Yesterday we posted about a new strain of highly advanced malware (APT), dubbed Flame. It is potentially the most advanced malware to date, at least in terms of functionality combined with the ability to stay hidden over a long period of time. It’s also unusually large (20 MB), whereas most attacks contain small files (under 1MB). The file is so large because it incorporates a broad set of capabilities including recording audio, taking screenshots, compiling a list of nearby Bluetooth devices, and more. It even includes some rare techniques not commonly found in malware, such as using the LUA scripting language for some of its functions. The primary function of Flame is to...

I’ve had a few customers ask me recently about how we compare to OpenDNS. We only run across Open DNS once in a while, typically for extremely price-conscious customers. But cheap comes at a cost and when the solution is insufficient the savings can’t be justified.

Open DNS works by using their cloud-based DNS servers as URL filter databases. Since the huge majority of web requests require DNS resolution to match an IP address to a URL domain name, they provide filtering by having an objectionable URL map to a block page location rather than to the web site.

OpenDNS sells to a lot of schools, so let’s look at a relevant example...