Penetration testing has expanded beyond just OS/network level attacks and is now focused heavily on applications and third-party components (Browsers, Java RunTime, PDF, etc). In this episode we explore these new attack vectors with a specific focus on PDFs.
Guest host Brandond Dixon – security researcher and author of PDF X-ray, an online tool to test PDFs joins us today. We look forward to having him on as a regular guest.
Hosts:
Raymond Gabler: Overall tech geek with over 15 years of experience in the Information Security/Risk Threat management side of IT.
John Linkous: Vice President, Chief Security and Compliance Officer for eIQ Networks. John brings more than 15 years of technology management and consulting experience specializing in enterprise systems management, information security and regulatory compliance.
Shawn Grimes from Shawn’s Bits.com . I’ve been a Security Engineer for about the last 10 years and I can be found on twitter at @shawng
Brandon Dixon is from 9b+ and GWU. I work as a security researcher and incident responder. I can be found on twitter @9bplus and blog at blog.9bplus.com
Announcements:
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Some Security Meet-ups in the Baltimore area:
CharmSec (meets the last Thursday of every month 7pm) – www.charmsec.org
The Ethical Hackers Club (TEHC) (first wed of the month – columbia MD) – http://www.meetup.com/ethical-hacker-club/
CyberMarlyand Forum – http://www.techcouncilmd.com/events/events_showEvent.php?evt_id=411
MDC3 – http://www.mdc3.org/