Presenter

Zhao Wei, CEO, KnownSec Inc., China

Zhao Wei is the CEO and co-founder of KnownSec Inc, which is a Beijing-based anti-malware company mostly focused on stopping web malware in China. Prior to founding KnownSec, he was a security researcher at VenusTech and McAfee. He has been actively involved in computer security for nearly ten years, and he has found several vulnerabilities in Windows and Linux software. He has helped China Anti-Malware Alliance often in their fight against malware rampancy in China. His focus now is on the most common distribution of malware: vulnerable web browsers and malicious web sites. Because large quantities of the world's malware comes from Chinese web sites, and founders of KnownSec are experts in Chinese security infosec arena, KnownSec addresses this problem to make the internet safer for everyone.

Zhao Wei has presented at numerous security conferences:
2005 Xfocus Security Conference Beijing
2005 HK Security Summit HongKong
2008 POC Security Conference Seoul Korea
2008 JingWuMen Security Conference Alibaba Hangzhou China
2009 Cansec West Security Conference Vancouver Canada
2009 FIRST conference Kyoto Japan

Presentation

Malware and the State of IT Security in China

Effective information security requires architecting defenses against a changing threat landscape. This presentation will explore the malware and threat environment in China. Trends being seen in the underground malware economy will be discussed, and suggestions as to how organizations can best defend against malware threats will be presented.