanding your knowledge base - a lot.
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RE: Google invests in anti-malware start-up
FAULKNE 13th Oct
Good day to confirm this comment I would appreciate T h e b e s t o f Z D N e t d e l i v e r e d your website very nice to everyone Yes, Oracle is the only one with shared-disk architecture, but that is there advantage. It means you can add or remove nodes and the database lives on. In a shared nothing architecture, if you lose a node, you lose the system. I'm sure Oracle appreciates EMC highlighting their advantage.I also desire to signal in your RSS feeds. Thank you as soon as once again and maintain up the great operate Awesome post! Thank you very much || thanks for nice content this is really benefit to me.

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