IOActive’s Cesar Cerrudo to Present at EkoParty

Chief Technology Officer of IOActive Labs to present Squeezing the Web: Combining Drops of Information to Own Any Argentinian

Seattle, Wash—September 9, 2011. IOActive, a leading provider of application security, compliance, and smart grid security services, today announced that Cesar Cerrudo, their CTO of IOActive Labs, will present Squeezing the Web: Combining Drops of Information to Own Any Argentinian at EkoParty. EkoParty is a one-of-a-kind event in South America—an annual security conference held in Buenos Aires where security specialists from all over Latin American (and beyond) have the chance to get involved with state-of-the-art techniques, vulnerabilities, and tools in a relaxed environment.

Cerrudo will discuss the dangers that modern internet users subject themselves to every day when they sign up on websites and for services. The personal information the user leaves behind (a little bit on one site, a little more on another) can be mined far more easily than most people think. The presentation will cover how easy it is—by gathering public and personal information—to abuse common user authentication mechanisms, and the terrifying results. Cerrudo will provide practical examples of this threat that hopefully make people more aware and encourage caution, inspiring users to take charge of their online identities and what they allow the public to see.

WHAT  Squeezing the Web: Combining Drops of Information to Own Any Argentinian

WHERE  Ciudad Cultural Konex

WHEN  September 21–23, 2011. Time TBD.

HOW  For more information, visit the EkoParty website.

About Cesar Cerrudo
Cesar Cerrudo is CTO at IOActive Labs, where he leads the team in performing cutting-edge research in the areas of SCADA, mobile device, and application security, to name a few. Formerly the founder and CEO of Argeniss Consulting—which was acquired by IOActive—Cesar is a world-renowned security researcher and specialist in application security.

Throughout his career, Cesar has been credited with discovering and helping to eliminate dozens of vulnerabilities in leading applications including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database Server, IBM DB2, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Commerce Server, Microsoft Windows, and Yahoo! Messenger. Cerrudo also has authored several white papers on database and application security, and attacks and exploitation techniques. He has been invited to present at such conferences as Black Hat, Bellua, CanSecWest, EuSecWest, WebSec, HITB, Microsoft Blue Hat, EkoParty, FRHACK, H2HC, and Defcon. Cerrudo collaborates with and is regularly printed in online publications including eWeek, Computer World, and other leading journals.

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 talented consultants who contribute to the growing body of security knowledge by speaking at such elite conferences as Black Hat, Ruxcon, Defcon, BlueHat, CanSec, and WhatTheHack. For more information, visit www.ioactive.com.

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