Russian anti-virus and cyber-crime expert Eugene Kaspersky forecasts a tenfold increase in cyber-crime attacks in 2008.
The founder and CEO of Kaspersky Lab is a keynote speaker at the ITWeb Security Summit on 6 May, says Maxim Shirokov, Kaspersky Lab's regional director for the Middle East and Africa.
Kaspersky will discuss the global cyber-crime crisis, the latest trends and threats that are emerging and the advanced protection technologies being developed to combat them, says Shirokov.
As well as discussing zombie networks and the dangers of converged threats to corporate networks, Kaspersky will investigate the rise of new breeds of malicious software like the notorious Zhelatin or "Storm Worm" and the coming mobile virus epidemics, he notes.
"This is Eugene Kaspersky's first visit to SA and it provides a great opportunity to hear about the latest trends from the anti-virus guru himself," states Shirokov. "Particularly on the malicious 'converged threats' that are starting to appear and the evolution of ever-more complex mobile viruses," he adds.
Shirokov says that as enterprise networks evolve into extended 'virtual communities' in which workers can access applications, files and e-mail via a variety of devices and connections anytime and anywhere, perimeter and endpoint security has, in response, had to become more sophisticated and intelligent.
"Protecting your organisation against the latest breeds of malicious software is a difficult, complex task," warns Shirokov. "Particularly given recent developments like the amplified dangers of zombie or 'bot network' attacks and the stealth of the smartphone-to-PC infections that will start to compromise corporate networks in the near future," he concludes.
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