Alphabet acquires zynamics

Alphabet acquired zynamics, a transaction announced in January 2011.

zynamics operates in Security, is based in Germany. zynamics was a German security firm specializing in reverse-engineering and malware analysis, known for tools such as BinDiff, BinNavi, and VxClass. Google acquired it in 2011 to strengthen malware detection and user protection; the BinDiff engine went on to power Google's large-scale malware-clustering pipeline.

Bolster Google's malware analysis and user protection; BinDiff's engine now powers Google's malware-clustering pipeline.

Ever since zynamics joined Google in 2011, we have been committed to keeping our most valuable tools available to the security research community.

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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