APWG eCrime 2015 Explores Cybercrime Threatening Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies
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Conference Sessions Highlight Technologies and Protocols for Cooperative
Response
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The APWG today announced
the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency crime forum and collaborative networking program
for cybercrime fighters at the 2015 Symposium on Electronic Crime Research
(eCrime 2015) in Barcelona, Spain, May 26 - 29. A discounted registration rate
is available for those who pay with Bitcoin. The full conference agenda and
registration information are available at https://apwg.org/apwg-
events/ecrime2015/.
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"Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin and many other cryptocurrencies have grown
tremendously in the last two years," said APWG founder and chairman, Dave
Jevans. "Along with that growth has come the attention of the cybercrime
underground. From the Mt. Gox hack that lost more than $500 million and killed
the company, to the recent attack on Bitstamp and all the malware that is trying
to steal user wallets, criminals have clearly entered the space. These sessions
at the APWG eCrime Conference will give attendees the knowledge they need to
understand the risks and the new security approaches for handling
cryptocurrencies."
The APWG, the global cybercrime-fighting association, draws leading cybercrime
experts from industry, public-sector law enforcement, government and academia
from across the globe. eCrime 2015 combines the APWG's operations program and
the peer-reviewed APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research for presentation
of applied cybercrime research papers. Conference sessions cover every aspect of
the dynamic cybercrime spectrum, from the latest crimeware technologies being
thrown against consumer devices to data-exchange protocols for cooperative
response to cybercrime threats.
Conference highlights include:
* APWG Chairman and cryptocurrency expert Dave Jevans will moderate a Bitcoin
crime and fraud prevention panel that covers the latest Bitcoin trends and
ongoing security challenges that remain in the digital currency world.
* Ken Miller, COO of Gem and payments expert, will discuss the latest
standards, protocols and best practices for Bitcoin security for consumers,
merchants and payment processors, as well as what's needed for mass
adoption.
* Law enforcement experts from EC3-EUROPOL, the FBI, Spanish eCrime Police
Unit and National Police Agency of Japan will share their perspectives and
discuss awareness and dissemination as prevention strategies.
* Leading industry analysts from companies like CaixaBank, Telefónica,
Tripwire, PandaLabs and Kaspersky will cover topics ranging from mobile
threats and attacks to global phishing trends, risk assessments and metrics
and share case studies and valuable research information.
* A special eCrime meetup with the Barcelona Bitcoin community will be held
the evening of May 26.
"There are incredibly strong parallels between the challenges of both adoption
and security of Bitcoin and the early days of the Internet," said Gem COO Ken
Miller. "But this time we can be much more ahead of the curve and, if done
right, build a security infrastructure that exceeds anything we've seen
previously in the financial services world."
APWG Secretary General Peter Cassidy said, "The new currencies are being
inducted into Internet commerce, and the architecture of cybercrime mutates
apace to exploit new opportunities. While some age-old crimes are being replayed
in the cryptocurrency realm, new forms of cybercrime are emerging in this
innovative space. APWG sees new venues in which its data clearinghouses can help
manage the new ether-crime the way it deployed its cybercrime event data
clearance mechanisms for industry when phishing appeared years ago."
Working agenda:
https://apwg.org/apwg-events/ecrime2015/agenda
eCrime 2015 registration:
https://apwg.org/apwg-events/ecrime2015/registration
eCrime 2015 Bitcoin registration:
https://apwg.org/apwg-events/ecrime2015/bitcoin
Conference hotel reservation:
https://apwg.org/apwg-events/ecrime2015/venue
Listing of accepted papers:
https://apwg.org/apwg-events/ecrime2015/papers
Sponsors of the APWG 2015 Symposium on Electronic Crime Research include
CaixaBank, Telefónica, Verisign and Easy Solutions.
About the APWG
The APWG, founded in 2003 as the Anti-Phishing Working Group, is the global
industry, law enforcement and government coalition focused on unifying the
global response to electronic crime. Membership is open to qualified financial
institutions, online retailers, ISPs and Telcos, the law enforcement community,
solutions providers, multi-lateral treaty organizations, research centers, trade
associations and government agencies. There are more than 2,000 companies,
government agencies and NGOs participating in the APWG worldwide. The APWG's
www.apwg.org and education.apwg.org websites offer the public, industry and
government agencies practical information about phishing and electronically
mediated fraud as well as pointers to pragmatic technical solutions that provide
immediate protection.
The APWG is co-founder and co-manager of the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Messaging
Convention, the global online safety public awareness collaborative,
www.stopthinkconnect.org, and founder/curator of the eCrime Researchers Summit,
the world's only peer-reviewed conference dedicated specifically to electronic
crime studies, www.ecrimeresearch.org.
CONTACT: Aimee Larsen Kirkpatrick
aimee(at)apwg.org
+1 808-282-9850
or
Peter Cassidy
pcassidy(at)apwg.org
+1 617-669-1123
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Datum: 29.04.2015 - 09:00 Uhr
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