Michael Hale Ligh is a malicious code analyst at Verisign iDefense. He specializes in designing tools for malware detection, decryption, and investigation. Michael obtained his masters in forensic computer investigation in 2004 and began providing Internet security services to financial institutions. He then gained interest in vulnerability research and has been credited with locating critical flaws in products such as Tumbleweed MailGate, Novell iMonitor/eDirectory, Symark PowerBroker, and F5 FirePass SSL VPN. Michael is a member of ZERT and has submitted winning entries in malware related contests/challenges run by SANS, Honeynet, and Hacker Challenge.