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Title: Vovk - Advanced YARA Rule Generator v2.0
Presenter: Vishal Thakur
Co-Presenter: Benjamyn Whiteman
Location: W304
Day,Time: Sat Aug 10 , 2PM - 3:45PM
Audience: Defense, Malware Analysis, Reverse Engineer, Threat Hunting
Project: https://github.com/malienist/vovk
Abstract:
Vovk is a toolset that can be used to create YARA rules. The Vovk DEF CON 2024 version will be released at DEF CON.
Bios:
* Presenter:
Vishal Thakur has worked in the information security industry for many years in hands-on technical roles, specializing in Incident Response with a heavy focus on Emerging Threats, Malware Analysis and Research. He has presented his research at international conferences (BlackHat, DEFCON, FIRST, SANS DFIR Summit) and has also run training/workshops at some of these conferences. Vishal is currently working as Senior Director, Cyber Fusion Center at TikTok USDS. In past roles, Vishal worked as a Senior Researcher at Salesforce, helping their Incident Response Centre with advanced threat analysis and developing DFIR tools and has been a part of the Incident Response team at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. For the past few years, Vishal has been involved in ML and AI security and has been researching this subject.
* Co-Presenter:
Benjamyn Whiteman has worked in the InfoSec industry for the past 7 years in roles that include Security Engineering, Forensics Analysis and Global CSIRTs. Ben regularly presents his research at internal company summits and security conferences. Ben has been training and mentoring new cyber security professionals for a few years now and also presented his research at HackSydney 2022 and 2023. Currently, Ben is a part of the Global CSOC for TikTok USDS as the Lead Analyst at Sydney, Australia.
Presenter: Vishal Thakur
Co-Presenter: Benjamyn Whiteman
Location: W304
Day,Time: Sat Aug 10 , 2PM - 3:45PM
Audience: Defense, Malware Analysis, Reverse Engineer, Threat Hunting
Project: https://github.com/malienist/vovk
Abstract:
Vovk is a toolset that can be used to create YARA rules. The Vovk DEF CON 2024 version will be released at DEF CON.
Bios:
* Presenter:
Vishal Thakur has worked in the information security industry for many years in hands-on technical roles, specializing in Incident Response with a heavy focus on Emerging Threats, Malware Analysis and Research. He has presented his research at international conferences (BlackHat, DEFCON, FIRST, SANS DFIR Summit) and has also run training/workshops at some of these conferences. Vishal is currently working as Senior Director, Cyber Fusion Center at TikTok USDS. In past roles, Vishal worked as a Senior Researcher at Salesforce, helping their Incident Response Centre with advanced threat analysis and developing DFIR tools and has been a part of the Incident Response team at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. For the past few years, Vishal has been involved in ML and AI security and has been researching this subject.
* Co-Presenter:
Benjamyn Whiteman has worked in the InfoSec industry for the past 7 years in roles that include Security Engineering, Forensics Analysis and Global CSIRTs. Ben regularly presents his research at internal company summits and security conferences. Ben has been training and mentoring new cyber security professionals for a few years now and also presented his research at HackSydney 2022 and 2023. Currently, Ben is a part of the Global CSOC for TikTok USDS as the Lead Analyst at Sydney, Australia.