Facebook ThreatExchange Lets Tech Firms Share Info on Security Threats

ThreatExchange may sound sinister, but it’s actually a way for tech companies to share information about malware and other security threats

ThreatExchangeLogo650ThreatExchange may sound sinister, but it’s actually a way for tech companies to share information about malware and other security threats.

Facebook threat infrastructure team manager Mark Hammell introduced ThreatExchange in a note on the Protect the Graph page, saying that a malware-based spam attack last year was the impetus behind the initiative, and naming Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter and Yahoo as early participants, while citing Bitly and Dropbox as more recent additions.

Hammell wrote in the note:

A little over a year ago, a group of technology companies came together to discuss a botnet that was spreading a malware-based spam attack on all of our services.

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