Chris Eng is Chief Research Officer at Veracode. A founding member of the Veracode team, he is responsible for all research initiatives including applied research and product security, as well as advising on product strategy and M&A. Chris is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and serves on the review board for Black Hat USA. He is also a charter member of MITRE's CWE/CAPEC Board. Bloomberg, Fox Business, CBS, and other prominent media outlets have featured Chris in their coverage. Previously, Chris was technical director at Symantec (formerly @stake) and an engineer at the National Security Agency. Chris holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the…
Lots of people have been asking us for opinions on HTML5 security lately. Chris and I discussed the potential attack vectors with the Veracode research team, most notably Brandon Creighton and Isaac Dawson. Here's some of what we came up with. Keep in mind that the HTML5 spec and implementations…
[UPDATE, 2/10/2010: We've written a follow-up blog post to address some of the questions and misconceptions we've been seeing.]
Tyler Shields gave a presentation earlier today at ShmooCon 2010 on the threats of mobile spyware, particularly as it relates to data privacy. Smart phones and…
In lieu of actual technical content, and inspired by Jeremiah's blog post, 8 reasons why website vulnerabilities are not fixed, I started thinking about all the different manifestations of reason #8, "No one at the organization knows about, understands, or respects the issue." I polled the Veracode…
Monster.com recently disclosed yet another major breach that compromised the personal data of over 1.3 million users. This is not unlike the previous breach in August 2007, though the attack vector was likely different. From a notice on their website (emphasis mine):
We recently learned our…
One of the great challenges for consumers of static analysis products, particularly desktop tools, is dealing with the large flaw counts. You have to wade through the findings to decide what to fix and when, which can be a daunting task. At Veracode, we continuously update our analysis engine to…
Last week, during the OWASP AppSec 2008 Conference, the people behind the ubiquitous CISSP certification announced their latest creation -- the Certified Software Security Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP). In front of a captive audience waiting for a 42" plasma TV to be raffled, the…
