RiskIQ to Expose Inner Workings of Malvertising at AppSecUSA

WHO:

James Pleger, Director of Research for RiskIQ, is an expert in ad network and exchange security. He has 15 years of experience as a security intelligence researcher and analyst with RSA,The Security Division of EMC; SRC Research; Honeywell International; and GoDaddy.

WHAT:

The Internet economy is at risk from the very thing that powers it: digital advertising. Global adversaries now infiltrate the ad ecosystem on a daily basis, injecting malware into web and mobile devices via Malvertisements. This session will discuss how Malvertising works and the top five types of malware being used to target users of web and mobile applications. The speaker will provide an anatomy of a real-world malvertising campaign including an analysis of each step of in the attack, distribution and obfuscation processes. This walkthrough will also explain how global threat actors are leveraging the online advertising ecosystem to carry out targeted attacks on organizations.

WHERE:

OWASP’s 12th Annual AppSecUSA, Hyatt Regency San FranciscoRoom C

WHEN:

HOW:

To schedule a conversation with James Pleger, contact Marc Gendron at [email protected] or 781-237-0341.

To register for AppSecUSA visit: https://2015.appsecusa.org/buy/