Assessing the botnet threat

Date: Apr 01, 2010

Botnet researcher Joe Stewart discusses the current threat levels presented by botnets, recent attacks from Operation Aurora and the Black Energy botnet, and how to protect your enterprise from DDoS and other botnet attacks.

About the speaker:
Joe Stewart is Director of Malware Research at SecureWorks Inc.

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