Emerging Internet Security Threats in 2009 by Lenny Zeltser

This video by Lenny Zeltser, explores today's emerging Internet security threats to help organizations fine-tune their defenses. He examines attack patterns that have included the use of email as a gateway for fraud, the mighty power of network bots, the fertile ecosystem for web-based attacks, and the increased precision of modern attacks. The presentation presents lots of real-world examples of cyber attacks, and discusses the financial incentives behind the malicious activities that occur on the Internet.

About the speaker: Lenny Zeltser leads a security consulting team at Savvis. He is also a board of directors member at SANS Technology Institute, a SANS faculty member, and an incident handler at the SANS Internet Storm Center. Lenny frequently speaks on information security and related business topics at conferences and private events, writes articles, and has co-authored several books.

Thanks go out to W01f (hack.werew01f [] gmail.com) for submitting this video to SecurityTube. We've posted Part 1 of the talk below. For the rest of the talk, please visit W01f's Blog.

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