{"id":337777,"date":"2017-04-06T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T10:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/06\/f-secure-acquires-little-flocker-mac-app\/"},"modified":"2017-04-06T18:49:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T10:49:02","slug":"f-secure-acquires-jonathan-zdziarskis-mac-security-app-little-flocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/f-secure-acquires-jonathan-zdziarskis-mac-security-app-little-flocker\/","title":{"rendered":"F-Secure Acquires Jonathan Zdziarski’s Mac Security App ‘Little Flocker’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cyber security company F-Secure has acquired Little Flocker, the behavioral analysis-based monitoring app for Macs, developed by iPhone forensics expert and security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski, who joined Apple last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Helsinki-based firm announced the news in a press release posted to its site<\/a>, where it revealed that Little Flocker would be built into a new security product it’s releasing, called XFENCE.<\/p>\n

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Little Flocker protects Macs by using advanced behavioral based analysis, and monitors apps that attempt to access confidential files and system resources. It also detects and blocks Mac ransomware. F-Secure will build Little Flocker’s next-generation security engine into its new XFENCE technology. XFENCE will complement F-Secure’s existing endpoint solutions to provide advanced behavioral Mac protection for both corporate and consumer customers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

F-Secure said that the “myth” of Macs not requiring protection against ransomware, backdoors, and other software was fading away, due to “Apple’s popularity among senior-level employees and other high-value targets”. By acquiring Little Flocker, it said it hoped to further enhance its products’ existing cyber security capabilities for the sophisticated detection of zero-day attacks.<\/p>\n

For businesses, the core technology is to be combined with F-Secure\u2019s security cloud and packaged into its\u00a0Protection Service for Business, a security solution with centrally managed computer, mobile and server security with integrated patch management and mobile device management. Consumer customers can make use of the Flocker technology with F-Secure Safe, the company’s multi-device security product.<\/p>\n

Little Flocker developer Zdziarski announced in March that he was joining Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture team. Known as “NerveGas” within the jailbreaking community, Zdziarski had provided input on a number of important iOS-related security matters over the years, including Apple’s high-profile battle with the FBI<\/a> over unlocking an iPhone used by a shooter in the 2015 San Bernardino attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cyber security company F-Secure has acquired Little Flocker, the behavioral analysis-based monitoring app for Macs, developed by iPhone forensics expert and security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski, who joined Apple last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Helsinki-based firm announced the news in a press release posted to its site<\/a>, where it revealed that Little Flocker would be built into a new security product it’s releasing, called XFENCE.<\/p>\n

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Little Flocker protects Macs by using advanced behavioral based analysis, and monitors apps that attempt to access confidential files and system resources. It also detects and blocks Mac ransomware. F-Secure will build Little Flocker’s next-generation security engine into its new XFENCE technology. XFENCE will complement F-Secure’s existing endpoint solutions to provide advanced behavioral Mac protection for both corporate and consumer customers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

F-Secure said that the “myth” of Macs not requiring protection against ransomware, backdoors, and other software was fading away, due to “Apple’s popularity among senior-level employees and other high-value targets”. By acquiring Little Flocker, it said it hoped to further enhance its products’ existing cyber security capabilities for the sophisticated detection of zero-day attacks.<\/p>\n

For businesses, the core technology is to be combined with F-Secure\u2019s security cloud and packaged into its\u00a0Protection Service for Business, a security solution with centrally managed computer, mobile and server security with integrated patch management and mobile device management. Consumer customers can make use of the Flocker technology with F-Secure Safe, the company’s multi-device security product.<\/p>\n

Little Flocker developer Zdziarski announced in March that he was joining Apple’s Security Engineering and Architecture team. Known as “NerveGas” within the jailbreaking community, Zdziarski had provided input on a number of important iOS-related security matters over the years, including Apple’s high-profile battle with the FBI<\/a> over unlocking an iPhone used by a shooter in the 2015 San Bernardino attack. <\/p>\n

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