Thanks all for a fantastic conference and see you in Prague… or in Denver!
Two days ago, a lively
panel discussion
closed what we can only describe as a fantastic conference. For those that were here, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and we hope you found a lot of inspiration in the presentations you saw and from the people you met.

Many of Friday’s speakers let us make their presentation slides available; we hope to add a few more after the conference:
-
Evolution of Android exploits from a static analysis tools perspective
(Anna Szalay, Jagadeesh Chandraiah,
Sophos
;
abstract
) -
Using image similarity algorithms on application icons to discover new malware families on multiple platforms
(Martin Smarda, Pavel Sramek,
AVAST
;
abstract
) -
Android packer: facing the challenges, building solutions
(Rowland Yu,
Sophos
;
abstract
) -
It has a EULA, it must be legit
(Stefan Catalin Hanu,
Bitdefender
;
abstract
) -
Leaving our ZIP undone: how to abuse ZIP to deliver malware apps
(Gregory Panakkal,
K7 Computing
;
abstract
) -
Smart home appliance security & malware
(Jeongwook Oh,
HP
;
abstract
) -
The battle against anonymous browsing: the security challenges presented by Tor
(David Vargas,
VATG
;
abstract
) -
Exposing Android white collar criminals
(Luis Corrons,
Panda Security
;
abstract
) -
Unveiling the kernel: rootkit discovery using selective automated kernel memory differencing
(Ahmed Zaki, Benjamin Humphrey,
Sophos
;
abstract
)
We also added several slides from the first two days of the conference:
-
The evolution of webinjects
(Jean-Ian Boutin,
ESET
;
abstract
) -
Quantifying maliciousness in Alexa top-ranked domains
(Paul Royal,
Barracuda Labs
;
abstract
) -
Swipe away, we’re watching you
(Hong Kei Chan, Liang Huang,
Fortinet
;
abstract
) -
How they’re getting the data out of your network
(Eric Koeppen,
IBM
;
abstract
) -
Bootkits: past, present & future
(Eugene Rodionov,
ESET
, Aleksandr Matrosov,
Intel
;
abstract
) -
Labelling spam through the analysis of protocol patterns
(Alexandru Trifan,
Bitdefender
;
abstract
)
We wish everyone a safe trip home or, if you are staying in Seattle for a bit longer, a great time in this fascinating city.
We are looking forward to seeing you at
VB2015
in Prague (30 September – 2 October 2015) – or at VB2016, when the VB roadshow returns to this side of the Atlantic for a conference in Denver, Colorado (5-7 October 2016)!

Posted on 28 September 2014 by
Martijn Grooten
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