Greg Hoglund

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Greg Hoglund is a well known member of the security community including the Black Hat Society and a published author on the subject of computer security and computer hacking. He is, among other things, the author of Exploiting Online Games and the discoverer of the true function of Warden.

Hoglund has published numerous works in the field of security:

Active Reversing: The Next Generation of Reverse Engineering, BlackHat 2007 USA/Europe, ([1])
Exploiting Online Games, Addison Wesley, 2007, (official book page)
Rootkits, Exploiting the Windows Kernel, ISBN-10: 0321294319, ISBN-13: 9780321294319(Related book page)
Hacking World of Warcraft: An Exercise in Advanced Rootkit Design, BlackHat 2005/2006 USA/Europe/Asia, ([2])
Exploiting Software, Addison Wesley, 2004, ISBN 0-201-78695-8 (official book page)
VICE - Catch the Hookers!, BlackHat 2004 USA, ([3])
Runtime Decompilation, BlackHat Windows Security 2003 Asia, ([4])
Exploiting Parsing Vulnerabilities, BlackHat 2002 USA/Asia, ([5])
Application Testing Through Fault Injection Techniques, BlackHat Windows Security 2002 USA/Asia, ([6])
Kernel Mode Rootkits, BlackHat 2001 USA/Europe/Asia, (Hoglund)
Advanced Buffer Overflow Techniques, BlackHat 2000 USA/Asia, (Hoglund)
A *REAL* NT Rootkit, patching the NT Kernel, 1999, Phrack magazine, (Phrack Magazine article)

Hoglund also founded and operates a popular site devoted to the subject of rootkits, (rootkit.com)

Hoglund founded several security startup companies which are still in operation today:
HBGary, Inc. Focused on reverse engineering malware and insider threat response. (hbgary.com)
Cenzic, Inc. Focused on web application security for the Fortune-500. (cenzic.com)
Bugscan, Inc. Developed an appliance that would scan software for security vulnerabilities without sourcecode. Acquired in 2004 by LogicLibrary, Inc. ([7])