Martin Smolár

Education? Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.

Position and history at ESET? I joined ESET as a Junior Malware Analyst in 2017.

Favorite activities?Spending time with my family and friends, hiking, various sports.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? Around 2003. It was some machine with Windows XP, 128 MB RAM and GeForce 2 graphics card.

Favorite computer game/activity?Counter-Strike 1.6/Global-Offensive, reverse engineering.

Latest Articles

ESET research

BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed

ESET research

When "secure" isn't secure at all: High-impact UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in Lenovo consumer laptops

ESET research

UEFI threats moving to the ESP: Introducing ESPecter bootkit

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Hungry for data, ModPipe backdoor hits POS software used in hospitality sector

5 articles by Martin Smolár

ESET research

BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed

ESET research

BlackLotus UEFI bootkit: Myth confirmed

The first in-the-wild UEFI bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on fully updated UEFI systems is now a reality

Martin Smolár • 01 Mar 2023 • 33 min. read

ESET research

When "secure" isn't secure at all: High-impact UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in Lenovo consumer laptops

ESET research

When "secure" isn't secure at all: High-impact UEFI vulnerabilities discovered in Lenovo consumer laptops

ESET researchers discover multiple vulnerabilities in various Lenovo laptop models that allow an attacker with admin privileges to expose the user to firmware-level malware

Martin Smolár • 19 Apr 2022 • 29 min. read

ESET research

UEFI threats moving to the ESP: Introducing ESPecter bootkit