Gunter Ollmann serves as Vice President of Research at Damballa and is responsible for evolving threat research and development. Ollmann has over 20 years of experience within the information technology industry and is a known veteran in the security space. Prior to joining Damballa, Ollmann held several strategic positions at IBM Internet Security Systems (IBM ISS) with the most recent being the Chief Security Strategist. In this role he was responsible for predicting the evolution of future threats and helping guide IBM’s overall security research and protection strategy, as well as being the key IBM spokesperson on evolving threats and mitigation techniques. He also held the role of Director of X-Force as well as the former head of X-Force security assessment services for EMEA while at ISS (which was acquired by IBM in 2006). Prior to joining ISS, Ollmann was the professional services director of Next Generation Security Software (NGS), a vulnerability research and attack-based consulting firm. Ollmann has been a contributor to multiple leading international IT and security focused magazines and journals, and has authored, developed and delivered a number of highly technical courses on Web application security. He is a well-known industry speaker worldwide and is often invited to present at various international security conferences. Ollmann is also highly regarded in the press as an expert source on security threats and is a frequently quoted by the international media.
Factoring Criminal Malware in to Web Application Design
With C&C driven malware near ubiquitous and over one-third of home-PC’s infected with malware capable of hijacking live browsersessions, what attacks are _really_ possible? How can the criminals
controlling the malware make real money from a “secure” e-commerce site? How are Web application developers meant to detect, stop orprevent an attack by their own customers?
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