The art and science of concealing stuff inside other stuff is what we know as steganography. People have used it for ages to keep adversaries from looking at their secret information. In this presentation, we look specifically at malware writers and how they are using steganography to hide malicious data in strange places.
David Sancho joined Trend Micro in 2002, having fulfilled a variety of technical security-related roles. Currently, his title is Senior Anti-Malware Researcher, and he specializes in web threats and other emerging technologies. In his more than 12 years of experience in the security field, David has written and published a number of research papers on malware tendencies, has been featured in the media, and has participated in customer events where he has presented on business issues and malware-related topics. His interests include web infection methods, vulnerability exploitation, and white-hat hacking in general.