Jacob Torrey

Speaking Engagement: RMISC

I will be speaking at RMISC this May; my talk is titled: Hidden trust, a "dark web" of trust relationships that your organization doesn't know about.

The talk will begin with a brief summary will be provided on the current state-of-the-art in kernel, firmware and hypervisor-level attacks and defenses and how the . . .

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February 07, 2015

Speaking Engagement: INFILTRATE

I will be speaking at INFILTRATE this April; my talk is titled: "HARES: Hardened Anti-Reverse Engineering System ".

The talk will describe a prototype anti-reverse engineering technique providing a method to seamlessly execute AES-encrypted applications with neither the key nor any decrypted instructions residing in . . .

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February 07, 2015

Speaking Engagement: Syscan 2015

I will be speaking at Syscan this March; my talk is titled: "HARES: Hardened Anti-Reverse Engineering System ".

The talk will describe a prototype anti-reverse engineering technique providing a method to seamlessly execute AES-encrypted applications with neither the key nor any decrypted instructions residing in accessible . . .

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January 21, 2015

Speaking Engagement: TROOPERS'15

I will be speaking at TROOPERS this March; my talk is titled: "The foundation is rotting and the basement is flooding: A deeper look at the implicit trust relationships in your organization".

The talk will begin with a new hardware-level attack on PCIe as an example for the implicit trust organizations place in 3rd parties. . . .

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January 21, 2015

Chess Vs. Poker

Or: why we're playing the wrong game

Nota Bene: This post is a summary of a disconnection I've noticed in the information security community (myself included) and has been influenced by discussions with others, namely Prof. Bratus; please consider this an invitation to dialogue or comment, and not a one-size-fits all argument.

Having spent a busy spring and summer . . .

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September 13, 2014

Con-a-thon Talk Notes

In my last post, I provided a high-level summary of each of the three Las Vegas conferences, but no real technical meat about what I learned while in the desert. I'm going to take a few moments to type some notes or musings about the talks I attended for posterity.

BSidesLV

  • Skull And Bones (And Warez) - Secret . . .

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August 14, 2014

Reflections on a Las Vegas Con-a-thon

Or: BSidesLV, Black Hat and DEF CON

I have survived a week in the hot desert and returned safely and smoothly to the Mile High. While the memories are still fresh, I wanted to reflect on my time at the three large conferences and what I liked, what I didn't and lessons learned.

BSidesLV

Formed initially as an answer to the other conferences getting too . . .

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August 13, 2014

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