LoudMiner: Cross‑platform mining in cracked VST software
The story of a Linux miner bundled with pirated copies of VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software for Windows and macOS
Education: Studying Computer Science at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Highlight of your career? So far – getting to work for ESET
Position and history at ESET? Detection engineer
What malware do you hate the most? The boring kind
Favorite activities? Reading books, watching TV shows/movies, exercising
What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Backup everything and then again
When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? In primary school. I don’t remember much about it, just that it had Windows and a racing game
Favorite computer game/activity? Sid Meier’s Civilization series
The story of a Linux miner bundled with pirated copies of VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software for Windows and macOS
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