Security news26 February 2007
Sophos experts publish technical papers on security threats
Sophos's Paul Ducklin is amongst the experts who have written technical papers available for download.
Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus and spam analysis centers, have opened a new section of the Sophos website focusing on technical papers and research that the team has published about the latest malware, spam, and hacking threats.
The technical papers - some of which have presented at technical conferences around the world - are aimed at system administrators and security specialists on a variety of topical issues.
Topics covered by the technical papers include:
- The challenge of detecting and removing installed threats
- Jason Bruce, SophosLabs
- Can strong authentication sort our phishing and fraud?
- Paul Ducklin, head of technology, Sophos Asia Pacific
- The game goes on: An analysis of modern spam techniques
- Dmitry Samosseiko and Ross Thomas, SophosLabs
"SophosLabs has experts in a broad spectrum of security-related areas, and speak regularly at industry events on ground-breaking research they are conducting," said Carole Theriault, senior security consultant at Sophos. "As this new section of the website is regularly updated, businesses will benefit from the knowledge that Sophos's technical experts are sharing with system administrators."
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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.
