The Defcon 15 schedule has been posted and I’m glad to have the 7pm time slot on Friday. I’ve presented about automatic outbound covert channels using untraditional hardware in the past but this year my DefCon presentation is for the gear heads.

Short summary: This presentation is about a modern cars ECU and how reflashing it can net you more power. It’s a super ambitious topic to cover in 75 minutes. There are tomes of information about performance tuning theory so it won’t be possible to make everyone an expert in the matter. What I can do is show the tools of the trade, explain some of the basics of tuning and data acquisition, and highlight some of the opensource projects dedicated to the subject. http://www.enginuity.org/ http://www.openecu.org

I’d like to give special thanks to Intrepidus Group for letting me present on the topic and for graciously donating some cool giveaways that will be handed out during the presentation.

-higB