VB2006 conference programme

Wednesday 11 October

	Corporate stream	Technical stream
08:00	Registration
10:00	Tea and coffee
10:30 - 11:00	Opening address
11:00 - 11:40	Case: Virus X Mikko Hyppönen, F-Secure
11:40 - 12:20	Data exfiltration techniques: how attackers steal your sensitive data Rob Murawski, CERT Coordination Center
	Lunch
14:00 - 14:40	The myth of user education Stefan Görling, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm	Using expert systems for automated analysis systems: advantages and techniques Ryan Hicks, iCSA Labs
14:40 - 15:20	User education: teaching techniques and learning styles for damage limitation Peter Cooper, Sophos	Real-time multilanguage threat descriptions using an intelligent template system Oliver Auerbach, Cosmin Ancuta, Robert Harja, Avira
	Tea and coffee
15:40 - 16:20	Rootkits: risks, issues and prevention Martin Overton, IBM Global Services	AIM for bot coordination Lysa Myers, McAfee AVERT
16:20 - 17:00	Behavioural modelling of social engineering based malicious software Matthew Braverman, Microsoft	Malware in the UbiComp world Morton Swimmer, IBM Research GmbH
17:00 - 19:00	Sponsor presentations
19.30	Welcome drinks reception

Thursday 12 October

	Corporate stream	Technical stream
	Breakfast
09:00 - 09:40	I know what you did last logon: keystroke logging, spyware and privacy Jeff Williams, Microsoft	Full potential of dynamic binary translation for AV emulation engine Jim Wu, Internet Security Systems
09:40 - 10:20	The (correct) detection of light grey software Roel Schouwenberg, Kaspersky Lab	Anti-rootkit safeguards and methods of their bypassing Aleksander Czarnowski, AVET
	Tea and coffee
10:40 - 11:20	Targeted trojan attacks and industrial espionage Alex Shipp, MessageLabs	Botnet tracking techniques and tools Jose Nazario, Jeremy Linden, Arbor Networks
11:20 - 12:00	The challenge of detecting and removing installed threats Jason Bruce, SophosLabs	Network-centric behavioural malware prevention: spyware and beyond? Richard Ford, Gerald Marin, William Allen, Jason Michalske, Florida Institute of Technology
12:00 - 12:40	Dirty money on the wires: the business models of cyber criminals Guillaume Lovet, Fortinet	Scanning on the wire Dr Igor Muttik, McAfee AVERT
	Lunch
14:00 - 14:40	The game goes on: an analysis of modern spam techniques Rob Thomas, Dmitry Samosseiko, SophosLabs	Spam - recognition by methods independent from text content Ralf Iffert, Internet Security Systems
14:40 - 15:20	Containing spam - the local challenge Jay Goldin, Amir Lev, Commtouch Software	Unattended spam filtering using machine learning: implementation, deployment and lessons John Graham-Cumming,
	Tea and coffee
15:40 - 16:20	Spy-phishing - a new breed of blended threats Jamz Yaneza, Trend Micro	Ichthyological anatomy, or a study of phish Michael Morgan, IBM CERT A/NZ
16:20 - 17:00	Phishing trojan creation toolkits: an analysis of the technical capabilities and the criminal organizations behind them Dmitri Alperovitch, CipherTrust Inc.	Exploiting spammers' tactics of obfuscations for better corporate level spam filtering Vipul Sharma, Steve Lewis, Proofpoint Inc.
17:00 - 17:40	Panel discussion: Anti-Spyware Coalition - working together to combat spyware Chaired by Richard Baldry, Sophos
17:40 - 18:40	Sponsor presentations
19:30	Pre-dinner drinks followed by gala dinner & cabaret

Friday 13 October

	Corporate stream	Technical stream
	Breakfast
09:40 - 10:20	Applying collaborative anti-spam techniques to anti-virus Adam J. O'Donnell, Vipul Ved Prakash, Cloudmark Inc.	Evolving shell code Masaki Suenega, Symantec Security Response
	Tea and coffee
10:40 - 11:20	The inspector: automating the forensic investigation of infected computers John Morris, Eric Kedrosky, Nortel	Analysis and replication of Unix malware Patrick L. Knight, Authentium
11:20 - 12:00	Can strong authentication sort out phishing and fraud? Paul Ducklin, Sophos	Loathing Lupper in Linux Jakub Kaminski, CA
12:00 - 12:40	Early fraud detection using a hybrid of messaging reputation and web activity Phyllis Schneck, CipherTrust Inc.	Macintosh OSX binary malware Marius van Oers, McAfee AVERT
	Lunch
14:00 - 14:40	Everything I needed to know about computer security I learned from my dog and a country-western song Sarah Gordon, Symantec	SymbOS malware classification problems Dr Vesselin Bontchev, FRISK Software International
14:40 - 15:20	Microsoft Antivirus - extortion, expedience or the extinction of the AV industry? Randy Abrams, ESET	A deep look into Symbian threats Robert X. Wang, Symantec
	Tea and coffee
15:40 - 16:20	The Common Malware Enumeration Initiative Desiree Beck, Julie Connolly, The MITRE Corporation	Me code write good - the l33t skillz of the virus writer John Canavan, Symantec
16:20 - 17:00	Panel discussion: Fighting cybercrime: one size does NOT fit all! 'The Internet Strike Force', led by David Perry, Trend Micro
17:00 - 17:15	Conference closing session

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