Josep Albors

Josep Albors

ESET Spain Head of Awareness and Research


Education: Technician in Management Information Systems.

Highlights of your career? During my studies and before I joined ESET Spain I did several trainings in programming and languages, and I provided technical support to some companies. I also got Cisco's CCNA certification and the Computer Forensics Judicial Expert license.

Position and history at ESET? In 2005 I joined Ontinet, wholesaler of ESET in Spain, where I started working in technical support. I then became Head of Tech Support and my current position is Communications & Lab Director.

What malware do you hate the most? Every kind, no exception.

Favorite activities? Learning languages, travelling, meeting people, films, reading, videogames, and airsoft.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? We are our own worst vulnerability but also our best antivirus.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? My first owned computer was an IBM PS/2 Model 30 with 640K of RAM, a hard drive of 20 MB and running in MS-DOS 4.0, although I had been fighting for years with my cousin's Spectrum and his BASIC.

Favorite computer game/activity? Apart from enjoying most of 8 and 16 bits retro games in console or PC, I'm a big fan of Civilization, XCOM and Fire Emblem sagas. I also like to install a couple of VMs in my computers to analyze the behavior of malware.


24 articles by Josep Albors

Fast Flux networks: What are they and how do they work?

Fast Flux networks: What are they and how do they work?

Fast Flux networks: What are they and how do they work?

The term Fast Flux can refer to networks used by several botnets to hide the domains used to download malware or host phishing websites, says Josep Albors.

Josep Albors12 Jan 20174 min. read


Cybercrime

USBee: how to spy on an isolated system with a USB

USBee: how to spy on an isolated system with a USB

Cybercrime

USBee: how to spy on an isolated system with a USB

USBee is a form of "air gap attack". It uses a USB device to transmit the information the attacker wants to steal at frequencies between 240 and 480Mhz.

Josep Albors26 Sep 20164 min. read


Digital Security

Analyzing Mr. Robot: S02E01

Analyzing Mr. Robot: S02E01

Digital Security

Analyzing Mr. Robot: S02E01

One of the surprises of last year for everyone working in IT security was, without a doubt, the hit TV show Mr. Robot, explains ESET's Josep Albors.

Josep Albors21 Jul 20165 min. read


Malicious scripts in compromised websites and how to protect yourself

Malicious scripts in compromised websites and how to protect yourself

Malicious scripts in compromised websites and how to protect yourself

Some of the most dangerous vectors used by cybercriminals are those that involve scripts, since they are difficult for users to detect, says Josep Albors.

Josep Albors28 Jun 20163 min. read


Digital Security

The 5 most common reasons for corporate data loss

The 5 most common reasons for corporate data loss

Digital Security

The 5 most common reasons for corporate data loss

ESET's Josep Albors takes a look at the main reasons for corporate data loss, which include undetected drives and devices being dropped from height.

Josep Albors21 Jun 20163 min. read


Ransomware

Jigsaw and how ransomware is becoming more aggressive with new features

Jigsaw and how ransomware is becoming more aggressive with new features

Ransomware

Jigsaw and how ransomware is becoming more aggressive with new features

There is no doubt that criminals have found a mechanism in ransomware enabling them to obtain significant benefits with relatively little effort, reports ESET's Josep Albors.

Josep Albors04 May 20163 min. read


ESET research

Trojan Downloaders on the rise: Don’t let Locky or TeslaCrypt ruin your day

Trojan Downloaders on the rise: Don’t let Locky or TeslaCrypt ruin your day

ESET research

Trojan Downloaders on the rise: Don’t let Locky or TeslaCrypt ruin your day

Weeks after it started attacking and encrypting victims' information, Locky is still targeting many users. Here's what you need to know about this threat.

Josep Albors and Raphael Labaca Castro18 Mar 20164 min. read


'Application not compatible': Bayrob may be stealing your info

'Application not compatible': Bayrob may be stealing your info

'Application not compatible': Bayrob may be stealing your info

In this post, ESET's Josep Albors analyzes Bayrob, a trojan that has been intensely targeting users across the world since mid-December, 2015.

Josep Albors28 Jan 20164 min. read


ESET research

Nemucod malware spreads ransomware Teslacrypt around the world

Nemucod malware spreads ransomware Teslacrypt around the world

ESET research

Nemucod malware spreads ransomware Teslacrypt around the world

ESET has recently observed a huge increase in detections of the Nemucod trojan, a threat that usually tries to download another malware from the internet. Those detections ratios were very high in some countries.

Josep Albors16 Dec 20154 min. read