Phil Bramwell acquired the Certified Ethical Hacker and Certified Expert Penetration Tester certifications at the age of 21. His professional experience includes Common Criteria design reviews and testing, network security consulting, penetration testing, and PCI-DSS compliance auditing for banks, universities, and governments. He later acquired the CISSP and Metasploit Pro Certified Specialist credentials. Today, he is a cybersecurity and cryptocurrency consultant and works as a cybersecurity analyst specializing in malware detection and analysis.
A big thank you to everyone at Packt. I initially told Shrilekha "no way," but she motivated me to believe in myself. Sharon was available day and night to guide me and keep my eyes on the prize. I also want to thank my friends and mentors from Kalamazoo to Atascadero to Answers to Plante Moran: thank you for keeping me going.
Abhijit Mohanta works as a malware researcher for Juniper Threat Labs. He worked as a malware researcher for Cyphort, MacAfee, and Symantec. He has expertise in reverse engineering. He has experience working with antivirus and sandbox technologies. He is author of the book Preventing Ransomware, Understand everything about digital extortion and its prevention. He has written a number of blogs on malware research. He has filed a couple of patents related to malware detection.
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