Bio

Jean-Ian Boutin

Jean-Ian Boutin

Director of Threat Research

Education? B. Eng. Electical Engineering / M. Eng. Computer Engineering

Highlights of your career? My career highlight at ESET was able to present research I conducted at conferences such as Virus Bulletin and ZeroNights.

Position and history at ESET? I joined ESET in 2011. I am a malware researcher in the Security Intelligence program.

What malware do you hate the most? Win32/SpyEye. It was the first investigation I did when I joined ESET and, while it was a good learning experience, I still resent it ;)

Favorite activities? I love playing with my kids, cycling, jogging and playing the piano.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Be paranoid enough.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? My dad got me my first computer – a Commodore-64 – in 1988.

Favorite computer game/activity? My favorite computer game is the EA NHL series.

Articles by author

The Evolution of Webinject

Last month, we presented “The Evolution of Webinject” in Seattle at the 24th Virus Bulletin conference. This blog post will go over its key findings and provide links to the various material that has been released in the last few weeks.

Facebook Webinject Leads to iBanking Mobile Bot

iBanking is a malicious Android application that when installed on a mobile phone is able to spy on its user’s communications. This bot has many interesting phone-specific capabilities, including capturing incoming and outgoing SMS messages, redirecting incoming voice calls, and even capturing audio using the device’s microphone.