London, UK ― September 26, 2013 ― IOActive, Inc., the leading global provider of specialist information security services, announced today that Stephan Chenette, director of research and development for IOActive, and Eireann Leverett, senior consultant for IOActive, will present at BruCON in Belgium.
Eireann Leverett and Matt Erasmus will host Foundational Packetry: Using the Internet on God Mode, a workshop designed to teach attendees about the foundational protocols of the Internet. Eireann and Matt will help attendees become skilled with Scapy, Wireshark, and manipulating packets, in order to gain a deeper understanding of low-level network traffic. The information from this workshop will enable other skills such as constructing firewall rule sets, NetFlow analysis, and IDS/IPS deployments.
Stephan Chenette will present Building Custom Android Malware for Penetration Testing. Stephan will provide insight into today’s malware techniques and Android malware solutions. Stephan will also demonstrate the benefits of systematically breaking down the functionality of Android malware in order to better understand defensive technologies.
BruCON is a two-day, security conference held at the Aula Academica of the Ghent University in Gent, Belgium from September 26-27. IOActive is proud to be the event’s party sponsor. For more information on the event, please visit: http://2013.brucon.org/.
| WORKSHOP: | Foundational Packetry: Using the Internet on God Mode |
| WHERE: | Aula Academica of the Ghent University, Gent, Belgium |
| WHEN: | Thursday September 26, 2013 at 4:30pm |
| INFO: | http://2013.brucon.org |
| PRESENTATION: | Keynote: Building Custom Android Malware for Penetration Testing |
| WHERE: | Aula Academica of the Ghent University, Gent, Belgium |
| WHEN: | Friday September 27, 2013 at 3:30pm |
| INFO: | http://2013.brucon.org |
About BruCON
BruCON is an annual security and hacker conference providing two days of an interesting atmosphere for open discussions of critical infosec issues, privacy, information technology and its cultural/technical implications on society. Organised in Belgium, BruCON offers a high quality line up of speakers, security challenges and interesting workshops. BruCON is a conference by and for the security and hacker community. The conference tries to create bridges between the various actors active in computer security world, included but not limited to hackers, security professionals, security communities, non-profit organisations, CERTs, students, law enforcement agencies, etc.
About Stephan Chenette
Stephan Chenette is the director of research and development for IOActive where he conducts ongoing research to support internal and external security initiatives within the IOActive research team. Stephan has been involved in security research for the last ten years and has presented at numerous conferences including: Black Hat, CanSecWest, RSA, RECon, AusCERT, ToorCon, SecTor, SOURCE, BruCON and PacSec.
Stephan’s specialty is the writing of research tools and investigating next generation emerging threats. He has released public analyses on various vulnerabilities and malware. Prior to joining IOActive, Stephan was the head security researcher at Websense for six years and a security software engineer for four years working in research and product development at eEye Digital Security.
About Eireann Leverett
Eireann Leverett is a senior consultant for IOActive where he focuses on Smart Grid and SCADA systems. He studied Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering at Edinburgh University and went on to get his Masters in Advanced Computer Science at Cambridge. He studied under Frank Stajano and Jon Crowcroft in Cambridge’s computer security group. In between, he worked for GE Energy for five years and a six-month engagement with ABB in their corporate research department.
Leverett’s MP thesis at Cambridge was on the increasing connectivity of industrial systems to the public Internet. He focused on finding the cheapest way to find and visualize these exposures and associated vulnerabilities. He shared the data with ICS-CERT and other CERT teams globally and presents regularly to academic and government agencies on the security of industrial systems. In his spare time, Leverett is a circus and magic enthusiast and likes a fine wine or craft beer.
About IOActive
IOActive is a comprehensive, high-end information security services firm with a long and established pedigree in delivering elite security services to its customers. Our world-renowned consulting and research teams deliver a portfolio of specialist security services ranging from penetration testing and application code assessment through to semiconductor reverse engineering. Global 500 companies across every industry continue to trust IOActive with their most critical and sensitive security issues. Founded in 1998, IOActive is headquartered in Seattle, USA, with global operations through the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pac regions. Visit www.ioactive.com for more information.
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