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SUMMARY:Why root the kernel when you can just install a toolbar? - Christo
 pher Palow (Facebook) - Christopher Palow - Facebook
DTSTART:20130222T140000Z
DTEND:20130222T150000Z
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CONTACT:Jonathan Millican
DESCRIPTION:Facebook faces many forms of abuse from a variety of actors pr
 imarily focused on making money off Facebook's users.  At best\, these adv
 ersarial actors use questionable means.  Facebook's Site Integrity teams c
 ombat these abuses in order to protect our users and ensure their trust.  
 Most abuse on Facebook's goal is to get users to visit a URL offsite where
  a viral and/or monetization component is located.  Facebook's adversaries
  exploit our users' trust in their friends through a variety of techniques
  including but not limited to phishing\, MITM attacks\, malware\, fake and
  imposter accounts\, as well as platform applications in order to get a us
 er to visit a link.\n\nThis talk will focus on an overview of these attack
 s and some of Facebook's countermeasures against them.  The talk will then
  explore a trend towards browser malware that Facebook has seen gain tract
 ion since December 2011.\n\nChristopher Palow leads an engineering team at
  Facebook's London office focused on spam prevention and promoting user tr
 ust.  Over the past five years Chris has focused on stopping abuse on Face
 book from phishing\, fake accounts\, malware\, and various other scams thr
 ough innovative detection and response systems. Prior to joining Facebook 
 Chris spent four years split among MITRE and Crossbeam Systems working on 
 Linux Kernel issues specifically in the networking stack. Chris graduated 
 with a BS & MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon
  University.
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building\, Lecture Theatre 2
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