Malware sniffer is latest cyber technology to get DHS push toward marketplace

A new form of malware detection software that analyzes computer code to predict malicious behavior — but without actually running it — has been exclusively licensed to a Virginia startup from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under a Department of Homeland Security program that helps get federally developed technology to the marketplace. Hyperion, as the software is called, was one of the first technologies selected for DHS’s Transition to Practice, or TTP, program — back in 2012 when it was launched. It was licensed to Manassas, Virginia-based Lenvio this month after the company was spun off from R&K Cyber last year. Hyperion had previously been non-exclusively licensed to R&K. “Obtaining an exclusive technology license … helps us secure a more competitive position to commercialize Hyperion as we grow our company,” said B.K. Gogia, Lenvio’s chief executive officer, in a statement. Conventional malware consists of a file that a user is tricked into downloading and running on their […]

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