hi..
I went to an interview and they asked me to do a presentation on "the latest security  trend". they expect something new. for ex, it shoud not be firewalls, since everybody knows about it. the topic should be bit advance. it should be up to my level. im a graduate and reading for CEH. your suggstions are wrmly welcome.
thnks...

Yeah, with MANY of my clients leaning on VMWare and various definitions of 'cloud computing,' I find that virtualization security is a very hot topic right now.  I've spoken to two local government agencies, recently, who are discussing pentests with me, who have had their outsourced VM / cloud services hacked, within the past 3 months.

I'm not sure in what field your company is active, but just spouting a few idea's on recent stuff that I find interesting.

There has been some news about successful blows against criminal botnets. That's always something that speaks to the imagination:

• http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/355852/microsoft-secretly-beheads-notorious-botnet
• http://www.itworld.com/government/100020/zeus-botnet-dealt-blow-isp-troyak-knocked-out
• http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/03/03/0328246/Mariposa-Botnet-Beheaded

Also, along the line of awesec: If this company's focus is towards development, the OWASP TOP 10 project (Top 10 application security vulnerabilities) might give some inspiration. You might pick an interesting application vulnerability and expand on that. If I'm correct, knowledge of application security is very limited in most circles :-)
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Top_Ten_Project

(Edit) Or, concerning new tools: the new webapp security tool from Google, Skipfish. You can hardely go more recent then that ;-)
There is a nice review from Jason (Jhaddix):
http://www.redspin.com/blog/2010/03/19/skipfish-google-enters-the-web-scanner-fray/

Good luck!

You should be able to find some resources from conferences such as BlackHat and similar ones, e.g. there was a presentation titled Cloud Computing Models and Vulnerabilities: Raining on the Trendy New Parade. There were some more presentations on this topic throughout various other security conferences as well.

You're most welcome m8.

There is a seminar about Virtualization & Cloud Security on the InfoSecurity.be event that I'm going to this week.
If I get my hands on some (digital) material, I'll be sure to let you know.

Cheers,

Anq

if your still not sure what "black hat" topic to choose:

http://www.defcon.org/html/links/defcon-media-archives.html

a very good resource for the latest topics!

Advanced Persistent Threat may be a good topic, if you are interested in malware and targeted attacks that is! However, if it is an interview, you could demonstrate up-to-date security knowledge, with technical ability (through demo of PDF reversing and shellcode extraction for example) and also an appreciation of the business side of things. Such attacks are targeted against business and as such may have a direct effect on revenue, profit and reputation. Things business execs are all too careful about. Therefore you would demonstrate various aspects of your skillset that interviewers are looking for, whilst getting to talk about something interesting... Again helping you to demonstrate your enthusiasm for security as a whole

Just a thought...

n1p

nice link thnnks