Security news28 February 2008
SophosLabs director addresses e-Crime Congress on web threats Mark Harris ventures inside the IFrame to find out how malware ruins web reputations
Mark Harris, global director of SophosLabs™, will be presenting at the e-Crime Congress in London.
IT security and control firm Sophos today announced that Mark Harris, global director of SophosLabs™ will be presenting a paper about web threats at the e-Crime Congress 2008 in London, England.
Mark Harris’s presentation, titled, "Inside the IFrame; Whose malware is ruining your web reputation?" will examine how end-user access to legitimate websites is becoming a major commercial and internal security concern. Harris will also look at the danger of hosted links, the vulnerabilities and exploits targeting users through their browsing habits and what organisations can do to reduce the risks they face.
Mark Harris leads Sophos's team of experts, based in the UK, Australia, Canada, and US, which issues 24-hour protection in order to ensure its customers' networks automatically detect and block new threats. He also manages proactive technology development, including Sophos's proactive Behavioral Genotype® Protection technology, which uses forensic analysis to identify suspicious patterns and characteristics unique to either a virus family or a spam campaign.
Harris is also a regular contributor to the SophosLabs blog, which provides round-the-clock information about newly discovered threats encountered by Sophos's worldwide network of analysts.
Last month Sophos published its annual Security Threat Report, which detailed how criminals are increasingly using the web to generate revenue and spread malware. 6000 new webpages are detected by Sophos every day, carrying malicious code - and there are increasing sightings of legitimate websites being hacked.
- Download "Sophos Security Threat Report 2008"
- Download the podcast on the Security Threat Report 2008
E-Crime Congress delegates wishing to hear Mark Harris discuss how hackers are exploiting the web are invited to attend his talk between 11:00-12:00 on Thursday 6 March, at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, London.
About the e-Crime Congress
Now entering its 6th year, the e-Crime Congress addresses the issues at the forefront of cybercrime. For more information and to see a full agenda for both days, please visit the e-Crime Congress website at
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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.
