author
Pablo Ramos
Education Software Engineering student at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina.
Highlights of career Virus Bulletin speaker in Dallas 2012
Position and history at ESET Security Researcher
What malware you hate the most? Win32/Dorkbot
Favorite activities Running, Skateboarding, Snowboard, Surf and Futbol
What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Keep it as safe and open as you can
When did you get your first computer and what kind? I was only a child, I still do not remember the model, and I was only 7 years old.
Favorite computer game/activity Winning Eleven, Age of the Empires and programming
The information-stealing, botnet-building worm known as Dorkbot (Win32/Dorkbot) is one of the most active threats in Latin America. Ever since we started to investigate this worm, we have been able to identify different dissemination campaigns, the ultimate aim of which is stealing sensitive information such as login names and passwords from its victims. Most of
Could that smartphone in your pocket be making money for cybercriminals? Yes it could, and in this article we will explain how, using a real world example that has been targeting Android phones around the world. The use of smartphones is now very common in a wide range of countires. We carry them with us
Your Android smartphone could be producing profit for criminals, and here is how: using piece of malware called Android/TrojanSMS.Boxer.AA, a malicious program for Google's Android mobile Operating System that targets 63 different countries, reading the MCC (Mobile Country Code) and MNC (Mobile Network Code) codes from the infected device. In December 2011 twenty-two malicious applications were discovered in the
