MessageLabs Predicts Next Generation in Spam, Botnets and Spyware at RSA Conference 2007.

MessageLabs Analyzes Interception Data to Determine the Evolution of Malware

SAN FRANCISCO -- According to MessageLabs Intelligence Reports, organizations are increasingly at risk of suffering an IT security breach. Not only are spam levels rising unabatedly across most of the world, but malicious attacks are also evolving to become more targeted and sophisticated. Multi-variant attacks and developments in the way they are launched are posing security risks that are becoming increasingly difficult to detect using traditional methods. Moreover communications systems such as Web and IM are converging at a growing rate posing further threats for businesses of all sizes. To survive and fight back, businesses must educate themselves to stay abreast of the threat landscape and take preventative measures to ensure infrastructure protection.

Join MessageLabs' (Booth #2209) Alex Shipp, Imagineer and Anti-Virus Technologist, at RSA Conference 2007 to learn how spam, spyware and botnets are forecasted to evolve in the coming years.

WHO:    Alex Shipp, Imagineer and Anti-Virus Technologist: MessageLabs
WHAT:   Spam, Botnets & Spyware: The Next Generation
WHEN:   Friday, February 9
        11:10 a.m. PST
WHERE:  RSA Conference 2007, San Francisco, Calif.
        Moscone Center, Green Room 104

"Technology is not static," said Alex Shipp, Imagineer and Anti-Virus Technologist, MessageLabs. "As we work in a highly evolutionary industry, we are constantly assessing the level of security risk businesses are facing on a daily basis. We have seen these dangers grow exponentially year on year and in a variety of ways and don't anticipate it will stop anytime soon. It is critical that organizations take a forward-looking approach to IT security to ensure that they can anticipate forthcoming threats and implement the right preventative measures to detect and stop them at the perimeter before given the chance to reach the firm."

About Alex Shipp

As Imagineer and Senior Anti-Virus Technologist for MessageLabs, Alex Shipp is the driving technical force behind the MessageLabs service. He was the lead architect of MessageLabs carrier class email system and is now the architect and lead programmer of Skeptic, MesageLabs heuristic virus scanner. Shipp is a pioneer in using massive computing power to detect malware. He holds ten patents in this area.

About MessageLabs

MessageLabs is a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services, with over 15,000 clients ranging from small business to the Fortune 500 located in more than 80 countries. MessageLabs provides a range of managed security services to protect, control, encrypt and archive communications across Email, Web and Instant Messaging.

These services are delivered by MessageLabs globally distributed infrastructure and supported 24/7 by security experts. This provides a convenient and cost-effective solution for managing and reducing risk and providing certainty in the exchange of business information. For more information, please visit www.messagelabs.com.