I’ll spare you the “2009 security in review” which you can read just about anywhere else you go now. I’ll also avoid the “what to expect in security in 2010″ because everyone would just reiterate the same stuff they saw coming to life in 2009… What I would do is give a quick preview on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘conference’
ExcaliburCon summary and general China notes
So, It’s been quite some time since ExcaliburCon has been concluded, and I have been delaying this post due to some other work related activities that jumped on me right as I landed back home. Anyway, I’ll try to cover as much as I can remember (thanks to a cumulative photographic memory of all the [...]
DefCon 17 talk video available!
DefCon 17 talk video of my talk
Down the rabbit hole all the way to Miami
So the talk at Hacker Halted was really good – I was impressed with the quality of the audience and the presentations. As promised, I’m posting my slide deck here for your reference. Enjoy! Down_the_rabbit_Hole-Ian_Amit
Botnet communications moving to Web2.0
Botnets moving to web2.0 communication utilizing twitter (and web services in the future) to communicate.
Getting a business degree as part of Security Research?
What a great time to start thinking of travel – the weather is fairing up, June is here, and fortunately for me, I have a chance to take the driver seat again at another BlueHat conference! This time it’s in Brussels and I’m really looking forward to talking again about one of my favorite topics [...]
BlueHat post on the state of web security
I’ve been asked to contribute once again to the Microsoft BlueHat blog, and have written a quick “state of the web security” post. Check it out, and as always, feel free to comment or discuss whether in agreement or not. The post is located here. Cheers.
Taking the Red Pill Down the Rabbit Hole
I’ve been contemplating a title for this post for a long time, eventually I decided to merge two of my favorites (and leave the third alone: looking for the cuckoo’s egg). Basically, after a couple of weeks of almost nonstop work on a major research project (hence the relatively quiet blog), and some major news [...]
Vista Sidebar Vulnerability
Or how a contact may get too close for comfort… It’s finally here. August 14th, and we are finally in liberty to talk about the vulnerability in the Vista Sidebar Contacts Widget. As you may or may not know – when we presented “The Inherent Insecurity of Widgets and Gadgets” a few days ago at [...]
Post BlackHat, pre DefCon
So it’s been a really hectic couple of days here in Vegas. We are here (myself and 2 members of MCRC – Aviv & Amir), running between presentations, and handling booth/media traffic. The really interesting trend here is the amount of research that touched web security (in the sense that we at Finjan are focused [...]