Black Hat Europe 2009 to Showcase Six New Vulnerabilities and Twelve New Tools
Highlights include Attacking Backbone Technologies, Advanced SQL Injection and SAP Penetration Testing
SEATTLE, April 8 /PRNewswire/ --Black Hat, the world's leading family of information security events, today announced that Black Hat Europe 2009 will showcase six new vulnerabilities and twelve new tools at this year's event happening April 16-17 at the Moevenpick City Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Black Hat EU 2009 will host over 500 digital security experts, bringing together public and private sector security professionals and underground hackers. For more information visit http://www.BlackHat.com.
The TechWeb-produced event brings together thought-leaders from around the world to dissect the latest security trends. Highlights include Attacking Backbone Technologies, Advanced SQL Injection and SAP Penetration Testing.
New tools and vulnerabilities presented at Black Hat EU this year include:
All Your Packets Are Belong to Us - Attacking Backbone Technologies by Enno Rey and Daniel Mende - New Tool
Advanced SQL Injection Exploitation to Operating System Full Control by Bernardo Damele Assumpcao Guimaraes - New Vulnerability and New Tool
SAP Penetration Testing by Mariano Nunez Di Croce - New Vulnerability and New Tool
Fun and Games With Mac OS X and iPhone Payloads by Charlie Miller and Vincenzo Iozzo - New Tool
Hijacking Mobile Data Connections by Roberto Gassira and Roberto Piccirillo - New Vulnerability
Yes it is Too Wifi, and No, it's Not Inherently Secure by Rob Havelt - New Tool
Open Office Security Design Weaknesses by Eric Filiol - New Vulnerability
WiSHMaster - Windows SHellcode MASTERy by Benjamin Caillat - New Tool
Alice in User-Land: Hijacking the Linux Kernel via /dev/mem by Anthony Lineberry - New Tool
Shuntaint: Emulation-based Security Testing for Formal Verification by Bruno Luiz - New Tool
Stack Smashing as of Today: A State-of-the-Art Overview on Buffer Overflow Protections on linux_x86_64 by Hagen Fritsch - New Vulnerability
Tactical Fingerprinting Using Metadata, Hidden Info and Lost Data by Chema Alonso and Enrique Rando - New Tool
VAASeling: VNC Attack Automation Suite by Rich Smith - New Tool
Masibty: a Web Application Firewall Based on Anomaly Detection by Stefano Zanero and Claudio Criscione - New Tool
Taming The Beast: Assess Kerberos-Protected Networks by Emmanuel Bouillon - New Vulnerability
"Despite the fact that new vulnerabilities are worth so much on the open market these days, we have numerous researchers willing to share their discoveries," said Jeff Moss, founder of Black Hat. "We had our strongest field of submissions yet for a European event."
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