Thomas Cannon is the Director of Research and Development for viaForensics, a Chicago based digital forensics and security company. Thomas spends the majority of his time researching new mobile security, malware and forensics techniques and getting them into the hands of customers for commercial, research or military application. He conducts penetration testing and code analysis of mobile applications for clients in industries such as banking/finance and retail.

Thomas is known for his research on Android having published advisories for new vulnerabilities and demonstrated attacks on the platform as well as providing some early guides on reverse engineering Android applications. Thomas has spoken at international conferences and presented to law enforcement on the topic of mobile forensics. Thomas has had a number of articles published in industry magazines and also been interviewed on national news programmes regarding vulnerabilities in payment systems and mobile technology. Twitter: @thomas_cannon https://viaforensics.com http://thomascannon.net