Pierre-Marc Bureau

Pierre-Marc Bureau

Security Intelligence Program Manager


Education? Master Degree in Computer Engineering.

Position and history at ESET? Security Intelligence Program Manager.

What malware do you hate the most? The ones written in VB and Delphi.

Favorite activities? Rock climbing, snowboarding, hiking.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? Apply the same caution in cyberspace and in real life.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? 1988 – Apple II.

Favorite computer game/activity? Losing at Capture the Flag competitions.


58 articles by Pierre-Marc Bureau

Operation Windigo – the vivisection of a large Linux server-side credential-stealing malware campaign

Operation Windigo – the vivisection of a large Linux server-side credential-stealing malware campaign

Operation Windigo – the vivisection of a large Linux server-side credential-stealing malware campaign

Our report titled “Operation Windigo – the vivisection of a large Linux server-side credential-stealing malware campaign" details our analysis of a set of malicious programs that infect servers and desktop PCs, and send nearly 500,000 web users to malicious content daily."

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 18 Mar 2014 • 2 min. read


Win32/Napolar – A new bot on the block

Win32/Napolar – A new bot on the block

Win32/Napolar – A new bot on the block

There is a new bot on the block. ESET identifies it as Win32/Napolar while its author calls it solarbot. This piece of malware came to our attention mid-August because of its interesting anti-debugging and code injection techniques.

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 25 Sep 2013 • 9 min. read


Linux/Cdorked.A: New Apache backdoor being used in the wild to serve Blackhole

Linux/Cdorked.A: New Apache backdoor being used in the wild to serve Blackhole

Linux/Cdorked.A: New Apache backdoor being used in the wild to serve Blackhole

Analysis of a malicious backdoor serving Blackhole exploit pack found on Linux Apache webserver compromised by malware dubbed Linux/Cdorked.A, together with remediation tool and techniques.

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 26 Apr 2013 • 8 min. read


Malicious Apache module used for content injection: Linux/Chapro.A

Malicious Apache module used for content injection: Linux/Chapro.A

Malicious Apache module used for content injection: Linux/Chapro.A

More than half of all web servers on the Internet use Apache, so when we discovered a malicious Apache module in the wild last month, we were understandably concerned.

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 18 Dec 2012 • 6 min. read


Win32/Morto – Made in China, now with PE file infection

Win32/Morto – Made in China, now with PE file infection

Win32/Morto – Made in China, now with PE file infection

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 14 Nov 2012 • 3 min. read


Flashback Wrap Up

Flashback Wrap Up

Flashback Wrap Up

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 20 Sep 2012 • 1 min. read


Dancing Penguins: a case of organized Android pay-per-install

Dancing Penguins: a case of organized Android pay-per-install

Dancing Penguins: a case of organized Android pay-per-install

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 12 Sep 2012 • 3 min. read


Fighting the OSX/Flashback Hydra

Fighting the OSX/Flashback Hydra

Fighting the OSX/Flashback Hydra

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 13 Apr 2012 • 3 min. read


Updates on OSX/Tsunami.A, a Mac OS X Trojan

Updates on OSX/Tsunami.A, a Mac OS X Trojan

Updates on OSX/Tsunami.A, a Mac OS X Trojan

Pierre-Marc Bureau • 26 Oct 2011 • 1 min. read