New
York City, NY, USA -- An unusually sophisticated identity
phishing campaign that targeted Gmail users and sought to gain
control of their entire email histories was revealed by Google last
week.
The
worm, which arrived in users' inboxes posing as an email from trusted
contacts, asked users to check out an attached "Google Docs,"
or GDocs, file. Clicking on the link took them to a real Google
security page, where users were asked to give permission for the fake
app, posing as GDocs, to manage users' email account. To make matters
worse, the worm also sent itself out to all of the affected users'
contacts reproducing itself hundreds of times any time a single user
fell for it.
While
the worm caused havoc for millions of users because of its unusually
sophisticated construction, firms that trusted cybersecurity expert
and trainer Edgar Perez would have been spared the expensive and
embarrassing experience of having their information compromised. Mr.
Perez's programs target boards, CEOs and employees and turns them
into the company's first line of defense. For more information about
public and in-house programs, please visit
http://www.MrEdgarPerez.com.
Edgar
Perez, author of The
Speed Traders and Knightmare
on Wall Street, is a recognized futurist, keynote
speaker and director of programs targeted at board members, chief
executive officers and senior executives looking for new ways to gain
and maintain a competitive business advantage.
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RECENT TESTIMONIALS
• "I
would like to show my appreciation on your willingness to share your
insights about cybersecurity. We would certainly have you in mind as
we move forward to deal with this very important issue." Nik
Hasyudeen, former President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
(Malaysia)
• "Your
presentation was the real highlight of the Emerging Markets
Investments Summit. You clearly have the connections in the industry
and are very well connected." Alex Ritson, BBC News Presenter at
The Newsroom, World Business Report and Business Matters (United
Kingdom)
• "It
was such a pleasure to have you participate in our conference. The
feedback was great and the information you shared with the audience
was invaluable. Once again, thank you for your contribution in making
the event a success." Holly Chudzy, Corporate Events
Coordinator, Peters & Co. (Canada)
ABOUT
EDGAR PEREZ
Mr.
Edgar Perez is a published author, business consultant for
billion-dollar private equity and hedge funds and Council Member at
the Gerson Lehrman Group, Guidepoint Global Advisors and Research
International, with subject matter expertise in cyber security,
investing, trading, financial regulation (Dodd-Frank Act) and market
structure.
He
is author of Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight
Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets (2013), and The
Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency Trading
Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, published in
English by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), Published in Mandarin by China
Financial Publishing House (2012), and Investasi Super Kilat,
published in Bahasa Indonesia by Kompas Gramedia (2012).
Mr.
Perez is course director of Cybersecurity Boardroom Workshop, How
Boards of Directors and CXOs Can Build the Proper Foundation to
Address Today's Information Security Challenges, and The Speed
Traders Workshop, How High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable
Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX; he has
presented his workshops in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul,
Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, New York, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai.
He contributes to The New York Times and China's International
Finance News and Sina Finance.
Mr.
Perez has presented to the Council on Foreign Relations, Vadym Hetman
Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev), Quant Investment & HFT
Summit APAC (Shanghai), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(Washington DC), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University,
University of International Business and Economics (Beijing), Hult
International Business School (Shanghai) and Pace University (New
York), among other public and private institutions. In addition, Mr.
Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences, including Cyber
Security World Conference (New York), Inside Market Data (Chicago),
Emerging Markets Investments Summit (Warsaw), CME Group's Global
Financial Leadership Conference (Naples Beach, FL), Harvard Business
School's Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston),
High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago), MIT Sloan
Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), Institutional
Investor's Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis
Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face
(Seoul) and Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia
(London).
Mr.
Perez has been interviewed on CNN's Quest Means Business, CNBC's
Squawk on the Street, Worldwide Exchange, Cash Flow and Squawk Box,
FOX BUSINESS's Countdown to the Closing Bell and After the Bell,
Bloomberg TV's Market Makers, CNN en Español's Dinero, Petersburg -
Channel 5, Sina Finance, BNN's Business Day, CCTV China, Bankier.pl,
TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media, Channel NewsAsia's Business
Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities. In addition, Mr. Perez has
been featured on Sohu, News.Sina.com, Yicai, eastmoney, Caijing,
ETF88.com, 360doc, AH Radio, CNFOL.com, CITICS Futures, Tongxin
Securities, ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin, Futures Daily, Xinhua,
CBN Newswire, Chinese Financial News, ifeng.com, International
Finance News, Finance.QQ.com, hexun.com, Finance.Sina.com, The Korea
Times, The Korea Herald, The Star, The Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9,
iMoney Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street
Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econômico,
FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News and Business
Times.
Mr.
Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM,
and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City.
Previously, he managed Operations and Technology for Peruval Finance.
Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree in Systems Engineering from
Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of
Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master
of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New York,
with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the
Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Mr. Perez is an accomplished salsa
and hustle dancer and resides in the New York City area.
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Contact:
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Relations Coordinator
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