<P>The 3<SUP>rd</SUP> International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software (MALWARE ’08), formerly the International Swarm Intelligence and Other Forms of Malware Workshop, will be held this year October 7–8, 2008 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Fairfax, Virginia.<SPAN> </SPAN>The conference is designed to bring together experts from industry, academia, and government to present and discuss, in an open environment, the latest advances and discoveries in the field malicious and unwanted software, the techniques, economics and legal issues behind their use, and the methods to detect and control them.</P> <P><B>Keywords:</B> </P> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Worms, viruses and other propagating Malware</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Spyware, rootkits, keystroke loggers, information theft Malware</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Swarm–Intelligence, Swarm Worms, Zombies, distributed Intelligence Malware</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Honeypots, Honeyclients, and other examples of Malware data collection methodologies</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Email based Malware, Trojan Horses, and other forms of Malware requiring human interaction and/or control. </SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Case studies, experimental designs, and measurement methodologies use to track and characterize Malware.</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Botnet command and control structures</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>The economics behind Malware, Botnets, and other malicious code.</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Tools and methodologies used to detect and track Botnets.</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Code reverse engineering tools and practices</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Malware performance</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Malware capture and analysis tools</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Spam, Phishing – detection and analysis</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Significant operational experiences</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Survey studies</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>The legal implications of unwanted software use</SPAN> <LI><SPAN style=″FONT–SIZE: 10pt; FONT–FAMILY: Arial″>Malware, the legal system, and law enforcement</SPAN></LI>
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