This week is my last week at @ESET. I am sad to be leaving the awesome @ESETresearch team but also very excited to join Google's Threat Analysis Group next week and continue to research and fight malware at a global scale.

I have learned a lot during my 12 years at ESET, such how complex malware detection engine really are in security software (aka AV). There is a lot of brilliant technology behind it. It’s much, much more complex than the “hash-based signature” people think it is.

I am looking forward to build stuff in Google TAG with new colleagues and wish ESET and its impressively good research team the best for the future, ✌️.

🎉 I am really thrilled to have won the 10th Péter Szőr award at @VirusBulletin. Congrats to all the authors of the nominated papers. They are all excellent pieces and know that I highly respect your work. It is very flattering to have our work recognized by our peers. #vb2024

https://infosec.exchange/@VirusBulletin/113248734129035293

Publishing exhaustive malware research paper is a _lot_ of work, and it wouldn't be possible for me without help. I'd like to thank our partners (NHTCU et al.) and the team @ESETresearch for technical and language reviews, as well as designers that render the final result.

If you are curious about our research, and to understand how a botnet of Linux servers has been around for 15 years stealing credit cards and cryptocurrency, and mangling HTTP traffic, the paper is available here: https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/ebury-alive-unseen-400k-linux-servers-compromised-cryptotheft-financial-gain/