Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, hosted its 10th semiannual summit of malware analysts on 22 to 28 June in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
The company's leading experts from all around the globe and selected media experts, including ITWeb, met at the summit to discuss crucial IT security issues, analyse trends of the malware industry and share experiences in combating IT threats.
The following presentations and more are available at http://www.kasperskypresstour.com.
Roel Schouwenberg, a leading malware analyst from North America, gave a presentation on most common software vulnerabilities, which are nowadays exploited most extensively by virus writers. In the course of his presentation he indicated that users provide aid to Kaspersky Lab, participating in Kaspersky Security Network, which enables analysts to receive informative and useful statistics regarding vulnerabilities.
Denis Maslennikov, Senior Malware Analyst and Mobile Research Group Manager, informed journalists about the development of mobile threats in 2009. According to Denis, mobile threats, which are currently becoming part of cyber-crime, are primarily aimed at earning money by cyber-criminals. The presentation covered various aspects of modern mobile threats, with phishing and SMS-spam at the top of the list.
Stefan Tanase, Malware Analyst at the EEMEA Research Centre, Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team, presented security issues related to social networks. Stefan noted that services, popular with Web 2.0 users, started to expand to the corporate sector, thus opening up new horizons for the criminals. Users of social networks, in trusting each other, are giving the green light to intruders as well, and then suffer the consequences of cyber-criminal activities.
Sergey Golovanov, Head of non-Intel Platforms Threats Research Group, made a presentation on strategies and methods used by criminals in present-day cyberspace. Sergey noted that behind such infamous botnets as Kido (Conficker) are organised crime groups, based on “partnership programs”, ie, special business models, where every participant is responsible for developing a certain segment of the cyber-criminal business and has a share in the final profit.
During an open day of the summit, the abovementioned virus analysts participated in a roundtable discussion for the press, along with virus expert Vitaly Kamluk, Director of Research Centre EEMEA, Global Research & Analytics Team.
Over 30 representatives of leading businesses, computer and general media from 25 countries came to listen to presentations by the company's experts. Every representative had an opportunity to hold a personal interview with Eugene Kaspersky, the company's General Director, and all leading IT-security experts.
Participants of the media-tour were also offered a day off, when they could both enjoy the sandy beach of sunny Croatia and have a try as yachtsmen in a mini-regatta.
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