FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: pressrelations (at) blackhat.com Security Researchers to Release Nine Tools and Four Vulnerabilities at Black Hat DC 2007 Beginning February 28th Jim Christy of the Department of Defense to Keynote on Cyber Crime and the Power of Digital Forensics Seattle, Wash. -- February 20, 2007 -- Black Hat, a digital security division of CMP, today announced the final agenda for the Black Hat DC 2007 Briefings on February 28 - March 1, 2007 at the Sheraton Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. The Briefings will attract over 300 digital security experts, bringing together a unique mix of federal agents, corporate security professionals, and independent hackers. Special Agent (Ret) Jim Christy, Director, Futures Exploration, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, will open the conference by discussing Cyber Crime and the Power of Digital Forensics. Following the keynote, sessions will break into four tracks over two days covering new information in hardware, forensics, enterprise, and software. During these sessions, renowned security researchers will release nine tools and four new vulnerabilities. The schedule is available at http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-07/bhdc-07-schedule.html. The Black Hat Briefings have a strong emphasis on forensics, root kits, reverse engineering, and malware classification, said Special Agent (Ret) Jim Christy. These areas of expertise are very important for incident responders and forensic technicians. We are seeing a increase in the number of 0days security vulnerabilities researchers are finding, said Jeff Moss, founder of Black Hat. New tools and vectors demonstrated at Black Hat DC will help you to secure your own information in a hostile environment. Highlights include Cesar Cerrudo, Robert Graham and David Maynor, Joanna Rutkowska, and Amichai Shulman. * Cesar Cerrudo from Argentina will show a technique to identify 0day vulnerabilities in a few minutes. While this technique can be applied to any software, he will look at the latest version of Oracle Database Server: 10gR2 for Windows to uncover a new vulnerability. * Robert Graham and David Maynor from the U.S. will demonstrate how to use a new tool to identify useful information leaking out of laptops, PDAs, and Internetenabled phones. * Joanna Rutkowska from Poland will demonstrate how to cheat hardware based RAM acquisition tools without a system reboot. Her technique has been designed and implement to work against AMD64 based systems, but does not rely on hardware vitalization extensions. * Amichai Shulman from the U.S. will discuss new vulnerabilities located within database communication protocols and demonstrate a new tool to help find these vulnerabilities. * John Heasman from the UK will show how to use devices on the PCI bus to install a root kit that has no footprint on disk and can consequently survive reinstallation of the operating system and countermeasures. * Kris Kendall, Chris Paget, Nick Petroni Jr. of the US, Paul Vincent Sabanal of the Philippines, Michael Sutton of Canada, and Ollie Whitehouse of the UK will also be releasing new security tools. About Black Hat (http://www.blackhat.com) Black Hat, a digital security division of CMP, provides briefings and training to leading corporations and government agencies around the world. Black Hat differentiates itself by working at many levels within the corporate, government, and underground communities. This unmatched informational reach enables Black Hat to be continuously aware of the newest vulnerabilities, defense mechanisms, and industry trends. The Black Hat team has experience working with organizations such as Amazon, Microsoft, and the NSA. Black Hat Briefings and Trainings are held annually in Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Tokyo, and Washington DC. About CMP Technology CMP Technology is a marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. Through its market-leading portfolio of trusted information brands, CMP has earned the confidence of more technology professionals than any other media company. As a result, CMP is the premier provider of access, insight and actionable programs designed to connect sellers and buyers in ways that yield superior return on investment. Headquartered in Manhasset, NY, CMP Technology is part of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com), a leading global provider of news distribution and specialist information services for the professional and enthusiast markets, actively bringing buyers and sellers together across targeted media channels -- publications, events and on-line. ______________________________________ Subscribe to the InfoSec News RSS Feed http://www.infosecnews.org/isn.rss
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