MONTREAL, QC — (Marketwired) — 10/23/13 — One person-s passion, insight and behind-the-scenes resolve has given rise to a new approach to training 21st century "digital detectives" who can better identify cybercrime and protect end-users. Gary Warner has developed the University of Alabama-s Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research into a multi-dimensional educational program that has successfully collaborated with law enforcement and the industry in fighting
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 10/04/13 — Featuring a keynote by the Canadian privacy commissioner, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) is hosting the London Action Plan (LAP), an international cybersecurity enforcement network, at a collaborative industry summit Oct. 21-24 in Montreal. M3AAWG is also launching new work at the meeting on compromised hosting accounts, mobile threats, identity management and other areas of escalating concern.The summit cont
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 03/20/13 — Emphasizing the need for more cooperative cybersecurity efforts across platforms, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group will continue with a diverse leadership structure for 2013. Alex Bobotek of AT&T and Chris Roosenraad of Time Warner Cable will continue as M3AAWG Co-Chairmen with Michael O-Reirdan of Comcast continuing as a Board member and M3AAWG Chairman Emeritus.Michael Adkins will remain as vice chairman with M3AAW
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 02/20/13 — A bot believed to have netted $14 million in illicit profits has been turned into a golden learning opportunity, yielding important insights into how the online community can best alert and assist customers with infected systems. Georgia Tech researchers on Tuesday announced the results of a study based on the industry-s response to the DNS Changer Trojan and shared recommendations to help curb future malware outbreaks at a presentation during th
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 02/04/13 — As the DMARC authentication specification gains broader adoption, M3AAWG has released a free series of videos to help the industry implement and understand the value of the anti-phishing technology. The M3AAWG DMARC Training Series provides almost two and half hours of instruction from DMARC.org technical experts, including information for both domain owners who want to protect their brands from "spoofing" and for ISPs or mailbox provid
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 01/30/13 — With the variety of devices in use today and the pervasive connectivity available to users, malware could easily get the upper hand on many networks without corrective measures. The Feb. 19-21 M3AAWG 27th General Meeting in San Francisco will focus on helping the industry develop the necessary strategies to protect end-users from the latest messaging abuses, whatever the abuse vector or device that is targeted.The Messaging, Malware and Mobile A
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 11/06/12 — With the recently revealed ability to spoof email from companies that are using an outdated, weak encryption key to authenticate their email, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group is urging companies to adjust their DKIM processes immediately to improve end-user safeguards and today issued new best practices that specifically address the vulnerability. M3AAWG is calling on business enterprises to replace previously secure 512
