News and Events

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News | Upcoming Events | Past Events | Press Releases

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Recent News:

  March 19, 2010: Laura Mather quoted on NJ.com about how bots are used to steal money from e-commerce websites.
    March 5, 2010: Silver Tail mentioned in Computer World Blogand HyTrust were the two start-ups from the Innovation Sandbox that I found most intriguing.
    March 3, 2010: Silver Tail mentioned as one of the most innovative companies at RSA Conference in SC Magazine article.
    March 3, 2010: Laura Mather quoted in Search Financial Security article on RSA panel.
  December 10, 2009: Laura Mather quoted in Philadelphia Examiner article on email scams
  October 5, 2009: Washington Post article on Zeus attack against Silver Tail
  September 18, 2009: Laura Mather quoted in The RegisterBrute-force attacks target two-year hole in Yahoo! Mail
    September 10, 2009: Laura Mather quoted in Search Financial Security article
  September 2, 2009: Silver Tail named to Bank Technology News' "Future Now" list
  June 2, 2009: E-Commerce Journal article on Silver Tail being named to Top Tech Companies to Watch list
    June 1, 2009: Silver Tail Selected in “Top Technology Companies to Watch” by Bank Technology News. Specific article on Silver Tail here. Laura Mather and Mike Eynon highlighted and for "the market  to take notice."
  May 27, 200: Laura Mather quoted in Dark Reading article, "More Than 80% Of Phishing Attacks Use Hijacked, Legitimate Websites"
    May 21, 2009: Laura Mather quoted on MSNBC article, "Facebook hit again with e-mail phishing attack
  May 6, 2009: Bradway Research releases Analysis & Opinion briefing selecting Silver Tail as "most likely to succeed."
  May, 2009: Silver Tail mentioned in Credit Union Tech-Talk about the Best of Show win and the products.
 

 May 2009: Laura Mather quoted in American Banker article on "BofA: Phishing Victims Won't Get Fooled Again". 

  April 2009: Silver Tail wins Best of Show at Finovate Conference in San Francisco. Silver Tail was voted Best of Show by the audience of over 300 financial services attendees ahead of 57 vendors at the conference.
APWG  

March 2009: Laura Mather quoted in the blog Top Web Hosting Companies on the recent APWG advisory offering remedies for phishing attacks. 

    February 2009: "...nationally recognized Internet fraud expert" Laura Mather mentions, "The swift reaction to disconnecting the phone number and putting up a proactive message referring callers to the FTC's Web site at www.onguardonline.gov was lauded as a 'teachable moment'". She is quoted in an article in California's Stockton Record on the new wave of scam phone calls, called "vishing" hitting many cities.
    February 2009: Laura Mather quoted in article in Michigan's Muskegon Times on the new wave of scam phone calls.

  January 2009: Silver Tail releases new white paper on Business Logic Abuse.

  November 2008: Digital Transactions publishes article by Laura Mather on business logic exploits.  See page 34.

 

July 2008: FTC Staff Report on Roundtable Discussion of Phishing Education quoted Laura Mather on the current state of Phishing.

  Dr. Laura Mather...offers suggestions on what an organization should do in the event it finds its name, brand, or logo is being utilized in a highly targeted phishing attempt. “The first thing I recommend is to get a plan in place. When a phishing attack happens, you’re going to be scrambling,” in Processor Tech and Trends

 

"Laura Mather, said in a statement that executives at companies are receiving specially targeted e-mail messages..." in Information Week

  "Rock Phish, automatically changes the physical computer hosting a site as quickly as every two minutes, says Laura Mather, the APWG's director of operations..." in Forbes

 

Upcoming Events:

  April 30: Laura Mather to present at ABA Risk Management Forum.

 

Past Events:

  Mar 2: Laura Mather to participate in the "Banking Malware - All your bank accounts belong to us" panel at the RSAConference in San Francisco.
  Mar 1: Silver Tail to present at the Innovation Sandbox competition at RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco.
  Mar 1: Laura Mather will be moderating a panel on "The Malware Lifecycle" at the eFraudNetwork as part of the RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco.
  Oct 19-21: Mike Eynon and Laura Mather presenting at APWG e-Crime Researcher Summit in Tacoma, WA.  If you are attending, please email us so we can find time to connect.
  Oct 14: Laura Mather presenting at the SC World Congress Innovator's Throwdown.
  Sept 29, 2009: Silver Tail attending Finovate 2009 in Manhattan, NY.  [Update: Won Best of Show!]
  Sept 2, 2009: Laura Mather presenting at OWASP in New York, NY.  It would be great to meet with anyone who is attending.
  July 29-30, 2009: Silver Tail attending Black Hat USA 2009 in Las Vegas, NV
  July 14: Silver Tail's webinar on Detecting Man in the Browser Attacks
  June 11, 2009: Laura Mather speaking to Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) SCOM Meeting on Secure Web Browsing

  April 29, 2009: Silver Tail participating in FinovateStartup09 - a conference that showcases the innovative work of technology startups for the financial services industry
RSA Conference   April 20-24, 2009: Laura Mather moderates a panel at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
Merchant Risk Council   March 10-12 2009: Silver Tail attending the Merchant Risk Council E-Commerce Payments and Risk Management conference in Las Vegas

  October 2008: Laura Mather presented at the Anti-Phishing Working Group e-Crime Summit on "Leveraging the Teachable Moment" - educating consumers on the dangers of phishing at the most relevant time.  "Leveraging the Teachable Moment" is work done in conjunction with Carnegie Mellon University. See the agenda for the e-Crime Summit here.

  August 2008: Laura Mather presented the APWG Consumer Education Initiative to the Financial Services Technology Consortium

  July 2008: Laura Mather served on the "On-line Fraud: Phishing and Pharming" panel at the IRS Identity Protection Forum in Washington, DC

 

April 2008: Laura Mather, Co-Founder of Silver Tail Systems, attends the FTC roundtable discussion on Anti-Phishing Consumer Education

 

Press Releases:

February 11, 2010: Silver Tail selected as finalist in "Innovation Sandbox", part of RSA Conference 2010

October 15, 2009: Bank Technology News names Silver Tail to it's "FutureNow" list

June 1, 2009: Silver Tail Selected in “Top Technology Companies to Watch” by Bank Technology News

May 6, 2009: Bradway Research Selects Silver Tail Most Likely to Succeed

April 30, 2009: Silver Tail Wins Best of Show at Finovate Conference

April 20, 2009: Silver Tail Founder to Lead Panel at RSA eFraudNetwork

April 20, 2009: Fraud Experts Launch Silver Tail Systems to Lead the Fight Against Business Logic Abuse

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