Fuzzing for Software Security Testing and Quality Assurance

Offers software developers a tool to build secure, high-quality software, and takes a weapon from the malicious hackers' arsenal. This book helps developers think like a software cracker, so they can find and patch flaws in software before harmful viruses, worms, and Trojans can use these vulnerabilities to rampage systems.

Ari Takanen is the chief technical officer at Codenomicon, a software fuzzing tool company. A noted speaker and author on software testing and security, he is a graduate of Finland's University of Oulo, where he did research with the university's Secure Programming Group.

Jared D. DeMott is a software vulnerability researcher, speaker, teacher, and author. He is a leading expert on fuzzing and fuzzing tools . He earned an M.S. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University and is a Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University.

Charlie Miller is principal analyst at Independent Security Evaluators. Previously, he spent five years at the National Security Agency. He is probably best known as the first to publicly create a remote exploit against the iPhone. Dr. Miller is also a frequent speaker at major computer security conferences. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.