IOActive’s Barnaby Jack to Present at Ekoparty

IOActive’s Director of Security Testing to discuss software vulnerabilities discovered in Automated Teller Machines

Seattle, Wash—September 14, 2010. IOActive, a leading provider of software and hardware assurance, compliance, and smart grid security services, today announced that its Director of Security Testing, Barnaby Jack, will present Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines at Ekoparty Security Conference. Ekoparty is an annual conference in Buenos Aires where all attendees, guests, and specialists have the opportunity to get involved with technology advances, vulnerabilities, and security matters.

The most common attacks on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) typically involve the use of card skimmers or the physical theft of the machines. Jack’s research goes beyond physical vulnerabilities and reveals software-based attacks. He will demonstrate both local and remote attacks, and reveal a multi-platform rootkit. The rootkit was specifically designed for ATMs to give an attacker the ability to dispense cash from the machine, retrieve ATM passwords and settings, and retrieve tracking data remotely.

WHAT  Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines

WHERE  Ciudad Cultural Konex. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

WHEN  September 17, 2010. 6:00 pm.

HOW  For more information, visit their website.

About Barnaby Jack
Barnaby Jack is IOActive’s Director of Security Testing, where he explores emerging threats, and ensures IOActive stays on the competitive edge and offers superior value. With over 10 years’ experience in security consulting and research, Jack has targeted everything from low-level Windows drivers to the exploitation of Automated Teller Machines. He has subsequently been credited with the discovery of numerous vulnerabilities, and published multiple papers on new exploitation methods and techniques.

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 Barnaby Jack, Ilja van Sprundel, Mike Davis and Michael Milvich—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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