Google has acquired security analytics software company Zynamics, according to TechCrunch
“We’re delighted to have the Zynamics team aboard and hope their tools and skills in fighting malware will help us better protect Google’s users. The Zynamics team will continue to develop innovative ways of applying their software analysis tools to protect users from malicious software. Their goals overlap with the commitment that Google has already made to ensure online security for our users,” a spokesperson for Google said.
Zynamics builds reverse engineering tools (BinDiff, BinNavi, VxClass, BinCrowd and PDF Dissector) for both offensive and defensive security that help find and prevent security vulnerabilities and issues within software applications.
The startup’s tools are used to help understand security updates, identify flaws in closed-source software and build input to trigger them. The company’s software will also cluster malicious software and generate signatures as well as share information remotely.
