TippingPoint, a division of 3Com, announced that its security experts will be speaking and delivering training at the Black Hat USA 2006 Conference. Known for providing new and exclusive research from the top technologists in the world, this conference continues to achieve the mission of mixing the best minds of the computer underground with the world's leading security professionals. The conference will take place at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Briefings will occur on August 2 and 3 whereas training sessions begin July 29 and end on August 1.

Experts from TippingPoint were chosen by the Black Hat Conference selection committee to discuss trends on hot topics such as voice over IP security, reverse engineering and phishing forensic analysis. Speakers include:

-- David Endler, director of security research at TippingPoint and chairman of the Voice over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA), will speak on "Hacking VoIP Exposed" at 10:00 a.m. on August 2.

-- Tod Beardsley, lead counter-fraud engineer at TippingPoint, will present a new forensic Phishing tool in his session, "Investigating Evil Websites with Monkeyspaw: The Greasemonkey Security Professional's Automated Webthinger." The briefing will take place at 10:00 a.m. on August 3.

-- Pedram Amini, who leads the TippingPoint Security Research Team (TSRT), will be teaching a course titled "Reverse Engineering on Microsoft Windows: Application in Malicious Code Analysis." The two day course will take place on July 29 and 30 as well as July 31 and August 1.

TippingPoint is also participating at Black Hat USA 2006 as a silver sponsor. Exhibits will take place on August 2-3, 2006. For product information and demonstrations, please visit TippingPoint at booth #28.