Michael O’Reirdan -- Chairman; Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG)

Every day there are news stories about bots and all the harm they cause. Bots are pieces of software, often called malware, which criminals surreptitiously install on computers to inflict harm, such as sending spam, stealing financial information or conducting DDOS attacks against other computers. Corporate PCs are tempting targets as they often have access to confidential company information. Recent cases of infected corporate PCs have been in the news with tales of large sums of money stolen from corporate bank accounts.