The Savage Curtain

Presented at BSidesLV 2014, Aug. 6, 2014, 4 p.m. (60 minutes)

Mobile, the Final Frontier. These are the voyages of two researchers. Their 45 minute mission: to explore strange new apps, seek out new mobile SSL bugs and new SSL implementation flaws, to boldly go where no man has gone before. We'll trek across the mobile landscape showing numerous mobile failures, related to encryption.


Presenters:

  • Tushar Dalvi - Senior Information Security Engineer, Vulnerability Research & Assessment - LinkedIn
    Tushar loves breaking web applications and ceramic bowls. Tushar Dalvi is a security enthusiast, a pool hustler and currently works as a Senior Information Security Engineer at LinkedIn. He specializes in the area of application security, with a strong focus on vulnerability research and assessment of mobile applications. Previously, Tushar has worked as a security consultant at Foundstone Professional Services (McAfee) and as a Senior developer at ACI Worldwide.
  • Tony Trummer - Sr. Security Engineer - LinkedIn
    Tony has been working in the IT industry for nearly 20 years and has been focused on application security for the last 5 years. He is currently a penetration tester for LinkedIn, running point on their mobile security initiatives. Prior to LinkedIn, he has worked for Warner Bros Advanced Digital Services, IBM and AT&T, among others and served 6 years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. When he's not hacking, he enjoys thinking about astrophysics, travelling the world and has been known to dust his skateboard off from time-to-time.

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