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Take It to the Cloud: The Evolution of Security Architecture

As companies evolve their IT stack, traditional security approaches/architectures need to be reconsidered. This session will review some of the new risks introduced by SaaS/IaaS adoption a

Demystifying Security Analytics: Data, Methods, Use Cases

Many vendors sell “security analytics” tools. Also, some organizations built their own security analytics toolsets and capabilities using Big Data technologies and approaches. How do you find

Data Breach Litigation How To Avoid It and Be Better Prepared (RSA Conference 2016)

Here's an overview of the presentation: Background: Where are the Data Breaches occuring?; How to Be Better Prepared for When Your Company Data is Brenched; How to A

Building a World-Class Proactive Integrated Security and Network Ops Center

The SNOC (Security & Network Operations Center) is a cost-effective, world-class, proactive integrated function that leverages and optimizes your current NOC members while hi

Wireless Infusion Pumps: Securing Hospitals’ Most Ubiquitous Medical Device

Imagine being dependent on a wireless infusion pump to receive the correct dosage of life-supporting medication. Now imagine the implications, were that pump to be malicious

How to Analyze an Android Bot

This presentation will demonstrate a complete end-to-end analysis of an Android bot. This will include the decompilation and static analysis of bot code and the dynamic analysis of the bot’s behavior in a controlled san

Building an Android Scale Incident Response Process

The Android ecosystem has over one billion active devices from hundreds of OEMs and carrier networks. The Android Security Team will explain how the ecosystem is able to respond quickly and effecti

Finding Triggered Malice in Android Apps

Traditional techniques to detect malice in Android apps struggle to identify trigger-based changes to application logic. Unfortunately, such triggers are a key component of targeted malware, where the trigger

The State of End-User Security—Global Data from 30,000+ Websites

We live in a rapidly changing environment. Mobile commerce is skyrocketing, browsers/OS are changing, web applications enable increasing functionality—yet the only thing that seems con

Android Serialization Vulnerabilities Revisited

This session is about Android Serialization vulnerabilities. We revisit two vulns found in Android (CVE-2014-7911, CVE-2015-3837) which allowed for privilege escalation. We also present vulns found in

Hacking Exposed: The Mac Attack

Windows attacks receive all the attention. However, Mac and Linux have gained in popularity with the adversary. This session will focus on common Mac attack vectors and other cross-platform hacks that are typically se

What IT Professionals Need to Know about Sniffing Wireless Traffic in 2016

Next generation wireless standards define MU-MIMO, which promises 4x capacity gains. This session compares different multi-antenna technologies (SM, STBC, BF, MU-MIMO). It de

Hacking Exposed: The Mac Attack

Windows attacks receive all the attention. However, Mac and Linux have gained in popularity with the adversary. This session will focus on common Mac attack vectors and other cross-platform hacks that are typically se

Hacking Exposed LIVE: Attacking in the Shadows

Attackers have found compromise trivial for decades. But as additional security layers get deployed and next generation solutions come to market, attackers are turning to old and new techniques for bypa

Sophisticated Attacks vs. Advanced Persistent Security

It appears that any successful attack these days is labeled, Sophisticated. The implication is that the attacks were unpreventable. The reality is very different. We dissect recent attacks, and

The Pivot

In today’s threat landscape, the attacker is an insider. Whether a state-sponsored actor or cybercriminal, attackers typically first compromise the endpoint with a client-side exploit and then pivot. In this session, we take a deep dive in

The Seven Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques, and What's Coming Next

Which are the most dangerous new attack techniques for 2016/2017? How do they work? How can you stop them? What's coming next and how can you prepare? This fast-paced session pro

Hacking Critical Infrastructure Like You’re Not a N00b

This presentation is targeted towards an audience that already understands how to compromise the embedded systems that run a process and now is looking at manipulating the physics of the process

Cybersecurity for Oil and Gas Industries: How Hackers Can Steal Oil

One of the industries most plagued by cyberattacks is the oil and gas industry. Several attacks against such companies as Aramco have been executed. SAP and Oracle systems are widel

Breaking Closed Systems with Code-Signing and Mitigation Techniques

Code signing is abundant in the enterprises and consumer space. This session will review the current landscape showing attacks against several open (Windows, Android, Mac) and close