This talk covers the use of chaining vulnerabilities in order to bypass layered security systems. This talk will also cover ways of obtaining wormable remote code execution on a modern LAMP platform. These attacks where developed by me, and they are very new. These attacks are as real as it gets, and the results are making the headlines.
"Apocalyptic infection" -- The Register
Michael Brooks: This will be my 3rd year in a row that I spoken at Defcon. According to the Department of Homeland Security I have found a vulnerability with a severity metric of 13.5 which makes it into the top 1,000 most dangerous of all time. I am the top answerer of security questions on StackOverflow.com (The Rook). I actively hunt for vulnerabilities on a verity of platforms. I write exploit code and make it public. hack to live , live to hack.