Mumbai,Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, announces that it hosted an international press tour in Limassol, Cyprus as part of its Security Analyst Summit which took place between 3 and 6 June.

In attendance were approximately thirty of the IT security industrys top journalists, representing some twenty nations from around the world. Among the many things going on at the event, they were all particularly keen to hear four key presentations given by some of Kaspersky Labs leading virus analysts.

Roel Schouwenberg a leading antivirus expert for Kaspersky Lab in North America presented on the topic of Flash and PDF threats - Adobes Achilles heel, providing an explanation of just why Adobe products have become such popular targets for cybercriminals. Adobe software is still very susceptible to widespread infection as a result of drive-by downloads and targeted attacks. In his presentation, Roel highlighted the fact that despite all of the measures taken by Adobes security specialists the situation remains unresolved because there is a major problem with both Adobe updates and updates from third party vendors. In closing, Roel demonstrated that effective measures can be taken to combat the problem of PDF and Flash threats.

Senior Virus Analyst for Kaspersky Lab, ЕЕМЕА, Stefan Tanase, dedicated his presentation to Surviving todays targeted attacks: How to escape the Cyberhydras poisonous breath. Stefan focused on how criminals can use information posted on social networks by unwary company employees to successfully infiltrate corporate networks. According to Stefan, considering how widespread intellectual property theft and corporate espionage are, it is crucial that software is updated regularly and that employee awareness is heightened regarding IT security and social engineering attacks. Stefan rounded off his presentation by informing those present about some methods which may be employed to prevent the leakage of corporate information, tips that may be useful for some home users as well.

In his presentation, Costin Raiu, Director of the Global Research & Analysis Team, spoke about Hectors vault: inside the Trojan dropzone. Costin shared the results of his research on dropzone servers with the assembled journalists. A dropzone is where cybercriminals keep stolen personal information. Detecting such servers is not very hard, but it is much more difficult to put them out of action, let alone get access to the data stored on them. Costin provided an insight into how such dropzones operate and provided some statistics regarding the amount of profit that the cybercriminals who own such servers make. However, as he has mentioned in previous presentations, ways to resist the threat do exist and it was emphasized that most problems can be avoided if software is updated regularly and antivirus software is installed on computers.

Denis Maslennikov, Head of Kaspersky Labs Mobile Research Group, gave a talk on Mobile malware and the Internet: a myth or reality? Denis took an in-depth look at the evolution of mobile malware that exploits the Internet to achieve its aims. Statistically, the number of such threats has dramatically increased since the middle of 2009 and the forecast for the future seems even bleaker. In his report, Denis discussed the emergence of mobile botnets and explained just how cybercriminals can use them to make money.

All of the journalists present had an opportunity to talk in person with the Companys CEO, Eugene Kaspersky and to interview the Companys leading IT security experts on a one-to-one basis.

After the hard work was over, those who attended the summit took a day off to relax and unwind by honing their speedboat handling skills and enjoying Cyprus sandy beaches.

For more information about the Security Analyst Summit and press tour, or to view the presentations and photos from the event, please visit the Kaspersky Lab website at: http://www.kaspersky.com/events.

Notes to Editor

About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is the largest antivirus company in Europe. It delivers some of the worlds most immediate protection against IT security threats, including viruses, spyware, crimeware, hackers, phishing, and spam. The company is ranked among the worlds top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users. Kaspersky Lab products provide superior detection rates and one of the industrys fastest outbreak response times for home users, SMBs, large enterprises and the mobile computing environment. Kaspersky® technology is also used worldwide inside the products and services of the industrys leading IT security solution providers. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com. For the latest on antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and other IT security issues and trends, visit www.securelist.com.