Zombies and Botnets: Attacks on Messaging Security by Organized Criminal Enterprises

Today millions of zombies—innocent home and business computers that have been taken over by highly organized, interconnected criminal groups—are the biggest IT threat to organizations and individuals. Dmitri Alperovitch sees firsthand billions of global messages per month and will provide a view into zombie networks, an analysis of attacker methods and techniques, an overview of phishing and how phishing attacks propagate, and what organizations can do to protect themselves.

As one of the leading researchers at CipherTrust since December 2003, Dmitri Alperovitch manages its Global Research team and is one of the lead inventors of its key patent-pending anti-spam and anti-phishing technologies. Alperovitch has accomplished extensive research in the areas of public-key and identity-based cryptography, as well as network intrusion detection and prevention. A recognized authority on messaging security, he has appeared in media outlets including the New York Times, Business Week, and the LA Times.