Black Hat Webcast No. 13

Privacy/Anonymity

Wednesday, September 30, 2009: 1300 hrs PST/ 1600 hrs EST • FREE

Speaker:

Matt Wood: Veiled: A Browser-based Darknet

Overview:

The September webcast will focus on Privacy/Anonymity featuring Matt Wood's work on Veiled: a browser-based darknet project. The concept of a darknet has been around for several years now: a hidden underground where people anonymously and securely communicate and share files with each other.

Veiled is a proof of concept that allows anyone to join from any platform which has a web browser whether it be it a PC or an iPhone. This presentation will discuss and demonstrate the Veiled darnket and look at the technical implementation and challenges of such features, we also explore some interesting properties of browser-based darknets.

About the Presenter:

Matt Wood is the manager for HP Security Labs of HP Software where he leads research focused on JavaScript source code analysis, automated discovery of Web application vulnerabilities, and web crawling technologies.