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Media Alert
FaceTime Malware Expert to Participate in Anti-Spyware Coalition Public Workshop
Coalition invites Christopher Boyd to Discuss Policy & Enforcement on Tracking Spyware Across Borders
February 1, 2006
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FaceTime Communications, the leading provider of security and management solutions for greynets such as IM, P2P, and spyware. |
| WHAT: |
Christopher Boyd, Security Research Manager of FaceTime (aka "Paperghost"), will participate on the panel, titled "Policy & Enforcement - Tracking Spyware Across Borders." This panel will discuss today's legal challenges facing the spyware problem made even more complex because of the distributed nature of the Internet. This panel aims to provide the best policies and practices for dealing with spyware in a geographically and politically diverse context. |
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Thursday, February 9, 2006
Hyatt Regency Washington
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
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Background:
Christopher Boyd, Security Research Manager of FaceTime (aka "Paperghost"), is a leading expert on malware, spyware and hacking exploits. As part of FaceTime Security Labs, Boyd is responsible for performing detailed research on new IM, P2P and spyware threats to enable rapid response and remediation solutions for FaceTime customers. He recently played a key role in FaceTime's discovery of the rootkit-powered botnet delivered via AOL instant messenger that ultimately traced back to an organization in the Middle East. Boyd has also helped crack the riddle of the IRC daisy chain known as Spazbox.net, and caused rogue Adware bundles being pushed across BitTorrent forums to be pulled due to public outcry. Boyd was honored as a Microsoft Security MVP, a worldwide award and recognition program that strives to identify amazing individuals in technical communities around the world.
About the Anti-Spyware Coalition:
The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) is a group dedicated to building a consensus about definitions and best practices in the debate surrounding spyware and other potentially unwanted technologies.
Composed of anti-spyware software companies, academics, and consumer groups, the ASC seeks to bring together a diverse array of perspective on the problem of controlling spyware and other potentially unwanted technologies. For more information, visit http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/events/feb2006agenda.htm.
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of instant
messaging, Web usage and Unified Communications platforms. Ranked number one by
IDC for four consecutive years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by
more than 900 customers – including nine of the 10 largest U.S. banks – for
security, management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime
supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and enterprise
IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM,
Reuters and Jabber.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE.
The FaceForward blog, at http://blog.facetime.com,
offers thoughts and opinions about the changing nature of Internet communications.
PR Contact:
Emily Chamberlin
650-762-2945
echamberlin@ar-edelman.com
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