I spend time researching and analysing malware, performing incident response as well as threat intelligence, and much more.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on Twitter or via the Contact Form on the right of this blog. Or comment on the relevant post in question.
If you want to send me an encrypted email, you can find my PGP key on Keybase.
Here are some of my most popular blog posts:
- C99Shell not dead (PHP backdoors)
- Notes on Linux/Xor.DDoS (Linux malware)
- Malware spreading via Steam chat (Windows malware, SteamStealer)
- Ransomware Prevention (How to prevent ransomware)
- The purpose of ransomware (There may be more to ransomware than meets the eye)
You can also find me on GitHub, where I've created several projects.
Note this is a personal blog, and as such, all views expressed are my own.
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