Anton Ivanov
Chief Technology Officer
Anton Ivanov heads the company’s research and development department. Anton joined Kaspersky in 2011 as a malware analyst. For five years, he worked as a senior malware analyst in the company’s Heuristic Detection Group. In 2016, Anton started to lead the Behavioral Detection Team. The team’s main focus was to proactively protect customers from different kinds of malware threats, including ransomware. In 2018, Anton became Head of the Advanced Threats Research and Detection Team, responsible for Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) attacks research and improving the quality of anti-targeted attack detection products. In 2019, he was appointed VP of Threat research responsible for overseeing a number of strategically important tasks at the company, including the promotion and development of Kaspersky’s Threat Research Team and building up company’s technology stack.Publications
Reports
Tomiris wreaks Havoc: New tools and techniques of the APT group
Kaspersky discloses new tools and techniques discovered in 2025 Tomiris activities: multi-language reverse shells, Havoc and AdaptixC2 open-source frameworks, communications via Discord and Telegram.
ToddyCat: your hidden email assistant. Part 1
Kaspersky experts analyze the ToddyCat APT attacks targeting corporate email. We examine the new version of TomBerBil, the TCSectorCopy and XstReader tools, and methods for stealing access tokens from Outlook.
Crypto wasted: BlueNoroff’s ghost mirage of funding and jobs
Kaspersky GReAT experts dive deep into the BlueNoroff APT’s GhostCall and GhostHire campaigns. Extensive research detailing multiple malware chains targeting macOS, including a stealer suite, fake Zoom and Microsoft Teams clients and ChatGPT-enhanced images.
Mem3nt0 mori – The Hacking Team is back!
Kaspersky researchers discovered previously unidentified commercial Dante spyware developed by Memento Labs (formerly Hacking Team) and linked it to the ForumTroll APT attacks.
