Diego Perez

Diego Perez

Malware Analyst


Education: I became a Technician in Electronics at Technical School No. 28 in Buenos Aires. Currently I study Systems Engineering at the National University of San Martin, Argentina.

Position and history at ESET: I joined ESET Latin America in 2013 as a Support Technician, and in early 2014 I started working as a Malware Analyst.

What is the malware you hate the most? : Trojan.

Favorite activities: Playing football and competing in motor racing.

What is your golden rule in cyberspace? : If you have any questions or concerns, you will find an answer on the internet.

When did you have your first computer and what type was it? : I got my first computer in 2002. It had a Windows 98 operating system.

What is your favorite activity or game on the computer? : At the moment I enjoy several activities like playing games related to cars or soccer, downloading music or videos and to update my social networks.


7 articles by Diego Perez

ESET Research

Analysis of the latest Emotet propagation campaign

Analysis of the latest Emotet propagation campaign

ESET Research

Analysis of the latest Emotet propagation campaign

An analysis of the workings of this new Emotet campaign, which has affected various countries in Latin America by taking advantage of Microsoft Office files to hide its malicious activity

Diego Perez28 Dec 20183 min. read


ESET Research

Everything you need to know about the latest variant of Petya

Everything you need to know about the latest variant of Petya

ESET Research

Everything you need to know about the latest variant of Petya

The latest global cyberattack, detected by ESET as Win32 / Diskcoder.C, considered a variant of Petya, once again highlights the reality outdated systems and insufficient security solutions are still widespread.

Diego Perez06 Jul 20176 min. read


Cybercrime

Malicious registry keys: Reflective injection

Malicious registry keys: Reflective injection

Cybercrime

Malicious registry keys: Reflective injection

In recent months, we have started to receive various reports about suspicious and malicious registry keys that had been created on users’ equipment. ESET's Diego Perez explores.

Diego Perez15 May 20172 min. read


Ransomware

New decryption tool for Crysis ransomware

New decryption tool for Crysis ransomware

Ransomware

New decryption tool for Crysis ransomware

ESET has developed a free tool to decrypt files and recover the information that might have been compromised by Crysis.

Diego Perez24 Nov 20163 min. read


ESET research

Analysis of the Locky infection process

Analysis of the Locky infection process

ESET research

Analysis of the Locky infection process

In recent months, there has been a significant increase in the number of networks and users affected by ransomware known as Locky, discusses ESET's Diego Perez.

Diego Perez04 Apr 20163 min. read


ESET research

How to isolate VBS or JScript malware with Visual Studio

How to isolate VBS or JScript malware with Visual Studio

ESET research

How to isolate VBS or JScript malware with Visual Studio

ESET has seen a rise in malware developed using scripting languages. We can understand the threats better by isolating them in a dynamic analysis environment.

Diego Perez11 Feb 20163 min. read


ESET research

Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America

Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America

ESET research

Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America

In April, ESET’s Laboratory in Latin America received a report on an executable program named "Liberty2-0.exe." Now, it asks is there a version 1.0?

Diego Perez14 Jul 20152 min. read