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• Bit9, FireEye, Palo Alto Networks team to hit zero-day malware

  Bit9 has teamed with FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, which each have sandboxing technologies, in order to share information related to zero-day attack code.

• Malware-detecting 'sandboxing' technology no silver bullet

  The security technology called "sandboxing" aims at detecting malware code by subjecting it to run in a computer-based system of one type of another to analyze it for behavior and traits indicative of malware. Sandboxing -- one alternative to traditional signature-based malware defense -- is seen as a way to spot zero-day malware and stealthy attacks in particular. While this technique often effective, it's hardly foolproof, warns a security researcher who helped establish the sandboxing technology used by startup Lastline.

• 'Sandboxing' leader FireEye seen moving toward an IPO

  Though still privately held, FireEye is getting plenty of attention right now because its anti-malware sandboxing technology is something a number of other vendors want to emulate -- and FireEye's growing commercial success is inching it toward possibly going public later this year.

Whitepapers about sandboxing

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  Miercom Advanced Threat Prevention with Sandbox Analysis Testing Report

  Protecting against known, and new, advanced, unknown threats requires the most rapid and precise detection and protection technologies. With multiple solutions available, finding the best one can be challenging. Independent testing firm Miercom took on this challenge and tested network-based advanced threat prevention solutions that use virtual sand boxing. They found the solution delivering the fastest, most accurate and efficient solution against known and unknown threats.