URL shorteners are ubiquitous in today's Internet culture and have a variety of uses for a variety of users. While many have theorized about the security issues and usages involved with URL shortening services (of which there are an impressive number), this talk will aim to demonstrate them, along with interesting statistics such as the percentage of Goatse-equivalent short URLs. Come see what's behind the short URLs: personal documents, private photos, authentication credentials and more!
Daniel does pen testing, research, training, and various other things for Core Security Technologies. In his spare time, he plays around mostly with Web-based technologies and locks. Being an entertainer by nature, Daniel likes combining art with technology and his presentations are designed to inform AND entertain. Daniel was a speaker at Shmoocon VI and won the Gringo Warrior competition at Shmoocon V.