sorry for the late notice. might be of interest to folks near the Bay Area...
This Friday 5/15/2009 Bill Blunden of San Francisco State University will be
presenting on rootkits and select topics from his soon to be published
book "The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of
the System".
author's website:
http://www.belowgotham.com/RootkitArsenal.htm
review on Slashdot:
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl...27247&from=rss
This discussion will provide an overview of rootkits that describes
the core services which the technology offers and how these services
are implemented in practice. Special emphasis will be given to system
modification tactics and anti-forensic countermeasures. Finally, this
presentation will examine who is using rootkits and briefly comment on
analogies in the political arena.
When: Noon-1:30pm on Friday 5/15/2009
Where: San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave
HSS Building, Room 362, San Francisco CA
PLEASE RSVP to alkeller (@) sfsu (d0t) edu
Google Maps to Campus:
http://tiny.cc/PhUPv
Campus Map:
http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap/
There are a myriad of public transportation options for getting to SF
State:
http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/
Street parking is often scarce so please allow yourself time to park
and walk to the campus. There is also a parking lot available for
$1/hour: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/text/parking.html
This talk is sponsored by Academic Technology and our venue has been
graciously provided by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Refreshments will be provide, please feel free to bring your lunch.
This Friday 5/15/2009 Bill Blunden of San Francisco State University will be
presenting on rootkits and select topics from his soon to be published
book "The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of
the System".
author's website:
http://www.belowgotham.com/RootkitArsenal.htm
review on Slashdot:
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl...27247&from=rss
This discussion will provide an overview of rootkits that describes
the core services which the technology offers and how these services
are implemented in practice. Special emphasis will be given to system
modification tactics and anti-forensic countermeasures. Finally, this
presentation will examine who is using rootkits and briefly comment on
analogies in the political arena.
When: Noon-1:30pm on Friday 5/15/2009
Where: San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave
HSS Building, Room 362, San Francisco CA
PLEASE RSVP to alkeller (@) sfsu (d0t) edu
Google Maps to Campus:
http://tiny.cc/PhUPv
Campus Map:
http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap/
There are a myriad of public transportation options for getting to SF
State:
http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/
Street parking is often scarce so please allow yourself time to park
and walk to the campus. There is also a parking lot available for
$1/hour: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/text/parking.html
This talk is sponsored by Academic Technology and our venue has been
graciously provided by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
Refreshments will be provide, please feel free to bring your lunch.