Gabriel Cirlig & Stefan Tanase

Designation

Gabriel Cirlig – Senior Software Engineer/Security Researcher at Ixia, a Keysight business
Stefan Tanase – Principal Security Researcher at Ixia, a Keysight business

Talk Title

Smart car forensics and Sensor warfare

Abstract

As "smart" is becoming the new standard for everything, malicious threat actors are quick to capitalize on the insecurity of IoT devices. Hackers compromising your network and spying on you is not something new in the world of personal computers, but definitely an emerging threat in the world of personal cars.

Bio

Stefan Tanase – Principal Security Researcher at Ixia, a Keysight business Stefan is an experienced security researcher based in Bucharest, Romania. Having spent the last 10 years of his career combating the world's most sophisticated cyber threats, Stefan joined Ixia in 2017 as a Principal Security Researcher. Through innovative research projects and effective public speaking engagements, he actively contributes to keeping internet users safe. While Stefan specializes in collecting threat intelligence and monitoring the cybercrime ecosystem, he has a real passion for digital rights and internet privacy.

Gabriel Cirlig – Senior Software Engineer/Security Researcher at Ixia, a Keysight business Software developer turned rogue, went from developing apps for small businesses to 2M+ DAU Facebook games while keeping an eye for everything shiny and new. For about two years he's been tinkering at Ixia's threat intelligence system as his full time passion while playing around with whatever random hardware comes into his hands. With a background in electronics engineering and various programming languages, Gabriel likes to dismantle and hopefully put back whatever he gets his hands on.