Short and crisp details about me


  • Work/Study
    • Since 2006: Ruhr University Bochum
      • Researcher at the Horst Görtz Institute of IT-Security
      • Lecturer of the famous HackPra (Offensive Security)
    • Since 2010: Freelancer - Web application security (trainings, penetration tests)
    • 2006-2010: Sole proprietorship in several fields of ISP and IT-Security

  • Talks/Presentations
    • SIGINT 2013, Cologne (upcoming)
    • Heise Security Tour 2013, Hamburg - Cologne - Stuttgart - Munich (upcoming)
    • IT'S Breakfast - IT-Sicherheit Rhein-Ruhr, Bochum
    • a-i3/BSI Symposium 2013, Bochum
    • Troopers13, Heidelberg (2013)
    • Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2012, Abu Dhabi (2012)
    • German OWASP Day 2012, Unterschleißheim (2012)
    • Center for Advanced Security Research, Darmstadt (2012)
    • Positive Hack Days, Moscow (2012)
    • LinuxTag 2012, Berlin
    • SIGINT 2012, Cologne
    • GUUG-FFG, Munich (2012)
    • CCC - OpenChaos, Cologne (2012)
    • ZeroNights, Saint Petersburg (2011)
    • BlueHat 2011, Redmond
    • Microsoft Web Application Security Summit, Redmond (2011)
    • University Niederrhein, Krefeld (2011)
    • 0sec 2011, Bern
    • VoteID 2011, Tallinn
    • CONFidence 2011, Krakow
    • Ruhr-University, Bochum (2010, 2011, 2012)

  • Papers
    • UI Redressing Attacks on Android Devices (Info, DL)
    • Scriptless Attacks - Stealing the Pie Without Touching the Sill (Info)
    • Clickjacking und UI-Redressing - Vom Klick-Betrug zum Datenklau (Amazon.de)
    • The Bug that made me President:
      A Browser- and Web-Security Case Study on Helios Voting (Info, Amazon)
    • UI Redressing: Attacks and Countermeasures Revisited (DL, Info)
    • JavaScript-based ESAPI: An In-Depth Overview (DL, Info)
    • Authentication Web Pages with Selenium (Amazon.de)

Imprint: Marcus Niemietz, Hofwiese 3, 44581 Castrop-Rauxel, Germany; Tel.: +49-2305-355967