[April 22, 2011]

APWG Unites Cybercrime Fighters from Around the World in Kuala Lumpur to Map Next Stage of Global War on Electronic Crime

World leaders from business, technology, law enforcement, communications and research sectors are gathering in Kuala Lumpur, next week to plan the next stages in the global war on cybercrime.

The fifth annual Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS V), produced by the Anti-Phishing Working Group and major tech sponsors including Google, Microsoft, McAfee (News - Alert), and others on April 27-29, will provide a unique forum for uniting leading ecrime responders, analysts, technologists, law enforcement officials and national CERTs to engage the crucial question of coordinating the world's response to the growing cybercrime threat.

The cost of cybercrime worldwide, including electronic bank fraud, identity theft, phishing scams, botnets and other ecrime schemes total upwards of $1 trillion worldwide according to industry estimates.

Trailblazing thought leaders from industry, research centers and law enforcement at CeCOS V will share recent findings, case studies, and breakthroughs that will help build capacity for a new level of response and mitigation by forensic professionals, law enforcement, and business managers who protect consumers and enterprises from electronic crime threats every day.

Featured speakers, panels and topics include:

Dylan Sachs, BrandProtect (Canada) Social Media's Dark Side

Pamela Warren, McAfee, (US) on Globally Unified Online Safety Education

Andre Dornbusch, (Germany) Federal Criminal Police Office on Mobile Device Phishing

Eric Davis, Google (News - Alert) (US) on New Security Interventions

Ilya Sachkov, Group-IB (Russia) Digital Crimes in Russia

The CeCOS V agenda is here: http://www.antiphishing.org/events/2011_opSummit.html#agenda.

"CeCOS is designed to unite the ecrime responder community so that it can better act in concert against the threats that menace enterprises and consumers worldwide," explained Husin Jazri, CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia. "The CeCOS conference helps build the community of responders who can share data, insights and local intelligence."

APWG Secretary General Peter Cassidy said, "Commercial security companies, national governments, international treaty organizations, law enforcement agencies, and industry associations the world over are increasingly looking for ways to coordinate their efforts and to share data that are useful for their investigations and for the protection of consumers."

CeCOS V, the second APWG conference held in Asia, is an open conference for members of the electronic-crime fighting community, hosted by the APWG and its Conference Partner MyCERT and sponsored by HitachiJoho, Google, and MarkMonitor. The CeCOS programs are widely considered the most vital events to investigators and managers of electronic crime from across private and public sectors.

At previous CeCOS conferences in San Francisco, Tokyo, Barcelona, and Sao Paulo, the APWG has drawn hundreds of delegates from law enforcement agencies, technology companies, financial services firms, security services firms, government agencies, law firms, consumer advocacy groups, and research centers from around the globe, bringing together some of the most advanced counter-electronic crime thought leaders from East Asia, South Asia, Europe, South America and North America.

Parties interested in proposing presentations or participating in panel discussion for CeCOS IV should send an email to: proposals@antiphishing.org. Parties interested in sponsoring some part of the event can contact Deputy-Secretary General Foy Shiver at fshiver@antiphishing.org.

AGENDA:

A preliminary working agenda can be found at this APWG Web page: http://www.antiphishing.org/events/2011_opSummit.html#agenda.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:

The links for registration Web pages for this APWG conference can be found here: http://secure.lenos.com/lenos/antiphishing/cecos2011/.

VENUE:

The 2011 Counter-eCrime Operations Summit is being held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel situated amidst five acres of landscaped gardens in the heart of Kuala Lumpur's entertainment, shopping and business district. Hotel website: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/kulcp.

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