Live Webcast from Only Security Company to Snuff Flame Malware While 43 Antivirus Solutions Got Burned

Live Webcast from Only Security Company to Snuff Flame Malware While 43 Antivirus Solutions Got Burned PR Newswire LONDON, June 20, 2012 - Bit9 Explains Flame Technology and Discusses What Makes This Advanced Persistent Threat Attack Unique – and How to Stop it LONDON, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit9, the global leader in advanced threat protection, will host a webcast entitled, "The Future of Cyber Espionage: Don't Get Burned by 'Flame" and Other Advanced Persistent Threats," on June 26th 2012, at 2.00pm and 7.00pm BST. Bit9 is the only IT security company to report that its technology successfully stopped what experts are calling the most sophisticated malware ever discovered, Flame. The webcast will feature Harry Sverdlove, Bit9's chief technology officer, who draws from nearly two decades of application design and analysis with industry-leading IT enterprises. During an eight-month custom persistent attack on one of its customers Bit9's technology prevented Flame from running and executing on the customer's endpoints, laptops and servers. At this time, Bit9 is the only company to have reported that it prevented Flame from successfully executing an attack. Additionally, Iran's CERT team has revealed that 43 tested antivirus (AV) solutions failed to prevent the attack. The Flame attack is now notorious for exposing the failure of AV companies as evident by a recent open letter from Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of F-Secure.