SANTA CLARA, CA, Jul 21 (MARKET WIRE) --
Cenzic Inc., the leading provider of application security assessment and
risk management solutions, today announced its Senior Security Analyst,
Tom Stracener, will be presenting on "Xploiting Google Gadgets: Gmalware
and Beyond" at Black Hat USA 2008 in Las Vegas on Wednesday, August 6.
This talk will analyze the security history of Google Gadgets and
demonstrate ways to exploit Gadgets for nefarious purposes. Google Gadgets
are the applications created to run within other applications like email
or on an iGoogle homepage that hackers can use to attack a PC or network.
Mr. Stracener has already ported various JavaScript attack utilities to
Google Gadgets (like PDP's JavaScript port scanner) and will demonstrate
ways to create Gadgets that allow you to port scan internal systems and
conduct various JavaScript hacks via malicious gadgets. This presentation
will also disclose a "zero day" vulnerability in Google Gadgets that
makes Gmalware a significant threat.
What: Cenzic to present on "Xploiting Google Gadgets: Gmalware and Beyond"
Who: The session will feature Tom Stracener for Cenzic, Inc. along with
acclaimed hacker Robert Hansen (RSnake) CEO of SecTheory LLC.
When: Wednesday, August 6, at 3:15 p.m. PDT
URL: To register, or for more information, please visit:
http://www.blackhat.com
About Cenzic
Cenzic is the next-generation Web application security assessment and risk
management solutions leader. The Cenzic suite of application security
solutions fits the need of any company from remote, Software as a Service
(ClickToSecure(R)), for testing one or more applications, to a full
enterprise-wide solution (Cenzic Hailstorm(R) Enterprise ARC) for
effectively managing application security risks across an enterprise.
Always an innovator, Cenzic has integrated Hailstorm with VMware to
enable testing of production Web applications through virtualization --
making Cenzic the only company in the industry with a complete solution
for assessing Web applications in all stages from development to
production. In addition, Cenzic solutions, targeted at financial
services, e-retail, high-tech, energy, healthcare and government sectors,
are the most accurate, comprehensive and extensible in the industry,
empowering organizations to stay on top of unrelenting application
security threats.
Contact Information:
Tami Casey
Kulesa Public Relations/for Cenzic
(650) 340-1984
Email Contact
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