David Balaban
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David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 10 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation. David runs the Privacy-PC.com project which presents expert opinions on the contemporary information security matters, including social engineering, penetration testing, threat intelligence, online privacy and white hat hacking. As part of his work at Privacy-PC, Mr. Balaban has interviewed such security celebrities as Dave Kennedy, Jay Jacobs and Robert David Steele to get firsthand perspectives on hot InfoSec issues. David has a strong malware troubleshooting background, with the recent focus on ransomware countermeasures.
MS Word Maybe Used for Cryptojacking Attacks
Cryptojacking JavaScript can be launched in Word documents – New Word features that appeared in its latest version…
February 27, 2018
MoneroPay Malware Pretends to Be a Cryptocurrency Wallet
A brand new ransomware malware that is called MoneroPay has been found. Its developer is taking advantage of the…
January 25, 2018
The First Ransomware to Exploit Telegram Cracked and Decryptor Published
A security researcher whose name is Nathan Scott managed to break the encryption model employed by the Telecrypt ransomware. The unusual characteristic that made this virus to stand out was…
November 24, 2016
History and Evolution of the Locky Ransomware
Although Locky sounds like fun, it actually denotes one of the today’s prevalent ransomware families. Discovered in mid-February…
October 31, 2016
Locky Ransomware in Action: Real-World Attack Description
IT security professionals appear to be in a constant run after numerous ransomware authors who systematically infect individual…
October 27, 2016