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Jonathan Zdziarski


Areas of Expertise:
  • iPhone
  • spam
  • machine-learning
  • algorithmic theory
  • forensics
  • speaking

Biography

Jonathan Zdziarski is better known as the hacker "NerveGas" in the iPhone development community. He is well known for his work in cracking the iPhone and lead the effort to port the first open source applications. Hailed on many geek news sites for his accomplishments, Jonathan is best known for the first application to illustrate and take full advantage of the major iPhone APIs: NES.app, a portable Nintendo Entertainment System emulator.

Jonathan is also a full-time research scientist and longtime spam-fighter. He is founder of the DSPAM project, a high profile, next-generation spam filter that was acquired in 2006 by a company designing software accelerators. He lectures widely on the topic of spam and is a foremost researcher in the fields of machine-learning and algorithmic theory.

Jonathan's website is zdziarski.com.

Books

iPhone Open Application Development iPhone Open Application Development
by Jonathan Zdziarski
Second Edition October 2008 (est.)
$39.99 USD

iPhone Forensics iPhone Forensics
by Jonathan Zdziarski
September 2008
$39.99 USD
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iPhone Open Application Development iPhone Open Application Development
by Jonathan Zdziarski
March 2008
$39.99 USD

Ending Spam Ending Spam (No Starch)
by Jonathan Zdziarski
June 2005
$39.95 USD
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Articles

Multimedia

Webcast - iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode
September 11, 2008
In this live webcast, iPhone hacker and data forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski guides you through the steps used by law enforcement agencies to bypass the iPhone 3G's passcode lock by creating a custom firmware bundle. Author of the upcoming book...

Webcast: iPhone Forensics Demonstration
April 17, 2008
With the iPhone quickly becoming the market leader in mobile devices, the need for law enforcement personnel to perform forensic analysis of these devices is beginning to surface. Unlike most other smart phones, the iPhone incorporates desktop-like features...

Webcast: Getting the iPhone Open Source Tool Chain
April 03, 2008
In this webcast, Jonathan A. Zdziarski, one of the original hackers of the iPhone and author of iPhone Open Application Development will demonstrate how you can use the iPhone open source tool chain to design third-party software that will run on this...

Jonathan Zdziarski

"I see this book being a great tool for the person who wants to write their own personal applications for the iPhone, and who doesn't want to live with the restrictions that Apple is placing on the use and distribution of "official" applications."
--Thomas Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings