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Wayne huang, PhD

Cybersecurity expert, entrepreneur, angel investor,
Co-Founder & CEO of XREX

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    • About

      Dr. Wayne Huang is Co-Founder and CEO of XREX Inc. He is an internationally-recognized cybersecurity expert instrumental in developing innovative blockchain-based solutions currently used in several emerging markets.

      Before XREX, Wayne served as VP Engineering to Proofpoint (NASDAQ: PFPT), where he spent 5 years building and growing TAP (Targeted Attack Protection) from 0 to $350M+ in ARR (annual recurring revenue), servicing 9 of the top 10 US banks, and 56 of Fortune 100.

      Prior to Proofpoint, Wayne was Co-Founder and CEO of Armorize Technologies, which was successfully acquired by Proofpoint in 2013.

      Wayne frequently speaks at cybersecurity and blockchain conferences, including:
      Chain-in 2018, BLOCKConscious Summit 2018, SecTor 2018, Blockchain Technology Conference 2018, Swiss Cyber Storm 2018, BlackHat US 2010, BlackHat APAC 2017, DEFCON 2010, RSA USA 2007, 2010, 2015, 2016, RSA APAC 2015, Hack in Paris 2017, Troopers 2016, AusCERT 2016, Virus Bulletin 2016, SteelCon 2016, Hack.lu 2016, HackFest 2016, SyScan Taiwan 2008, 2009, OWASP Asia 2007, 2008, Hacks in Taiwan 2006, 2007, WWW 2003, 2004, and PHP 2007.

      A diligent blogger about cyber threats, Wayne’s research has received worldwide media coverage, including reports in Reuters, Forbes, IDG, USA Today, Wired, Dark Reading, The Register, The Hacker News, SC Magazine, eWeek, Threat Post, CSO, and Krebs on Security.
       
      Wayne first-authored 5 well-cited, peer-reviewed papers published by ACM and IEEE, and 3 US-issued patents.

      A hobbyist angel investor, Wayne invested in 7 startups: DCard, BuzzOrange (TechOrange), Deepblu, 17Fit, Niceday, and Pamily (Trigger/MobiusBobs).

      Wayne received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Group from National Taiwan University, and a BS and an MS in Computer Science from National Chiao Tung University.

      In his spare time, Wayne enjoys mountaineering, rock climbing, and studying history and economics.

    • experience

      XREX

      Aug 2018 - present | Taipei
      Co-Founder & CEO

      XREX is a blockchain TradeTech company that solves dollar liquidity shortages in fast-growing emerging economies. By leveraging the industry’s most advanced FCC (Financial Crime Compliance) and CFT (Combating the Financing of Terrorism) technologies, XREX makes it easy for any MTO (Money Transfer Organization) to run a secure crypto-fiat exchange operation featuring Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), liquidity, wallet security, and fiat (USD, INR, ZAR, etc) on-off ramps.

      In the same way that Shopify makes it easy to launch an online store, XREX simplifies creating a secure OTC desk, passing along low fees with seamless cross-border escrowed payments across emerging markets.

      With a vision to provide “socially-enabled inclusive financial access,” XREX is backed by public companies, banks, prominent VCs and the Taiwanese Government:
      * Taiwan Government National Development Fund
      * SBI Holdings (TYO: 8473)
      * CDIB Capital Group (TWSE: 2883)
      * E.Sun Financial Holding (TWSE: 2884)
      * ThreeD Capital (CSE: IDK)
      * Systex (TWSE: 6214)
      * Global Founders Capital (Berlin)
      * Seraph Group (US)
      * Metaplanet Holdings (Estonia)
      * AppWorks (Taipei)
      * WI Harper (San Francisco)
      * BlackMarble (Taipei)
      * New Economy Ventures (Hong Kong)

      Proofpoint (NASDAQ: PFPT)

      Aug 2013 - Jun 2018 | Sunnyvale CA

      VP Engineering
       
      Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company that provides the most effective cybersecurity and compliance solutions to protect people on every channel, including email, the web, the cloud, social media, and mobile messaging.

      Armorize Technologies

      Jan 2006 - Aug 2013 | San Francisco & Taipei
      Co-Founder & CEO / CTO

      Armorize Technologies (acquired by Proofpoint (NASDAQ: PFPT)) is a leading cybersecurity company offering Web application security and malware detection solutions. Armorize specializes in the detection and prevention of advanced, targeted threats.

      Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica

      1999 - 2005 | Taipei
      Research Engineer
       

      As a part of a 4-year mandatory military service term.

       

      Researched and developed defense technologies against advanced persistent threats (APTs) against Taiwan's government, military, and intelligence infrastructure.

       

      First-authored multiple peer-reviewed papers that each has 750+ citations according to Google Scholar. Acquired 2 US patents.

    • education

      National Taiwan University NTU
      Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Group
      2004-2012

      First-authored multiple peer-reviewed cybersecurity papers that each has 750+ citations according to Google Scholar.

      National Chiao-Tung University NCTU
      Masters, Computer Science
      1997-1999

      National Chiao-Tung University NCTU
      Bachelors, Computer Science
      1993-1997

    • Papers & patents

      First-authored, peer-reviewed academic papers
      • "Web application security assessment by fault injection and behavior monitoring."
        Yao-Wen (Wayne) Huang, Shih-Kun Huang, Tsung-Po Lin, Chung-Hung Tsai.
        In Proceedings of the 2003 ACM International Conference on the World Wide Web, 2003, . pp. 148-159.
      • "Securing web application code by static analysis and runtime protection."
        Yao-Wen (Wayne) Huang, Fang Yu, Christian Hang, Chung-Hung Tsai, Der-Tsai (D.T.) Lee, Sy-Yen Kuo.
        In Proceedings of the 2004 ACM International Conference on the World Wide Web, 2004, . pp. 40-52.
      • "Verifying Web Applications Using Bounded Model Checking."
        Yao-Wen (Wayne) Huang, Fang Yu, Christian Hang, Chung-Hung Tsai, Der-Tsai (D.T.) Lee, Sy-Yen Kuo.
        In Proceedings of the IEEE 2004 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (IEEE DSN 2004), pages 199-208, Florence, Italy, Jun 28-Jul 1, 2004.
      • "Non-detrimental Web application security scanning."
        Yao-Wen (Wayne) Huang, Chung-Hung Tsai, Der-Tsai (D.T.) Lee, Sy-Yen Kuo.
        In 15th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2004), Saint-Malo, France, Nov 2-5, 2004.
      • "A testing framework for Web application security assessment."
        Yao-Wen Huang, Chung-Hung Tsai, Tsung-Po Lin, Shih-Kun Huang, D.T. Lee, Sy-Yen Kuo.
        Journal of Computer Networks 48(5), pp. 739-761, Feb 12, 2005.
      First-authored, US-issued patents
      • "System and method for securing web application code and verifying correctness of software."
        Yao-Wen Huang, Fang Yu, Chung-Hung Tsai, Christian Hang, Der-Tsai Lee, Sy-Yen Kuo
        US Patent 8555269, Issued Oct 3, 2013
      • "System and method for securing web application code and verifying correctness of software."
        Yao-Wen Huang, Fang Yu, Chung-Hung Tsai, Christian Hang, Der-Tsai Lee, Sy-Yen Kuo
        US Patent 7779399, Issued Aug 17, 2010
      • "Behavior profiling for malware detection."
        Wayne Huang, M. James Idle
        US Patent 10102372, Issued Oct 16, 2018

    • BLOG POSTS

      • XREX Medium, 2020 Oct 15
        First suspicious Bitcoin transaction series detected
      • Hacker Noon, 2020 Nov 7
        Exposing the Nigerian Crypto Scam Group - "Operation N-Fiverr"

    • media coverage

      Cybersecurity-related
      • Wired, 2010-12-10 by Kim Zetter
        Google DoubleClick Caught Serving Malicious Ad
      • Forbes.com, 2010-08-16 by Andy Greenberg
        Record Five Million Sites Were Likely Infected By Hacked Web Widget
      • USA TODAY, 2011-08-11 by Byron Acohido
        Millions of Web pages are hacker landmines
      • The Verge, 2014-10-07 by Russel Brandom
        Inside a Russian malware scheme that hijacked 500,000 computers
      • MIT Technology Review, 2014-10-15 by Mike Orcutt
        Windows XP Is Still a Favorite Among Hackers
      • The Register, 2011-08-13 by Dan Goodin
        Attack targeting open-source web app keeps growing
      • The Register, 2011-08-02 by Dan Goodin
        Malware attack spreads to 5 million pages (and counting)
      • The Register, 2011-04-19 by John Leyden
        Flash cache exploit debuts in Amnesty attack
      • The Register, 2010-12-13 by Dan Goodin
        Ad networks owned by Google, Microsoft serve malware
      • IDG News, 2010-12-11 by Robert McMillan
        Google, Microsoft Ad Networks Briefly Hit With Malware
      • IDG News, 2010-7-15 by Robert McMillan
        Talk on China Cyber Army pulled after pressure
      • IDG News, 2008-12-09 by Robert McMillan
        Update: New Web attack exploits unpatched IE flaw
      • IDG News, 2008-5-19 by Sumner Lemon
        Mass SQL Injection Attack Targets Chinese Web Sites
      • IDG News, 2007-11-15 by Robert McMillan
        With Web 2.0, a New Breed of Malware Evolves
      • BankInfoSecurity, 2014-10-9 by Mathew J. Schwartz
        Hackers Grab 800,000 Banking Credentials
      • PYMNTS.com, 2014-10-10
        How Cyberthieves Were Able To Steal 500,000 Bank Credentials
      • eWeek, 2010-12-10 by Brian Prince
        Google DoubleClick Found Serving Malicious Ad
      • eWeek, 2010-08-16 by Brian Prince
        Infected Widget Compromises Parked Domains
      • eWeek, 2009-09-22 by Jim Rapoza
        Live at DEMOfall 2009: Getting Secure and Getting Paid
      • CNET, 2011-09-26 by Elinor Mills
        Hacked MySQL.com used to serve Windows malware
      • CNET, 2010-05-26 by Elinor Mills
        Firms tackle virus-laden Web sites, ads
      • Dark Reading, 2011-08-09 by Tim Wilson
        'Willysy' osCommerce Injection Attack Affects More Than 8 Million Pages
      • Dark Reading, 2010-08-18 by Mathew J. Schwartz
        Malware Spewing Widget Hacks 500,000 Websites
      • Dark Reading, 2010-08-17 by Kelly Jackson Higgins
        Mass Drive-By Attack Used Web Widget
      • Threat Post, 2014-10-23 by Chris Brook
        Malvertising Campaign on Yahoo, AOL, Triggers CryptoWall Infections
      • Threat Post, 2011-08-04 by Brian Donohue
        Massive Injection Campaign Affecting More Than Six Million Pages
      • Threat Post, 2011-07-26 by Brian Donohue
        Massive iFrame Attack Hits More than 90,000 Pages
      • ThreatPost, 2010-12-12 by Dennis Fisher
        Major Ad Networks Found Serving Malicious Ads
      • ThreatPost, 2010-08-16 by Paul Roberts
        Network Solutions Malicious Widget May Date to January
      • Krebs on Security, 2011-08-05 by Brian Krebs
        Is That a Virus in Your Shopping Cart?
      • KrebsOnSecurity, 2010-08-16 by Brian Krebs
        NetworkSolutions Sites Hacked By Wicked Widget
      • Slashdot, 2010-08-16
        5 Million Domains Serving Malware Via Network Solutions
      • Mashable, 2009-09-22 by Ben Parr
        HackAlert: Web Apps Finally Get Secure
        Venture Beat, 2009-09-22 by Dean Takahashi

        DEMO: Armorize’s HackAlert notifies you if your web site is under attack
      • TechCrunch, 2009-06-16
        Armorize Lands More Funding For Web App Security Technology
      • CSO, 2014-10-08 by Antone Gonsalves
        An inside look at Russian cybercriminals
      • CSO, 2011-07-28 by Ellen Messmer
        E-Commerce Sites Based on Open Source Code Under Attack
      • CSO, 2011-07-26 by Bill Brenner
        Drive-by download infects more than 90,000 sites, Armorize warns
      • PC Magazine, 2011-08-08
        Millions of e-commerce Sites Hacked to Serve Malware
      • PC Magazine, 2010-08-16
        Innocuous Network Solutions Web Widget Served Malware
      • SC Media, 2014-10-07
        Group infects more than 500K systems, targets banking credentials in U.S.
      • SC Media, 2011-08-01
        Mass injection campaign affects 3.8 million pages
      • SC Media, 2010-08-16
        Up to five million parked domains served malware widget
      • CRN, 2011-07-29 by Stefanie Hoffman
        iFrame Attack Infects More Than 300,000 osCommerce Sites
      • PCWorld, 2011-08-06 by John P. Mello Jr.
        Speedy Malware Infects More than 6 Million Web Pages
      • ZDNet, 2014-10-07 by Toby Wolpe
        Windows XP: Still big in botnets after all these years?
      • ZDNet, 2011-07-28 by Dancho Danchev
        90,000+ pages compromised in mass iFrame injection attack
      • ZDNet UK, 2010-08-17 by Elinor Mills
        Malicious widget attacks compromise parked domains
      • Computerworld, 2010-08-16 by Gregg Keizer
        Malicious widget hacked millions of Web sites
      • InfoWorld, 2010-12-10 by Robert Lemos
        The DoubleClick attack and the rise of malvertising
      • InfoWorld, 2010-08-17 by Robert Lemos
        Network Solutions versus the wily widget
      • Help Net Security, 2010-08-18 by Zeljka Zorz
        Mass injection attack compromised 20,000+ domains, delivers fake AV
      • Help Net Security, 2011-08-01 by Zeljka Zorz,
        Mass iFrame injection attack now counts millions of compromised web pages
      • Help Net Security, 2011-07-26 by Zeljka Zorz,
        90,000+ web pages compromised through iFrame injection
      • Help Net Security, 2010-12-13 by Zeljka Zorz,
        Malware spread via Google, Microsoft ad network
      • Softpedia, 2011-08-17 by Lucian Constantin
        New Mass Injection Attack Infects over 20K Websites
      • Softpedia, 2011-08-01 by Lucian Constantin
        Number of osCommerce Infected Pages Raises to Millions in Under a Week
      • Softpedia, 2010-12-11 by Lucian Constantin
        Drive-By Scareware Malvertizements Served by Large Ad Networks
      • SPAMfighter News, 2011-08-05
        Armorize Unleash Massive Iframe Injection Assault
      • SPAMfighter News, 2014-10-14
        Proofpoint Discovers Russian Cyber-Crime Gang, Attacker of Over 500K PCs
      • SPAMfighter News, 2011-07-16
        Armorize Unleash Massive Iframe Injection Assault
      • SPAMfighter News, 2010-08-21,
        Millions of Web Websites Hacked by Malicious Widget
      • SPAMfighter News, 2010-06-07
        Around 1000 US Websites Serve Malware
      • The H, 2011-08-03
        Millions of osCommerce stores hacked
      • The H, 2011-04-20
        Exploit on Amnesty pages tricks AV software
      • HK Cert, 2011-08-02
        Mass Injection Attacks Targeting osCommerce Vulnerabilities

    • Talks

      (follow the links to watch talk videos)
      • SecTor 2018, Toronto
        25 Techniques to Gather Threat Intel and Track Actors (with Sun Huang)
      • BLOCKConscious 2018, Brisbane
        Hacking Blockchain for Fun and Real Profit (with Sun Huang)
      • Chain-in 2018, Lisbon
        Hacking Blockchain for Fun and Real Profit (with Sun Huang)
      • Hack in Paris 2017, Paris
        25 Techniques to Gather Threat Intel & Track Actors (with Sun Huang)
      • Black Hat APAC 2017, Singapore
        24 Techniques to Gather Threat Intel & Track Actors (with Sun Huang)
      • HackFest 2017, Quebec
        Unveiling One of the World’s Biggest and Oldest Cybercrime Gangs (with Sun Huang)
      • Hack.lu 2016, Luxembourg
        Unveiling the Attack Chain of Russian-Speaking Cybercriminals (with Sun Huang)
      • SteelCon 2016, Sheffield, England
        Witness the Russian Attack: Live Demos of Their Steps, Tools, Techniques (with Sun Huang)
      • Virus Bulletin 2016, Denver
        Unveiling the Attack Chain of Russian-Speaking Cybercriminals
      • Troopers 2016, Heidelberg
        Russian Attack: Live Demos of Their Steps, Tools, Techniques (with Sun Huang)
      • RSA Conference 2016, San Francisco
        Witness the Russian Attack: Live Demos of Their Steps, Tools, Techniques (with Sun Huang)
      • RSA APAC & Japan Conference 2015, Singapore
        New Ways of Emerging APT Actors: India, South Africa, Nigeria, and Indonesia (with Sun Huang)
      • RSA Conference 2015, San Francisco
        Bitcoin’s Future Threats: Expert’s Roundtable based on 150 Case Studies (with Sun Huang)
      • DEF CON 2013, Las Vegas
        Drivesploit: Circumventing Both Automated AND Manual Drive-By-Download Detection (with Sun Huang)

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