Speakers

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My name is Mark Modly and as an IT (security) architect and teacher I always had the responsibility to aim for the highest standards for every design and knowledge sharing session. In my life I had the privilege to work on a lot of projects for companies in various domains like banking institutes and telecommunication companies in different countries. For a long time I was only one of the attendees at conferences like this, but now I think it is time for me to give back some value to the community. I mainly specialize on web technologies as I got hooked on it in the early 2000s so if you are interested in a working pure CSS “key logger” feel free to pop in!

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José Garduño is a senior security consultant at Dreamlab Technologies since 2014, where he usually takes part in security audits, pentesting, and red teaming engagements. He has participated as a speaker in several technical conferences like Hackito Ergo Sum (France), Swiss Cybersecurity days (Switzerland), DSS ITSEC (Latvia), 8.8 Security Conference (Chile, Bolivia), OWASP Patagonia (Argentina), Congreso Seguridad en Computo UNAM (Mexico), DragonJar Security Conference (Colombia), where he has presented his work on privacy attacks on Latin-America (The government as your hacking partner), Hacking with open hardware platforms (revisiting hardware keyloggers, say hi to Mikey: an offensive hardware keylogger) and C2 detection (RATSPOTTING: Analysis of popular Remote Administration Tools & discovery of C2 servers on the wild).

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Éric Filiol is a professor at ENSIBS, Vannes, France, and at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia in the field of information and systems security. He is also a senior consultant in cybersecurity and intelligence. He directed the research and the cybersecurity laboratory of a French engineer school for 12 years. He spent 22 years in the French Army (Infantry/French Marine Corps). He holds an engineering degree in Cryptology, a PhD in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Ecole Polytechnique, and a Habilitation to Conduct Research (HDR) in Information from the University of Rennes. He holds several NATO certifications in the field of intelligence. He is editor-in-chief of the research journal in Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques published by Springer. He regularly gives international conferences in the field of security.

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Bence Horvath is a seasoned cybersecurity executive focused on next-generation cyber defense and intelligence-led offensive operations. He currently leads the Next-Gen Security Operations and Advanced Security Testing Teams for EY’s Cybersecurity Practice in London, focused on Tier 1 clients in the financial services and CNI sectors. His background includes working in telecommunication, aerospace and defense, financial services and consulting. He has an MBA from ie Business School, an M.Sc. in Business Information Systems from the Corvinus University, and holds CRTIA, CISSP and CISM certifications.

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Robert Moody is a threat intelligence and incident response expert.  He currently leads the Threat Intelligence Team of THD Inc., an S&P50 global retail corporation. He is experienced in insider threat hunting as well as working with the legal community and private sector on large scale multinational projects. His background includes working in telecommunication, consulting, retail, and financial services industries. He has a M.Sc. in Cybersecurity from the ie University, and holds CRTIA, CISA, CDPSE, and CISM certifications.

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Zoltan (@zh4ck) is the Head of Vulnerability Research Lab at CUJO AI, a company focusing on smart home security. Before joining CUJO AI he worked as a CTO for an AV Tester company, as an IT Security expert in the financial industry, and as a senior IT security consultant. He is also the developer of the Hardware Firewall Bypass Kernel Driver (HWFWBypass), the Encrypted Browser Exploit Delivery tool (#IRONSQUIRREL) and the Sandbox tester tool to test Malware Analysis Sandboxes. He found and disclosed a vulnerability in IP cameras, and this vulnerability was exploited by the Persirai botnet, running on ˜600 000 cameras.

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Csaba graduated in 2006 as a computer engineer. He worked for 6 years as a network engineer, troubleshooting and designing big networks. After that he worked for 8 years as a blue and red teamer focusing on network forensics, malware analysis, adversary simulation, and defense bypasses. Currently, he is working as a content developer at Offensive Security. He gave talks and  workshops on various international IT security conferences, including Hacktivity, hack.lu, Troopers, SecurityFest, DEFCON, NULLCON and Objective By The Sea.

Csaba spends his free time with his family, practices ashtanga yoga before sunrise or simply hikes in the mountains.

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Software developer turned rogue, went from developing apps for small businesses to 2M+ DAU Facebook games while keeping an eye for everything shiny and new. For a couple of years, I’ve shifted gears and started my career as a security researcher while speaking at various conferences (SAS, AVAR, PHDays) in my free time showcasing whatever random stuff I hacked. Fortunately, after joining WhiteOps, I turned this passion into my full-time job. With a background in electronics engineering and various programming languages, I like to dismantle and hopefully put back whatever I get my hands on.

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A well-known computer magazine once wrote that Tobias Schrödel is the “first IT-comedian”. And really, he explains technical vulnerabilities and correlations in a way everybody can understand while not letting the fun miss out. As a qualified IT-specialist, Tobias worked many years as a consultant for one of the biggest worldwide IT- and telecommunications corporations – so he knows what he is talking about.