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17 May 2007

Sophos expert to present at AusCERT Conference 2007

Exploits and rootkits explored in live demonstration

Paul Ducklin
Sophos's Paul Ducklin will be speaking at the conference

Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, today announced that it will be participating in the AusCERT Conference in Queensland, Australia, 21-25 May 2007.

AusCERT Conference 2007 is probably Australia's biggest computer security conference, and provides a forum for industry researchers and corporations to discuss the most significant threats facing computer users.

Paul Ducklin, Head of Technology Asia Pacific, will be presenting a paper on Monday 21 May entitled "Exploits, rootkits, bootkits, fruitkits!". Paul's presentation looks at some of the latest techniques used in malware attacks - in the form of a live demonstration with commentary.

The AusCERT Conference will take place 21-25 May 2007 at Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

About AusCERT Conference 2007

In Australia, the AusCERT conference has proven to be the premier IT security event for IT security professionals and anyone with an interest in IT security. This is the sixth year we have been running this conference and interest in the conference from delegates, speakers and sponsors has grown accordingly. In 2006, over 1100 delegates attended and AusCERT 2007 is expected to attract similar numbers. More information about the conference can be found on the AusCERT 2007 conference website.

About Sophos

More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.

Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.