Attending Speakers

In 2003 Mauro started working at the first unit of the Swiss Federal Police fighting cybercrime. Later on, he collaborated to the establishment of MELANI, Switzerland's first centre for public-private partnership on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. Back in 2013, he set up and led the Cyber Threat Intelligence Division within the Department of Defence in Bern. In 2021, he was tasked to create the Vulnerability Management unit within the National Cyber Security Centre NCSC.ch, leading several projects, among them the first bug bounty program of the Swiss government. He then joined the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC one year later, as advisor on new digital technologies of warfare.

Igor joined Kaspersky in 2001 as a virus analyst. In 2009, he was promoted to the role of infrastructure group manager, where he spearheaded the development of infrastructure dedicated to the processing and detection of spam messages within the Anti-Spam division.

In 2011, Igor transitioned to the Global Research & Analysis Team at Kaspersky, assuming the position of a malware expert. His expertise and contributions led to his appointment as the principal security researcher in 2013, and subsequently as the chief security researcher. He held this title until his promotion to the position of Head of GReAT Russia and CIS Unit in 2022.

Building on his past achievements, Igor was further promoted in 2023 to the position of Director, where he now leads the renowned Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT). His research focuses on investigating malware campaigns and employing reverse engineering techniques to understand advanced malware. His profound knowledge and skills have proven instrumental in understanding and countering complex cyber threats.

Seongsu Park is a passionate researcher on malware, threat intelligence and incident response. He has extensive experience in information security, malware analysis, and the wider threat intelligence industry. He now works in the Kaspersky Global Research & Analysis Team as a lead security researcher and focuses on analyzing and tracking security threats in the APAC region.

Noushin Shabab is a cybersecurity researcher based in Australia, specializing in reverse engineering and targeted attack investigations. She joined Kaspersky in 2016 as a senior security researcher in the Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT). Her research focuses on the investigation of advanced cyber-criminal activities and targeted attacks with a particular focus on local threats in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Kaspersky, Noushin worked as a senior malware analyst and security software developer focusing on rootkit analysis and detection techniques as well as APT attack investigations. Noushin is very active in the local cybersecurity community in Australia and New Zealand where she regularly presents at various security conferences and events and also delivers technical workshops. She is also a member of the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN) which aims to connect, support, collaborate and inspire women in the Australian cybersecurity industry. She was the first mentor to provide technical workshops and mentorship in the AWSN cadets program. This initiative aims to bridge the gap between university and industry by bringing together female students from different universities interested in pursuing a career in the information security space.

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For seven years, Sergey was a senior security researcher on the Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), where he researched and published on financial threats, like Carbanak, Silence and Digital Doppelgangers. He also analyzed many nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT) samples. Based on this experience, Sergey created malware reverse engineering courses that teach the most effective methods for analyzing top malware threats. He’s trained beginner and experienced malware analysts, SOC analysts in various private and government organizations around the world as well as law enforcement officers. His cybersecurity research focuses on topics related to investigating and reverse engineering advanced persistent and financial threats.

Between 2019 and 2021, Sergey worked at JPMorgan Chase as a malware reverse engineer, focusing on APTs. In 2022, he returned to Kaspersky GReAT as a lead security researcher.

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