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Date: 3/27/2011 Sunday Time: 12pm-3pm Place: Jericho Public Library 1 Merry Lane Jericho, New York 11753 Google Map Link

Rajendra Umadas, OWASP Member

Intro to the OWASP Mobile Project The OWASP Mobile Project is in its infancy, but has generated a lot of interest in the security and mobile development communities. Recently, delegates at the OWASP Summit in Portugal started laying the ground work to help guide the project through its inaugural year. One of the objectives for this year will be to ratify the current, unofficial OWASP Mobile Top 10 List. This presentation will do a deep dive into the current list, citing real world examples of insecure mobile applications.

Dan Guido, OWASP NY/NJ Board Member

The Exploit Intelligence Project

In 2011, mass malware is still the most common source of compromise on corporate networks. Bots like Zeus, Gozi, and Clampi successfully infect devices despite organizations carefully managing disclosed vulnerabilities and subscribing to detailed analysis of the latest malware families. Existing efforts at malware prevention focus broadly on vulnerabilities and their impact yet ignore the means by which they are exploited and the motivations, opportunities and capabilities of attackers, which has allowed this problem to become worse year-after-year.

In this talk, I introduce an intelligence-driven approach to malware defense, focusing on attacker's capabilities and methods, with data collected from the most popular crimeware packs currently deployed in-the-wild. This analysis identifies the means by which exploits are developed and selected for inclusion in crimeware packs, identifies defenses that are outside the capability of malware exploit writers to bypass, and helps attendees evaluate not just the exploitability, but the probability of a vulnerability being exploited. This study shows that, until crimeware packs substantially advance in sophistication, only a few simple defensive tactics are required to protect users from such opportunistic threats.

Ryan Behan, OWASP LI Board Member Blake Cornell, OWASP Board Member NY/NJ/LI

WebScarab Demo / Web Vulnerabilities Intro WebScarab is a framework for analysing applications that communicate using the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is written in Java, and is thus portable to many platforms. WebScarab has several modes of operation, implemented by a number of plugins. In its most common usage, WebScarab operates as an intercepting proxy, allowing the operator to review and modify requests created by the browser before they are sent to the server, and to review and modify responses returned from the server before they are received by the browser. WebScarab is able to intercept both HTTP and HTTPS communication. The operator can also review the conversations (requests and responses) that have passed through WebScarab.

In this demo we'll use WebScarab against some emulated vulnerabilities developed by Blake Cornell.

''Free pizza and beverage will be provided. After event networking will be held at a local bar.''

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Chapter Board Members/Contacts
 
 * [mailto:heleng@owasp.org Helen Gao, CISSP]
 * [mailto:ryan.behan@owasp.org Ryan C Behan]
 * [mailto:blake@owasp.org Blake Cornell] 212-202-6704