Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan is a technical director and architect with Symantec Security Technology and Response. His current focus involves building Symantec's next-generation security technologies. His interests include studying the emerging threat landscape, focusing on topics like phishing, online fraud, malware, and Web 2.0 security. He has co-authored over 50+ technical articles, 25+ patent applications, and two books. Zulfikar holds a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
As a new year approaches we must prepare for new Internet security threats.
Every year, new and innovative ways of attacking computer users emerge and
continue to increase in volume and severity. To know where we are going it is
helpful to look at where we have been. Finding trends in Internet security
has become a valuable, if not necessary, action for companies developing
software to protect computer users.
Attacks have increased in sophistication and are often tailored to their
specific victim. Trend tracking has shown that in 2008, the Web has become a
primary conduit for attack activity. According to Symantec's Top Internet
Security Trends of 2008, attackers have become more difficult to track as
they have shifted away from mass distribution of a small family of thr... (more)
Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan is a technical director and architect with Symantec Security Technology and Response. His current focus involves building Symantec's next-generation security technologies. His interests include studying the emerging threat landscape, focusing on topics like phishing, online fraud, malware, and Web 2.0 security. He has co-authored over 50+ technical articles, 25+ patent applications, and two books. Zulfikar holds a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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