London, 28th April 2011: Amit Klein, noted malware researcher and CTO of Trusteer the leading provider of secure web access services, has today confirmed he will be sharing his insight and knowledge during a keynote speaker seminar at AusCERT2011 on Tuesday, 17 May 2011 (9am).  The use of mobile devices for authenticating banking transactions and payments, while still in its infancy, is poised to take off in popularity. However the snag is criminals have figured out how to take control of mobile handsets and hijack communications coming from financial institutions. Amit plans to educate visitors to AusCERT2011 of the criminals’ game plan and arm them with tactics to effectively fight back.

Titled ‘Navigating the Risks and Threats of Mobile Banking’, Amit’s seminar will give delegates an overview of financial malware (at large) today and its trends, including what is happening in the mobile world - such as the Zeus MITMO/ZITMO attacks, and the porting of this attack recently to SpyEye. He will cover mobile world analogies to the desktop financial malware and the new avenues for financial malware in the mobile world (which are not applicable to the desktop world). In conclusion, the audience will hear first hand his predictions for the future of mobile malware and, more importantly, what can be done about it.

Speaking about the conference, Amit said: “I’m honoured to have been selected to give this key note and am truly looking forward to the opportunity. I’m steadfast in my determination to thwart hackers, and to stop them exploiting browser vulnerabilities, that are threatening the otherwise wonderful opportunity presented by the mobile world. Education is fundamental in this battle, especially if we’re to emerge triumphant in the war against malware.”

In its 10th year, the conference takes place between 15th and 20th May 2011 at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on Queensland’s Gold Coast in Australia. Anyone wishing to hear Amit’s presentation can register to attend the event by visiting http://conference.auscert.org.au/conf2011/registration.html. Discounts are available by registering before 18th April 2011. AusCERT members receive up to a 55% discount on their registration.

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About Amit Klein:

As Trusteer’s CTO, Amit Klein manages the company’s Security team which is one of the world’s leading financial malware research groups. Prior to Trusteer, Mr. Klein was Chief Scientist at Cyota Inc. (acquired by RSA Security) a leading provider of layered authentication solutions. In this role, Mr. Klein researched technologies that prevent online fraud, phishing and pharming and filed several patents in those areas. Prior to this, Mr. Klein worked as Director of Security and Research at Sanctum, Inc. (acquired by Watchfire) where he was responsible for the security architecture of all Sanctum products. Mr. Klein spent almost 10 years serving in the Israeli Army as a Research Officer and Project Manager. He is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot programme of the Israeli Army and holds a B.Sc. (cum laude) in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University (Jerusalem).   Mr. Klein is a world renowned security researcher, having published over thirty articles, papers and technical notes on the topic of Internet security. He was named CTO of the Year by InfoWorld Magazine and has presented at many prestigious conferences including RSA, FSISAC, OWASP and CertConf.

About Trusteer

Trusteer is the world’s leading provider of Secure Web Access services. The company offers a range of services that detect, block and remove attacks launched directly against endpoints such as Man in the Browser, Man in the Middle and Phishing. Trusteer services are being used by leading financial organizations and enterprises in North America and Europe, and by tens of millions of their employees and customers to secure web access from mobile devices, tablets and computers to sensitive applications such as webmail, online payment, and online banking. HSBC, Santander, The Royal Bank of Scotland, SunTrust, Fifth Third, ING DIRECT, and BMO Financial Group are just a few of the companies using Trusteer’s technology. Trusteer is a privately held corporation led by former executives from RSA Security, Imperva, and Juniper. Follow us on www.Twitter.com/Trusteer. For more information about our services, please visit www.trusteer.com.

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