Commercial Mobile Spyware - Detecting the Undetectable

Black Hat USA 2015

Presented by: Joshua Dalman, Valerie Hantke
Date: Wednesday August 05, 2015
Time: 17:30 - 18:00
Location: Mandalay Bay GH

Research shows commercial spyware is becoming common place. These programs turn smartphones into effective spy tools and pose a threat to both smartphone users privacy and to corporate enterprises. Furthermore, the tools are sold and marketed as being completely undetectable to the users. We put that claim to the test.

Joshua Dalman

Joshua M. Dalman is a second generation digital forensic examiner. Mr. Dalman has nearly a decade of digital forensics and incident response experience and has tackled hundreds of cases. Mr. Dalman has also earned recognition as an instructor, having developed material and trained countless members of the law enforcement community. Mr. Dalman has a Master of Science degree in digital forensics from the University of Central Florida. Mr. Dalman currently serves as a cybersecurity specialist at Fidelis Cybersecurity.

Valerie Hantke

Valerie Hantke is currently a Cybersecurity Engineer at Fidelis Cybersecurity. She earned a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and a Master's of Science in Cybersecurity from University of Maryland University College. She holds several forensic and security certifications. After serving in the US Navy for six years, she began her digital forensics career. She has performed countless mobile device forensic acquisitions and examinations. Ms. Hantke also teaches part time at Anne Arundel Community College in the Computer Technologies Department.


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