Alex Sotirov, an independent security researcher with more than ten years of experience with vulnerability research, reverse engineering and advanced exploitation techniques, will be giving a free 4-week reversing seminar through NYU:Poly's ISIS lab. Starting on April 1st, Alex will cover and go beyond many of the topics presented in NYU:Poly's successful "Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Analysis" course. Material will be presented on common binary patterns, dynamic analysis techniques, and complex malware analysis.
Alex's most recent work includes exploiting MD5 collisions to create a rogue Certificate Authority, bypassing the exploitation mitigations on Windows Vista and developing the Heap Feng Shui browser exploitation technique. His professional experience includes positions as a security researcher at Determina and VMware. Currently he is working as an independent security consultant in New York. He is a regular speaker at security conferences around the world, including CanSecWest, BlackHat and Recon. Alexander is a program chair of the USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies and is one of the founders of the Pwnie Awards.
Please join us for this unique opportunity at NYU:Poly's ISIS lab. All are welcome.
More information:
http://www.phreedom.org
http://isis.poly.edu
http://www.poly.edu/directions/