Security news6 May 2009
Sophos invited to speak at MIT Computer Science lecture Paul Ducklin to demonstrate a live malware attack
Sophos's Paul Ducklin will be demonstrating a live malware attack at MIT
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, announced that Paul Ducklin, Head of Technology, Asia Pacific, has been invited to speak at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory course, "Computers and Network Security" on May 6, 2009 at 11:00 am EDT.
Invited as a guest speaker by Professor Ronald Rivest, of Computer Science in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Paul will conduct a live demo, in a safe environment using real malware, to show students how a modern cybercriminal attack works and how to better understand how even a well-informed user can be tricked.
While at RSA 2009 in April, 2009, Paul Ducklin conducted a live demonstration of a malware attack. In the audience was, Ronald Rivest, one of the founders of RSA and a renowned researcher in cryptography, computer and network security, electronic voting, and algorithms. Rivest extended an invitation to Paul to participate as a guest lecturer for his Computers and Network Security course at MIT.
"It is an honor to be invited by such a highly respected security researcher," said Paul Ducklin, Sophos’s Head of Technology, Asia Pacific. "I am excited to share this live demonstration with the students as it gives insight into the scale of the problem seen by SophosLabs, which deal with 30,000 newly infected URLs and 20,000 malware samples every day."
About Paul Ducklin: Head of Technology, Asia Pacific
Paul Ducklin joined Sophos from the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in 1995.He has held a variety of roles within Sophos, including heading up Sophos's global technical support operations.
One of the world's leading virus experts, Paul has given papers and presentations at various industry events including Virus Bulletin, AusCERT and RSA conferences. He has also written numerous articles on the virus threat and is a respected industry spokesperson.
Paul is a press contact for Australia and New Zealand and is available to talk to the media about virus, spam, spyware and related security issues.
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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.
