Patrick Peterson, Cisco Fellow & Chief Security Researcher, Cisco Systems Inc.
Henry Stern, Senior Security Researcher, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Hackers and Threats Track

Abstract: We have captured and observed five of the most dangerous botnet families. In this session, using demonstrations, packet captures and video, we unravel their technical operations: malware infection, botnet command & control, botnet size and how their weaknesses enable extermination. We will follow the money to unravel business models, criminal actors, relationships and profits.

Patrick Peterson joined IronPort Systems in 2000 and defined IronPort’s email security appliances and invented IronPort’s SenderBase, the industry’s first reputation service. In 2008, after Cisco’s acquisition of IronPort, Peterson became a Cisco Fellow, a position that is reserved for individuals whose technical contribution has made a material impact not only within Cisco, but also in the industry as a whole.

Henry Stern joined IronPort Systems in 2006 as one of the original engineers responsible for IronPort Anti-Spam (TM), the industry’s most accurate anti-spam filter, and invented IronPort’s Multidimensional Pattern Recognition (TM) technology for combatting image threats.  Stern has been involved in the anti-spam community since 2003, serving as a committer for the Apache SpamAssassin project and a contributor to both the SURBL and URIBL spam domain name blocklists.

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