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Author Archives: Simon Roses
AppSec: Build Rooted Detection in your App
For various reasons many Apps need to detect if the phone has been “rooted” and in this article will see different techniques for this purpose. Since it is common to see this type of questions in development forums, I thought … Continue reading
OSINT + Python = Custom Hacking
Last May 10 and 11 the course of Computer Forensic Expert was held in Reus (Spain) by the Asociación Nacional de Tasadores y Peritos Judiciales Informáticos (ANTPJI), which I am member and one of the instructors, where I had the … Continue reading
AppSec: Improve your software security with GCC Stack Protector Strong
The other day helping out a client to develop secure software it came to my mind that this topic could be of interest to my readers. Obviously this topic is quite wide, but in this article I will focus in … Continue reading
Posted in Pentest, Privacy, Security, Technology, Threat Modeling
Tagged Application Security, AppSec @en, attack vector, Compiler, GCC, Information Security, Linux, SDL, Software Security
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Book Review: The IDA Pro Book, 2nd edition
If you like reverse engineering and want to learn all the secrets of IDA Pro, this is your book. This work written by Chris Eagle, a top expert on the subject, reveals the power of the best tool for reverse … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Pentest, Security, Technology
Tagged Application Security, Book, Book Review, RE, Reverse Engineering, Reversing, Software Security
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Back to Black Hat Europe and my talk on Anti-Theft
Last Thursday 14 and Friday 15 March the Conference Black Hat Europe was held in the great city of Amsterdam, a mandatory event for cyber security experts. For second year running I presented on R&D outlining the security posture of … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Pentest, Security, Technology
Tagged Android, Anti-Theft, Application Security, Conference, CyberSecurity, Iphone, Penetration Testing, Software Security, VULNEX, Windows
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Dell, IBM and possible other tech giants should be ashamed
In time of crisis there is much speak about entrepreneurship as the engine to lift the economy, or at least in the Spanish crisis. Now well, who assists entrepreneurs? As readers know I am the founder of VULNEX, a technology … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economics, Technology
Tagged Dell, Entrepreneurship, IBM, VULNEX
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AppSec USA 2012: the experience
You know you are in Texas when you get out of the plane and hear country music through the airport and I was there indeed because the 25 and 26th of October the OWASP AppSec USA conference was taking place … Continue reading
Posted in Conference, Hacking, OWASP, Pentest, Privacy, SDL, Security, Technology, Threat Modeling
Tagged Application Security, Apps, Information Security, OWASP, SDL, Software Security, Web Honeypots
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Medre, AutoCAD Malware: The spy inside the cad
Last June a malware that infected AutoCAD for Windows was identified and is responsible for the theft of thousands of documents. AutoCAD is a popular program for 2D and 3D drawings that is used to design all kinds of products, … Continue reading
Posted in Pentest, Security
Tagged Android, APT, attack vector, Information Security, Intelligence, Iphone, malware, SCADA, virus, Worm
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“Find And Call” Smartphone Malware Analysis
[Español] La semana pasada Kaspersky publicó un artículo sobre un nuevo malware que afectaba a iPhone y Android, y esta App estaba disponible en sus mercados oficiales. Al ser el primer malware que aparece en el iPhone Market he pensado … Continue reading
Posted in Hacking, Security, Technology
Tagged Android, Apps, attack vector, Information Security, Iphone, malware, Smartphone, Software Security
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