Wes Brown to Present at BSides San Francisco

IOActive's Principal Security Consultant to discuss building and using an automated malware pipeline

Seattle, Wash—March 1, 2010. IOActive, a leading provider of software assurance, compliance, and smart grid security services today announced that Wes Brown, one of their Principal Security Consultants, was selected to present So You Want to Analyze Malware? at BSides San Francisco. BSides is a community-driven "unconference" built for and by information security community members. The goal is to expand the spectrum of converation beyond the traditional confines of space and time.

With malware on the rise, it has become increasingly difficult for analysts to make informed decisions quickly and decide whether to spend time and money on a more rigorous manual review. To help combat this, Brown will discuss how to build and use an automated malware pipeline, which organizes and characterizes thousands of pieces of malware. After discussing tools and techniques for building a pipeline, he will give a demonstration of how the pipeline actually handles various malware samples.

WHAT  So You Want to Analyze Malware?

WHERE  pariSoma, 1436 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94113

WHEN  March 3. 9:30–10:00 am.

HOW  For more information about BSides San Francisco, visit their website.

About Wes Brown
As a Principal Security Consultant at IOActive, Wes Brown works with clients to discover and solve network and application problems that threaten their business goals and assets. In addition to his direct efforts on penetration tests, security reviews, and network and application audits, Brown pioneered the concept of injectable virtual machines, which he presented at several internationally-renowned security conferences.

Brown is an expert at reverse engineering, having worked with security biometric devices, Intel's HECI transport, encryption algorithms, and proprietary communication and switching protocols. He has developed protocol intercept code, device communication protocols, test and fuzzing frameworks, and malware analysis frameworks. Brown also is a respected contributor to the Matasano website, covering topics such as injectable virtual machines, detecting anonymizing proxies, and VoIP.

About IOActive
Established in 1998, IOActive is an industry leader that offers comprehensive computer security services with specializations in smart grid technologies, software assurance, and compliance. Boasting a well-rounded and diverse clientele, IOActive works with a majority of Global 500 companies including power and utility, hardware, retail, financial, media, aerospace, high-tech, and software development organizations. As a home for highly skilled and experienced professionals, IOActive attracts the likes of Dan Kaminsky, Ilja van Sprundel, Mike Davis, and Wes Brown—talented consultants who contribute to the growing body of security knowledge by speaking at such elite conferences as Black Hat, Ruxcon, Defcon, Shakacon, BlueHat, CanSec, and WhatTheHack. For more information, visit www.ioactive.com.

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