IOActive Delivers Groundbreaking Security Research at Black Hat USA 2017 & DEF CON 25

LAS VEGAS, July 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Hat USA 2017 -- IOActive, Inc., the worldwide leader in research-driven security services, today announced the company will be delivering several presentations during Black Hat USA 2017 and DEF CON 25 this week in Las Vegas.

"The IOActive team works tirelessly to identify highly impactful security vulnerabilities to ensure our team stays ahead of the attackers who target our clients," said Jennifer Steffens, CEO of IOActive. "Our team is once again going to Las Vegas in force to share new and compelling security research, tools and trends with the InfoSec community. This year's lineup of talks will break new ground, identifying vulnerabilities in nuclear radiation monitoring systems, exploits in IoT devices, and more." 

IOActive has a long history of delivering industry-defining security research at Black Hat and DEF CON, including talks on hacking automobiles, ATMs, SATCOM systems, traffic control systems, semi-conductors, and more.

Overview of Briefings at Black Hat USA 2017

Go Nuclear: Breaking Radiation Monitoring Devices 
Ruben Santamarta | Principal Security Consultant at IOActive 
Wednesday, July 26 | 4:00pm | Jasmine Ballroom

Taking Over the World Through MQTT - Aftermath 
Lucas Lundgren  | Senior Security Consultant at IOActive 
Thursday, July 27 | 2:30pm | Jasmine Ballroom

Overview of IOActive Black Hat Arsenal Participants

Egression 
Daniel Miessler | Director of Advisory Services at IOActive 
Wednesday, July 26 | 2:30pm | Business Hall, Level 2, Station 5

Invtero.net – Volatile Memory Analysis at Scale – The Highest Performing and Forensic Platform for Windows x64 
Shane Macaulay (aka K2) | Director of Incident Readiness at IOActive 
Thursday, July 27 | 10:00am | Business Hall, Level 2, Station 3

Overview of DEF CON Presentations

(Un)F!@#ing Forensics: Active/Passive (i.e. Offensive/Defensive) Memory Hacking/Debugging 
Shane Macaulay (aka K2) | Director of Incident Readiness at IOActive 
Saturday, July 29 | 10:30am | Track 4

Are All BSDs Created Equal? A Survey of BSD Kernel Vulnerabilities 
Ilja van Sprundel | Director of Penetration Testing at IOActive 
Sunday, July 30 | 12:00pm | Track 2

IOActive IOAsis at Black Hat

IOActive is also holding its annual IOAsis event during Black Hat USA 2017 at Mandalay Bay in the Palm B room (third level) on Wednesday and Thursday, July 26 and 27. The event will feature four additional security talks by IOActive experts on Wednesday, July 26.  For the complete agenda or to sign up for the event, please visit: https://www.ioactive.com/alerts/ioactive-ioasis-las-vegas-2017-is-coming.html

About IOActive 
IOActive is the industry's only research-driven, high-end information security services firm with a proven history of better securing our customers through real-world scenarios created by our security experts. Our world-renowned consulting and research teams deliver a portfolio of specialist security services ranging from penetration testing and application code assessment to chip reverse engineering across multiple industries. IOActive is the only security services firm that has a dedicated practice focusing on Smart Cities and the transportation and technology that connects them. Global 500 companies across every industry continue to trust IOActive with their most critical and sensitive security issues. Founded in 1998, IOActive is headquartered in Seattle, US, with global operations through the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pac regions. Visit www.ioactive.com for more information. Read the IOActive Labs Research Blog: http://blog.ioactive.com. Follow IOActive on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ioactive.

SOURCE IOActive, Inc.

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