Writing Malware Without Writing Code

BSidesLV 2017

Presented by: Gal Bitensky
Date: Tuesday July 25, 2017
Time: 19:00 - 19:25
Location: Breaking Ground

What are the motivations and mechanics of code re-use by malware coders?
The talk begin with a few in-the-wild examples of bad guys re-using existing source code.
Later, the main course will be served - an experimental malware written especially for the talk from publicly available code snippets, created by almost purely by copy-paste.

Gal Bitensky

A 29-year-old geek from Tel-Aviv, breaker of stuff. Currently working as a senior malware psychologist in the Israeli start-up Minerva labs. Experienced in various fields, ranging from web application security and Windows internals to SCADA. Fluent in exotic languages like PHP, Lisp and Arabic. Advocate of simple and effective solutions.


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