Android Software Platform

The topic of the June program has been changed from 'Mobile Security' to 'Android Software Platform'. 'Mobile Security' will be presented at a later date.

Our speakers for the evening will be Jon Oberheide, CTO of Duo Security and Walt Capers, Senior Software Architect for Compuware.

Jon Oberheide's presentation will deconstruct Google's Android mobile platform and its security model, from the base OS, to the Android middleware, up to some case studies using third-party applications. As Android emerges as a leading OS in the mobile market, there's much to be learned from both the victories and failures of Google's design decisions and their impact on Android's security model. Jon will showcase some fun attacks used to subvert the base Android system, as well as third-party applications in use on Android handsets around the world.

Walt Capers will be discussing the use of Android NDK. He will review porting C-code to the Android platform, which is very timely in light of Google's recent push for the Android NDK r3 to enable higher-quality graphics for game development.

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/b/c/3/event_30383491.jpegTo further enhance the Android experience at this event, Verizon Wireless will present 'Android Forum' where you can experience Android and all the latest smartphones, tablets and gadgets from Verizon Wireless. Data experts from Verizon will be on hand to answer your questions. They will have all the latest devices for you to try out, including the DROID Charge by Samsung, HTC Thunderbolt, LG Revolution, Motorola XOOM and more.

About our Speakers:

Jon Oberheide is CTO of Duo Security, an Ann Arbor-based start-up developing outstanding two-factor authentication. He has done presentations at:

Hackito Ergo Sum 2011: Starjacking Your Way to grsecurity/PaX Bypass ShmooCon 2011: Team JOCH vs Android: The Ultimate Showdown SummerCon 2010: Android Hax In his free time, Jon dabbles in kernel exploitation, mobile security, and beer brewing.

Walt Capers is a Senior Software Architect for Compuware who is obsessed with code performance. He has built a tiny high-performance web server that has been embraced for embedded developers. He also has experience building and tuning C-software on several platforms including Android. He has vast experience with software license management (securing software access), multi-threat application development, TCP/IP-based client/server development, and several years of experience in developing high performance 3D applications for FEA and CAD solutions. He also has a U.S. patent for viewing and capturing 3D data from OpenGL-based applications ( http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6894690.html ).

Once again Mobile Monday Detroit will be meeting at the Compuware Building located at 1 Campus Martius in Detroit. And as always, we appreciate Compuware's offer of their meeting facilities to host our event. We hope you will join us there!

Please note that the networking portion of our meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.

The meeting schedule:

5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration and Networking
6:00 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. Announcements
6:05 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Presentations

Refreshments will be provided courtesy of Compuware.

Visiting Compuware:

Map to Compuware

Enter Parking Deck from Farmer Street Entrance
Enter under Visitor Entrance Signs

Take Parking Deck Elevator to 1st Floor and cross Farmer Street to Office Tower
Bring parking stub with you to Mobile Monday Registration Desk
Enter Office Tower on Ground Level off of Farmer Street

Go to Main Atrium
Register at the Mobile Monday Registration Desk
Have your parking stub validated

You will be directed to the Meeting Room location from the Mobile Monday Registration Desk.

Exit Parking Deck
Have validated parking stub ready for the cashier