Lukas Stefanko

Lukas Stefanko

Malware Researcher


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


70 articles by Lukas Stefanko

ESET research

APT-C-23 group evolves its Android spyware

APT-C-23 group evolves its Android spyware

ESET research

APT-C-23 group evolves its Android spyware

ESET researchers uncover a new version of Android spyware used by the APT-C-23 threat group against targets in the Middle East

Lukas Stefanko30 Sep 20208 min. read


ESET research

Welcome Chat as a secure messaging app? Nothing could be further from the truth

Welcome Chat as a secure messaging app? Nothing could be further from the truth

ESET research

Welcome Chat as a secure messaging app? Nothing could be further from the truth

ESET research uncovers a malicious operation that both spies on victims and leaks their data

Lukas Stefanko14 Jul 20206 min. read


ESET research

New ransomware posing as COVID-19 tracing app targets Canada; ESET offers decryptor

New ransomware posing as COVID-19 tracing app targets Canada; ESET offers decryptor

ESET research

New ransomware posing as COVID-19 tracing app targets Canada; ESET offers decryptor

ESET researchers dissect an Android app that masquerades as an official COVID-19 contact-tracing app and encrypts files on the victim's device

Lukas Stefanko24 Jun 20204 min. read


ESET research

Insidious Android malware gives up all malicious features but one to gain stealth

Insidious Android malware gives up all malicious features but one to gain stealth

ESET research

Insidious Android malware gives up all malicious features but one to gain stealth

ESET researchers detect a new way of misusing Accessibility Service, the Achilles’ heel of Android security

Lukas Stefanko22 May 20205 min. read


Breaking news? App promises news feeds, brings DDoS attacks instead

Breaking news? App promises news feeds, brings DDoS attacks instead

Breaking news? App promises news feeds, brings DDoS attacks instead

After being targeted by an Android DDoS app, ESET seized the opportunity to analyze the attack and to help put an end to it

Lukas Stefanko11 May 20204 min. read


ESET research

Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users

Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users

ESET research

Tracking down the developer of Android adware affecting millions of users

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.

Lukas Stefanko24 Oct 20198 min. read


ESET research

First-of-its-kind spyware sneaks into Google Play

First-of-its-kind spyware sneaks into Google Play

ESET research

First-of-its-kind spyware sneaks into Google Play

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

Lukas Stefanko22 Aug 20195 min. read


ESET research

Android ransomware is back

Android ransomware is back

ESET research

Android ransomware is back

ESET researchers discover a new Android ransomware family that attempts to spread to victims’ contacts and deploys some unusual tricks

Lukas Stefanko29 Jul 20198 min. read


ESET research

With FaceApp in the spotlight, new scams emerge

With FaceApp in the spotlight, new scams emerge

ESET research

With FaceApp in the spotlight, new scams emerge

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

Lukas Stefanko19 Jul 20193 min. read