Chris Valasek

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Chris Valasek
Born (1982-06-02) June 2, 1982 (age 41)
Computer Science

Chris Valasek is a

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Valasek has publicly demonstrated many security vulnerabilities, with particular focus on Microsoft Windows heap exploitation. His 2009 presentation "Practical Windows XP/2003 Heap Exploitation"[2] at BlackHat presented a novel approach to gaining elevated access in a Windows environment. Later research, such as his 2010 paper "Understanding the Low Fragmentation Heap: From Allocation to Exploitation"[3] demonstrated ways to circumvent vendor mitigations to the approaches outlined in his prior work.

In 2013, he and Charlie Miller demonstrating a number of attack vectors against ECUs in automotive control networks.[4] Together with Miller, they have produced a survey of remote attack surfaces in then-current model year automobiles, an important first step in establishing the state of the art of automotive security and safety research.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Uber hires two security researchers to improve car technology". [Reuters]. August 28, 2015.
  2. ^ McDonald, John; Valasek, Chris (2009-07-25). "Practical Windows XP/2003 Heap Exploitation" (PDF): 84. Retrieved 2017-03-01. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Valasek, Chris (2010-07-25). "Understanding the Low Fragmentation Heap" (PDF): 86. Retrieved 2017-03-01. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Andy Greenberg (2013-07-24). "Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks--With Me Behind The Wheel (Video)". Forbes.
  5. ^ Miller, Charlie; Valasek, Chris. "A Survey of Remote Automotive Attack Surfaces" (PDF): 92. Retrieved 2017-03-01. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Andy Greenberg (2014-08-06). "How Hackable Is Your Car? Consult This Handy Chart". Wired.

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