Education: Masters in Informatic Engineering of the Technical University in Kosice
Highlights of your career? Malware Researcher
Position and history at ESET? Joined ESET as a Malware Researcher in 2011
What malware do you hate the most? Adware and ransomware
Favorite activities? Gym, squash, reading
What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Be reasonably paranoid
Favorite computer game/activity? Elasto Mania
ESET research reveals that common Android stalkerware apps are riddled with vulnerabilities that further jeopardize victims and expose the privacy and security of the snoopers themselves
ESET researchers uncover a new version of Android spyware used by the APT-C-23 threat group against targets in the Middle East
ESET research uncovers a malicious operation that both spies on victims and leaks their data
ESET researchers dissect an Android app that masquerades as an official COVID-19 contact-tracing app and encrypts files on the victim's device
ESET researchers detect a new way of misusing Accessibility Service, the Achilles’ heel of Android security
After being targeted by an Android DDoS app, ESET seized the opportunity to analyze the attack and to help put an end to it
ESET researchers discovered a year-long adware campaign on Google Play and tracked down its operator. The apps involved, installed eight million times, use several tricks for stealth and persistence.
ESET analysis breaks down the first known spyware that is built on the AhMyth open-source espionage tool and has appeared on Google Play – twice
ESET researchers discover a new Android ransomware family that attempts to spread to victims’ contacts and deploys some unusual tricks
ESET researchers discover fraudulent schemes piggybacking on the popularity of the face-modifying tool FaceApp, using a fake “Pro” version of the application as a lure
ESET analysis uncovers a novel technique bypassing SMS-based two-factor authentication while circumventing Google’s recent SMS permissions restrictions
ESET researchers have analyzed fake cryptocurrency wallets emerging on Google Play at the time of bitcoin’s renewed growth
An interview with ESET malware researcher Lukáš Štefanko about Android banking malware, the topic of his latest white paper
Cryptocurrency stealers that replace a wallet address in the clipboard are no longer limited to Windows or shady Android app stores
ESET researchers discovered a new Android Trojan using a novel Accessibility-abusing technique that targets the official PayPal app, and is capable of bypassing PayPal’s two-factor authentication
Fitness-tracking apps use dodgy in-app payments to steal money from unaware iPhone and iPad users
The malicious apps have all been removed from the official Android store but not before the apps were installed by almost 30,000 users
Cybercrooks use bogus apps to phish six online banks and a cryptocurrency exchange
Fraudsters are using bogus apps to convince users of three Indian banks to divulge their personal data
Entirely new malware family discovered by ESET researchers
