Ayman Shaaban (@aymanshaaban
) has been working as a security researcher for Kasperksy Lab since May 2014. He worked in the Egyptian national CERT as a digital forensics engineer for 5 years. During his career, Ayman has participated in building digital forensics labs, provided analysis for cases with national and international scopes, and delivered training courses on digital forensics analysis for different high-profile entities.
Ayman is a certified GSEC, GCIH, GCFA, and CFCE. He also has a BSc in communication and electronics, an information security diploma from ITI, and is working on his master's degree in information security. Ayman can be found on LinkedIn at http://eg.linkedin.com/in/aymanshaaban.
I would like to thank my family and my friends for their continuous support. Also, I want to thank all my current and past colleagues in Kaspersky Lab, EG-CERT, and Nile University for their support and dedication.
Konstantin Sapronov works as the deputy head of the Global Emergency Response Team at Kaspersky Lab. He joined Kaspersky Lab in 2000 and has been in his current position since August 2011. His previous position was group manager of the virus lab in China since 2007, and he has been responsible for establishing and developing the virus lab at Kaspersky Lab's office in China. Prior to this, he worked as a virus analyst and head of the Non-Intel Platform Group in the virus lab at Kaspersky Lab's HQ in Moscow, specializing in reverse engineering and the analysis of malware, exploits, and vulnerabilities. Konstantin is the author of several analytical articles on malware for Unix and other information security topics.
Konstantin holds degrees from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (a technical university) and the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Information Technology.
First of all, many thanks to all my family—my parents, my wife, and my daughter, who have always supported me. Also, I would like to thank all the people I have worked with all these years at our company for their support, professionalism, and willingness to help.