Christian Funk
Lead Security Researcher, GReAT
Christian joined Kaspersky in 2007 and became a Junior Malware Analyst a year later. His specialist field is social networking sites and internet fraud. Since 2010, Christian has been a Virus Analyst for the company and has worked extensively with teams across Central Europe. Christian has a degree in Computer Technologies from the Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany.Publications
Reports
Operation ForumTroll: APT attack with Google Chrome zero-day exploit chain
Kaspersky GReAT experts discovered a complex APT attack on Russian organizations dubbed Operation ForumTroll, which exploits zero-day vulnerabilities in Google Chrome.
SideWinder targets the maritime and nuclear sectors with an updated toolset
In this article, we discuss the tools and TTPs used in the SideWinder APT’s attacks in H2 2024, as well as shifts in its targets, such as an increase in attacks against the maritime and logistics sectors.
EAGERBEE, with updated and novel components, targets the Middle East
Kaspersky researchers analyze EAGERBEE backdoor modules, revealing a possible connection to the CoughingDown APT actor.
BellaCPP: Discovering a new BellaCiao variant written in C++
While investigating an incident involving the BellaCiao .NET malware, Kaspersky researchers discovered a C++ version they dubbed “BellaCPP”.
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