Web sites and web pages have become the new frontier for malware distribution. Over the past two years, there has been a fundamental shift in how malware is distributed -- while teenagers used to write viruses which required users to click on email attachments to propagate, financially motivated cybercriminals now plant malware on legitimate web pages that result in drive-by-downloads when web pages are simply loaded.

In this talk, Neil will present newly researched data and statistics surrounding the recent distribution trends of web-based malware. He will talk about what trends mean for information technology professionals and engineers, and the process of building and running web applications. Also, he will discuss a variety of existing and novel defenses and their pros and cons, with a focus on how they can be used to prevent, detect, diagnose, and quarantine infections of web applications.

About the Presenter

Neil Daswani is a co-founder of Dasient, Inc. , a new Internet security company backed by some of the most influential investors in Silicon Valley. In the past, Neil has served in a variety of research, development, teaching, and managerial roles at Google, Stanford University, DoCoMo USA Labs, Yodlee, and Bellcore (now Telcordia Technologies). While at Stanford, Neil cofounded the Stanford Center for Professional Development Software Security Certification Program.

His areas of expertise include security, wireless data technology, and peer-to-peer systems.He has published extensively in these areas, frequently gives talks atindustry and academic conferences, and has been granted several U.S.patents.

He received a Ph.D. and a master's in computer science from Stanford University, and earned a bachelor's in computer science withhonors with distinction from Columbia University.

Neil is also the lead author of Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs To Know (published by Apress; ISBN 1590597842;). More information about Neil is available at http://www.neildaswani.com .

Meet the Instructor (video): A conversation with Neil Daswani (since this interview session took place, Neil Daswani has moved on to Dasient, Inc. )

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This free, one-hour webinar is hosted by the Stanford Center for Professional Development, in association with the Advanced Computer Security - Stanford Certificate Program

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